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I’ll start by saying it wasn’t that bad, imo. There was very little Joker and Harley was almost secondary to what became another Will Smith vehicle, but for a PG-13 version I thought it was passing serviceable.
But it’s not the movie I would have made, and even the best is subject to improvement. Let’s try our hand at it.
First, I’ll confess that I’ve never been a great follower of the DC verse. AW BATMAN and LC WW were hokey fun from my childhood, '89 and the Nolan BATMANS were interesting and I enjoyed 79 SUPERMAN, but that’s about it.
Step one would be fixing the entire verse. I thought WATCHMEN was quite good, (I had no expectations going in) but after seeing Batman v Supes I believe the criticism of MOS. I liked the casting and performances of BvS, but story and direction were a bit of a mess. The Bvs fight should have been the climax, WW should have had more of a role with very little or no Lois, and, above all, there are a hundred ways to skin a cat and at least a HUNDRED BILLION different ways to pit the heroes against each other. Most of those would be awful, but they should have kept at it until they found a few that made sense.
Step one: The first mission of the squad should have been to find the rock Joss Whedon is hiding behind and drag him back under a baseball bat to, like, fix this sh@#. Avengers1 was great and Ultron was quite good. What problems there were in Ultron were mostly due to the need to service the entire universe of films, lack of time to develop the wonderful supervillain and his shifting motivations, and the dark second act structure with somber characters. It should have been a brighter standalone. No more trying to out-Nolan Nolan. Batman is Gothic and Hulk is a quasi-tragic figure. They should be dark and brooding to a degree. For the other characters it should be remembered that this all comes from the comic books. They should be colorful and fun and have some good humor.
More in next post…