Thread:Rodangizzardcrusher3/@comment-26687285-20160822213306/@comment-25692211-20161002074613

I know what you mean. And in my opinion, Ben Affleck's Batman and Jeremy Irons' Alfred are the best things about the DCEU so far. I think it's mainly because unlike all the other characters, they don't disinterest their audience. I know the film wasn't good, but their portrayal of Batman was very interesting and well acted by Affleck.

Everyone said Wonder Woman was the best thing, but she's just a tacked on deus ex machina and a badly acted one at that. Gadot's entire performance was stilted and monotonous and it contrasted terribly to how much emotion Affleck was putting into his.

And I think the problem with Superman is, despite the fact that he's a titular character in both movies, he has little to no personality. It's weird because Henry Cavill has the most personality out of any of them, he's funny, laid-back and also a huge fan of Superman, he even named his dog Kal-El. Why is he letting Zack Snyder do this to a character he and millions of people love so much?

I also didn't like how the tone of all three films is not depending on the story, it's just trying too hard to copy what's popular. MOS and BVS, despite both starring the literal embodiment of hope, has a very pessimistic tone. It's not for a story reason, it's not so we can see a darker Superman, it's just so it can be like The Dark Knight Trilogy. And BVS's failure showed WB that copying Nolan wasn't going to work anymore, so they messed around with Suicide Squad. David Ayer apparently wanted SS to be like a brutal black comedy, like a Tarantino movie, but WB insisted that he make the humor more goofy and cut out all the dark moments(aka, all the Joker moments) and then haphazardly scored with pop songs to rip off Guardians Of The Galaxy.

And though Zack Snyder said from the beginning that Justice League was going to be lighter than MOS and BVS, I think he meant it would be more hopeful, not funnier. Though I will admit that the humor so far is better than Suicide Squad, I have to admit I kinda hate Flash in this. Because this isn't really Flash, this is just X-Men Quicksilver without silver hair, and it's obvious that's what they want you to think.

Plus, listen to the plot of the movie and see if you've heard it before.

1. A horned bad guy who's working for an alien warlord is coming to Earth. 2. He's after objects of great power(bonus points for being cube-shaped) 3. Helping out the horned villain is a faceless army of easily killed aliens. 4. One of the objects he's looking for is a vital part for the robot-related member of the superhero team.

Guessed it yet?

And while I'm definitely glad that they're giving these heroes a tone they deserve, I do still hope that they give each character their own suitable tone. For example, Superman's next movie shouldn't be dark(or at least not as dark), but Batman's movie shouldn't be funny. Though since Affleck himself is directing that movie, and his directed films are known for their dark and gritty style, I have 100% faith in him.