A real war erupted in the new millennium between DC and Marvel movie studios, each of which is trying to create its own movie universe of superheroes. At the moment, the advantage on the side of Marvel is not only in quality, but also in the number of paintings. However, in recent years, DC Entertainment has improved its position. After the success of the Dark Knight trilogy and the movie Man of Steel, it was decided to combine the main characters of the films in the project “Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice”. The actors for this film were selected excellent, almost the same stars, but not all viewers liked their game.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
In the new DC movie, two of the most famous characters of their own comics were pushed together: An alien from Krypton and a Knight of Gotham.
According to the plot, during the battle between Superman and General Zod, Bruce Wayne watched her from the side, horrified at how many people were accidental victims of this battle. Because of this, he began to despise the Man of Steel.
Time passes, but Batman's hatred of the alien from Krypton is only growing. This is facilitated by the intrigues of Lex Luthor, who decided to push two fighters against crime. Thanks to Luthor, everyone has the impression that the Man of Steel is not a hero, but a potential threat to the planet. Disappointed with himself, Clark Kent leaves Metropolis. And while he is trying to figure out his role in the life of the Earth, Batman steals kryptonite from Lex and makes him a weapon against Superman.
Luthor, having learned about the loss of an alien mineral, goes to the Krypton ship and, using the equipment found there, creates a Doomsday monster that can destroy Superman. In addition, Lex orders the abduction of Martha (Clark's adoptive mother). And then he blackmails Kent, threatening to kill the woman who raised him if he does not deal with Batman.
Krypton's last son goes to meet with the Dark Knight to try to negotiate with him and outwit Luthor. But Batman does not want to listen to him and immediately tries to kill him. Using weapons from kryptonite, Wayne defeats Kent, but at the last moment Clark manages to reach Bruce.
Heroes team up and save Martha Kent. Doomsday suddenly appears and destroys everything around.
Wonder Woman comes to the rescue of Superman and Batman, but even together they fail to kill the monster. Then Clark finds a kryptonite spear created by Wayne to fight him and kills Luthor's monster with this weapon. In this case, the hero dies himself.
At the end of the picture, people around the world mourn over Superman's death, Lex went crazy and went to jail, and Batman and Wonder Woman plan to create a Justice League to protect the planet from new threats.
Ben Affleck: Batman of the New Generation
After Adam West, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale, who became the best performers of the role of the Dark Knight in the entire history of the movie, playing Batman is very difficult.
However, Ben Affleck (Pearl Harbor, The Sum of All Fears) took a chance. Moreover, he already had experience in participating in films about heroes from comics. So, in 2003, he played Matt Murdoch in Daredevil.
Despite the fact that Affleck with his strong-willed chin was almost ideally suited for the role of the Knight of Gotham, many viewers were categorically against his appointment. And as it turned out, not in vain, since after the release of the picture, Ben Affleck was subjected to harsh criticism. Batman in his performance was called the worst in history, although previously this title was held by George Clooney.
However, such reviews are not fair in everything. As an actor, Affleck played quite worthily, and it was not his fault that the scriptwriters perverted Batman's beloved image so much, turning the gallant defender Gotham into an envious fool and paranoid. At the same time, Ben can be blamed for the fact that he launched himself and pretty good, having received the nickname "Fat Batman" from the fans.
It is worth noting that in the “Suicide Squad”, in which Affleck also appeared as the Dark Knight, his performance was much better, so I want to believe that in the Justice League and the solo project about the Gotham Knight, this performer will prove his skill by shaming critics.
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”: Henry Cavill as The Last Krypton
As for the British handsome Henry Cavill (Immortals, The Tudors) - the first Man of Steel, who abandoned the stupid habit of wearing underpants over a heroic costume, he also got away from critics.
