...Dawn of Justice, seen it.

I have to put my hands up, none of my predictions, or almost none, regarding Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice were accurate. In truth it's a pretty decent effort, yeah it has got the weird Man of Steel colour thing going on, as if it was processed at the lab yer granddad got his 8mm cine developed. Other than that and maybe slight drag in pace during the second act, it's well worth a gander.

I don't think it's too much of a spoiler to hint that the flick is rather dark in dramatic tone, the script delivers a pretty decent narrative though, one that neatly sidesteps all those horrible over worn themes I was expecting. You know what, even Afleck turns in a decent act, he's taciturn but certainly no plank, so why did the critics give it a hammering? Well I think I've got a handle on that, you see the flick is rather candid about exploring contemporary themes and it's the kind of candour verboten within the narrow confines of mainstream media. So I expect there were a few moments when the were journos choking on their popcorn.

For me it was pretty refreshing, I gotta be honest, the current Marvel Thor/Cap/Iron Man/Avengers continuity gives me the shivers. Ant Man wasn't too bad, as for the rest--ugh, I think I'd rather sit through my aunty's slide show of the WI jam making contest, the one from 1977 when the Elderflower harvest failed. Guardians of the Galaxy however, was rather entertaining and some of it quite Kirbyesque, so I'm looking forward to next one of those.

Batman v Superman does have an ending that's begging a sequel, I'm not quite sure if one is on the way, I hope so because the critics sorely need a kicking on this one.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Is it just me or is there not any of the main plot points of this film, that haven't been given away by the trailers?

1. The Batman, distrusts Superman's intentions.
2. Superman regards The Batman as a vigilante.
3. A conflict ensues, entailing lots of cgi and quite possible some green meteoritic mineral.
4. Meanwhile Lex Luthor, contrives to revive the threat of General Zod, with an experiment that goes awry.
5. All hell breaks loose and our erstwhile combatants find themselves forced  by circumstance, into an uneasy alliance.
6. Things go from bad to worse, with the heroes unable to cooperate effectively against the rampant threat, until...
7. Wonder Woman appears on the scene and galvanises their commitment to work together to defeat their common foe.
8. Victorious at last, our heroes have discovered a mutual respect and trust for each other, even if they can't see eye to eye over each other's methods.

There you go, I've just saved you from forking out for that overpriced popcorn.