In defense of Batman vs Superman
Introduction
We currently live in a new apogee of commercial cinema, primarily led by a genre, superhero cinema. Being Marvel, under the mandate of Disney, the dominant producer. Superheroes’s cinema has been in the industry for a long time, however, it is so far with the arrival of the trend of shared universes, which really began to excel among contemporary blockbusters. This concept comes as an opportunity to monetarily exploit franchises that exist under the same name, are based entirely on the value of intellectual property.
Developing
The current panorama of the industry is very uninteresting, the studies are increasingly attached to the development of franchises with recognizable names and already established in the public. The study cinema has been increasingly uninspired, formulaic and impersonal, delivering works that lack their own style, personality or interest. In 2016 Batman vs Superman premiered, a film that has caused controversy in specialized criticism and the general public, a film whose current consensus is mostly negative, although he has achieved both fans and detractors. Batman vs Superman arises from the already established idea of shared universes.
One might think that in the industry in which we live, this film would be a generic piece, built under the classic structures that the competition has already developed, built by the same path that we have already traveled countless times, built in the safest waypossible, always taking care of the investment of the study. But to all Batman vs Superman was an unexpected work, atypical of modern industry. What is Batman vs Superman and what does it mean for this industry?
From the title the film begins to develop its speech, Batman vs Superman. A speech and a script based on opinion and interest: the hatred of a Batman who after years of service has stopped believing in his struggle, unable to trust the promise of the good of a being too powerful as it is Superman. Luthor’s hatred towards anyone who has more power than him, disorder of abuse years by his father. The stress and conflict of a superman who feels responsible for the care of a humanity, of which he does not feel part. All this under a speech dominated by Snyder’s interpretation towards these characters. Even the film makes the criticism that was most made to Man of Steel – Superman is unable to kill, it is not something of a hero to destroy a city carefree, where are the consequences? In the trigger for the conflict of the plot of Batman vs Superman.
It is surprising that Warner has allowed this level of freedom. Snyder and his team start experimenting with speech, structure and assembly in a $ 250 million dollars starring Batman and Superman. Presenting here a film with a structure more typical of a political thriller, similar to his previous Watchmen. The script uses Luthor’s plan as a conspiracy act, maintaining a concise and direct exhibition sometimes until obvious and for few redundant moments that from the first minutes leave the necessary elements for its understanding. The assembly of the film is building the plot using the lack of clarity as support to create expectations and interest. It is a montage based on the suppression of elements, constantly jumping between the four central lines of its plot: Batman, Superman, Luthor and Loise.
The script uses the journalistic work of Loise as a narrative resource to solve the plot, concluding with it discovering Luthor’s plan. At this time the assembly and the script join all the central lines of the plot in the climax of the film, the film trusts that we already know the intentions and why everything that has happened so far, all this to give it importance andexpectation at the time of Superman’s audience in the Capitol, the last point in the development prior to the fight. There is also an extended cut, available in the Blu Ray, which is mentioned to fix the film, but rather expands the speech shown in the first two acts, the plot and the speech were already complete in the original cutting.
It is during these first two acts that the film reaches its cusp, handled with much greater precision than in Man of Steel or Watchmen. It even surprises how focused Snyder, one of its most criticized aspects, its particular sense of the show that derives in its inability to dramatic tension and its lack of subtlety. These problems are very present at the aforementioned Man of Steel, a film that maintains Snyder’s particular visual style, a film in which the intentions of the script come into conflict with those of its director, Snyder cannot endure the desire to be spectacular,completely damaging the dramatic intentions of the script, this is usually something that I forgive Snyder, but there is no doubt that Man of Steel would have benefited a lot from a less loaded approach to the show and more conscious in the script. Of course, the excesses of Snyder are still here, but now, it seems that for the first time in their long career, he knows how to differentiate between moments that demand some subtlety from moments that require being spectacular.
Snyder limits his excesses to a greater extent during these first two acts to mostly show them in these destructive action scenes, which are surprisingly the worst Snyder has done throughout his career, the rest of the scenes are much more colorful without being excessive, being beingThis one of his most beautiful films to date. At least now, these excesses only "damage" these sequences, being the worst moments of the tape, together with those that serve as anticipation of what would have been the Justice League of Snyder including the participation of Wonder Woman said sequences are found in theScript forced and quite anti -annual, they are found here for commercial aspirations. But they do not go from being small potholes in the general rhythm of the film.
Your serious and off tone. Many people criticize the film for being serious, it is obvious that a movie is not better or worse for being serious, Batman vs Superman does not have the tone problems than for example Suicide Squad and Justice League if they have. The point is that many of the people who mention this believe that superhero cinema is restricted to being fun and entertaining, this is the way in which competition has taught us. It is like thinking that a genre has certain requirements to meet, that it cannot aspire to anything else. You are superhero cinema, you only serve for entertainment, do not pay to tell me something, payment to have fun and so is the way it is believed must be, and this extends to the schemes we have of any genre.
Batman vs Superman has the right to choose whether or not to continue these structures. It does not have to be what we demand that it supposedly has to be. We, as spectators, must try to analyze and understand the intentions of the work, choose the path you choose. It is the same reason why the intentions of the film tend to disqualify, calling them pretentious for not going according to the beliefs of the genre. Batman vs Superman’s ideas are there because Snyder is interested and believes in them, presenting himself honestly and personally, in addition to Snyder demonstrating with great passion, throughout his career, how much his job cares about, apassion for which I would be willing to forgive everything, a rare commitment and dedication in this increasingly cynical and closed industry. Batman V Superman stands out with a concern for the thematic value, something forgetful in the current industry. It is one of the few times we have witnessed author cinema in a commercial work.
conclusion
Batman vs Superman has shown us how conservatives we are as an industry. It is a brave film that does not fear getting out of the preconceived structures of its kind, without neglecting its commercial aspirations. It is a personal and honest work, which is here to remind us of what happens when you leave a person to direct a movie. It is a unique film for its gender. It is a virtuous study of characters. It is an epic fault of action. It is a film that comes to relive the generic panorama of the industry that we live. It’s a pleasant surprise. It is a work for which, as we have demonstrated, we are not yet ready. It is, in the end, much more than is expected of it.
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