But they don\u2019t want it to look like they\u2019re completely ripping off Marvel so, instead of making light-hearted, comedic movies that entertain they decided to go dark and brooding. Sullen and sad. Try to find a single smile in the new Superman or Batman Kills Superman. <\/em>You can\u2019t. They don\u2019t exist. In trying to make the DC Universe unique, they drained the life out of it. Everything became dark; the tone, the story, the character\u2019s motivation. Hell, even the scenery is nothing but gray on black. The stories were convoluted and confusing. It\u2019s like there is always something missing, a vital component not explained or even present. The actors become wooden as they soak in this misery. Good actors become stiff and lifeless. Amy Adams becomes reduced to a single, drab note. Ben Affleck can barely move as he struggles to emote. The dialogue was so boring it induces sedation.<\/p>\n It took me 5 viewings to make it through Batman Kills Superman: Dawn of Justice. I began to use it as a sleep aid. Better than warm milk, safer than a pill. <\/em><\/p>\n Then something happened that brought a little hope into Gotham.<\/p>\n Wonder Woman<\/em> was OK!!<\/p>\n It functioned. It told a story. It didn\u2019t confuse and bore. The bar was low, and it cleared it with ease. The film shines in comparison to the incompetence of Suicide Squad <\/em>et. Al. and went so far as to contain (and evoke) an actual smile. The people in the film did not seem to constantly be contemplating ending their own lives. \u00a0Oh, and oddly enough, Zack Snyder DIDN\u2019T direct it.<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s time for a culmination, the DC version of an Avengers<\/em> movie. They made it all the way to Justice League. <\/em>If I was a betting man I would have put hard cash on a meltdown\/dissolve (Like what just happened with the Universal Monster Movies) before now, but they play huge overseas. They made money so they kept making them.<\/p>\n The question going in is this: Will it be more of the same crap or did Wonder Woman <\/em>correct the ship?<\/p>\n The answer is: Kinda.<\/p>\n Justice League <\/em>is kinda more coherent. You mostly know what\u2019s going on but there is still a weird vibe to some scenes. Aquaman goes to Atlantis for bizarre exchange with Mera (Amber Heard). It seems they\u2019ve never met, or Aqua-bro has never even been to Atlantis. Or at least, not for long while? Who knows. There\u2019s this family in an Eastern Bloc country that we cut to for some reason. The main plot consists of a couple of cubes that are right out of a Transformers <\/em>movie and it\u2019s pretty stupid.<\/p>\n The dialogue is still horrid. Much of the characters are still wooden and depressed. No one is having a very good time save for Ezra Miller and Jason Momosa as The Flash and Aquaman. These new characters are lighter and more likable. A sign that Wonder Woman <\/em>had some effect. The others are stuck because of past sins.<\/p>\n
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\nWe can blame Zack Snyder: The writer\/producer\/director who WB inexplicably handed the keys over to. I am at a loss as to why. He must be great in pitch meetings because his execution degrades with each film.<\/p>\n
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