Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice * *

Boy o' boy, if Man of Steel wasn't enough Zack, why do you want to destroy all our superheroes and make them False Gods. Why does it feels all of a sudden that the red capes are out to destroy the world when at the first place they are the sentinels to guard the same. But full credit to your talent as surely it takes a lot to make Batman ugly and fat. So much so that it almost feels as if Robin is also inside that Bat suit doing what the world thinks he loves so much.

During the starting titles, the movie shows the genesis of Batman. His childhood days. But one can't help it when the visuals on the screen are replaced by the better ones from Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. It's so not convincing and sets the stage for the rest of the movie itself.  Talking of the plot of the movie, errr sorry to disappoint but there ain't any such thing. Along with the characters perhaps the plot has also to be assumed fictional. Easy enough folks, Lex Luther successfully creates a misunderstanding between the two Superheroes who readily believe the naive evidences they are provided. Gosh, they look like school going kids, easily believing what the common friend tells them and eager to get into a fist fight.

It's hard to imagine the way the characters have been shaped for this so called epic battle. Twenty years of fighting criminals boils down to nothing for Bruce Wayne as he thinks he needs to accomplish something big before he hangs his cape. And what can be bigger than to bring down the demi-God of Metropolis to dust. His butler, Alfred, who supposedly has been with him since childhood, looks the same age as Affleck and has perhaps also learned technical know-how from Lucius Fox. Let's face it, Micheal Caine had set high standards and perhaps only he can beat them now. His demeanor and wit cannot be overtaken.

Even if try to convince ourselves that they somehow got swayed with the idea of falling apart and doing more harm to the humanity, it is amusing the way the patch up happens. Superman's love interest comes running and tells Batman. "सुपरमैन यह सब कर रहा है सिर्फ और सिर्फ अपनी माँ को बचाने के लिए !" And to top that, her name was Martha too. And of course, Wayne knows the pain of losing one's parents. Wow, too much drama to handle but why couldn't Superman do this at the first place. Was he like waiting for his girl to come so as to have some leverage or brownie points. Anyway, we then see a change of heart like a typical Bollywood masala movie and they stand together against this larger than life Kryptonian monster. Wait wait, something isn't feeling right. Let's put a Super Women to make things more Avenger like. Ahh, wonder woman comes in out of nowhere.

Superhero movies stand for something more than violence and graphics. The Batman trilogy by Nolan has shown us. There have been many Batman reboots but why Nolan? Because he told the story like a story and not like a bloody video game. The audience is more demanding today. I perhaps remember around 50 good lines from that trilogy. I remember none from this one. Mere action scenes make it dull and more like "Yawn of Justice". All this time we waited for this movie, we were wondering who would lose this epic battle? But I am sure we knew it deep down inside that it was going to be the audience.

"बेटा Zack, तुमसे ना हो पाएगा!"