First of all, the actor’s habit of posing too picturesquely in front of the camera received negative reviews, however, it is difficult to judge the owner of such a luxurious appearance as Cavill. It is worth mentioning that in the movie “Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice”, Henry Cavill plays Clark Kent for the second time, and very successfully. In addition, the excellent physical shape and embossed muscles, specially pumped up by the actor to participate in the tape, allow him to stand out against the backdrop of Affleck.
Despite the fact that Superman dies at the end of this story, fans are waiting for a meeting with him in the Justice League and Man of Steel 2, for which Henry has already signed a contract.
Villain Lex by Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland, Now You See Me)
If the images of courageous fighters with evil in the movie "Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice" actors Affleck and Cavill embodied more or less close to the canon from the comics, then the supervillain of this story changed its character.
So, the audience is presented with a completely unusual Alexander Joseph Luthor, the cunning head of LexCorp who does not notice ordinary people and hides from them under his luxurious suit.
Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor) creates in the picture a sort of Joker in simple clothes that seems open to any person. With the development of the plot, he comes up with increasingly crazy plans, until he releases a monster that he himself is not able to control.
Viewers are still arguing: the new Lex is the merit of the scriptwriters or Jesse's idea?
By the way, for the sake of the role, the actor allowed himself to be shaved, although in the end he remained dissatisfied with his work. In an interview, Jesse said that in future films he does not intend to play Luthor again.
Lois Joan Lane performed by American Amy Adams
Like in Man of Steel, Lois Lane, the hero of Krypton, performed in the movie “Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice” - Amy Adams (Enchanted, The Muppets).
Despite the fact that the actress pretty well plays this role for the second time, some critics consider her heroine too simple, compared to the canonical character from the comics.
At the same time, Lois performed by Adams is a head taller than this heroine played by Erica Durance, but does not reach the level of Teri Hatcher.
It is worth noting that, like Affleck in the movie “Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice”, Amy Adams did not follow the diet and during the work on the project in separate frames looked pretty replenished. At the same time, her game was convincing and the audience liked it.
Other project actors
In addition to the above artists, in the film "Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice", the actors are famous and did not really star in episodic roles.
First of all, this is Israeli woman Gal Gadot (Knight and Day, Triple 9). The young actress played Wonder Woman. Unfortunately, her participation in the plot was minimal and unreasonable, so viewers can truly appreciate Gal's acting skills only in the 2017 film “Wonder Woman”, as well as in the “Justice League”.
Martha Kent in the film was played by Diane Lane. Being a good actress, Diane, like Gal, was physically deprived of the opportunity to prove herself - there was too little screen time. By the way, this is a common problem of the entire movie “Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice”: the actors simply did not have enough time to reveal the inner world of their characters due to the glut of the project with stars. As a result, the main characters came out flat and uninteresting.
Among the invited stars in the film also starred Jeremy Irons (Bruce's assistant - Alfred), Kevin Costner (Clark's adoptive father), Lawrence Fishborn (editor-in-chief Perry White) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman).
Entertaining facts
Henry Cavill (Superman) once auditioned for the role of The Dark Knight in the movie Batman: The Beginning.
Ben Affleck played the deceased performer of the role of Clark Kent in the detective drama "Death of Superman." By the way, Diane Lane also starred in the same picture.
When Affleck asked Christian Bale to suggest a better way to play Batman, he advised Ben to make sure that his latex superhero costume had a fly, otherwise it would be difficult to go to the toilet during the break between filming.
At the dawn of her career, Amy Adams starred in one of the episodes of the television series about the youth of Clark Kent - Smallville.
In this picture, Jeffrey Dean Morgan starred in the role of Thomas Wayne , who previously played in another adaptation of DC comics - the Watchmen movie.
Despite numerous negative reviews, the movie about the confrontation between Batman and Superman raised almost $ 900,000,000 at the box office with a quarter of a billion spent. As for the actors, most of them have already signed contracts for participation in the next films of the DC universe. I would like to hope that the leading actors will nevertheless take into account the wishes of the audience and in future projects will correct the shortcomings made in this film.