The Bat-skates, the Bat-credit card (expiration: “Forever”), Mr. Joel Schumacher’s sequel that nearly destroyed the Batman movie franchise can’t be taken seriously, we can all agree. Read our review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But for watching Batman himself, it’s a purely joyless experience that leans into the biggest problems of its predecessor Man of Steel instead of course-correcting them.
Even some of the heavy-handed Justice League cameos are a blast. It’s a better movie, technically speaking, than Justice League, and it does lots of things right: Wonder Woman’s introduction is fun and there are some interesting questions raised about Superman’s place in the world. Except where Joel Schumacher went with camp and bat-nipples, Zack Snyder went grimdark with a Batman out for blood. Like B&R, Dawn of Justice is a gross miscalculation of what most viewers wanted from the Dark Knight on the big screen (it received the same audience-awarded CinemaScore as the Catwoman and Green Lantern movies). In many ways, Batman v Superman has a direct correlation to the movie that nearly killed big-screen Batman 20 years before it, Batman & Robin.
Still, there’s something to be said for getting to see Batman take down Parademons, arguably the most delightfully “comic booky” thing an onscreen Batman has ever done. Unfortunately, the few moments that are memorable in Justice League don’t really involve the Caped Crusader. That being said, Ben Affleck’s Batman gets to have a little fun in this one, a stark contrast with his turn in Dawn of Justice (more on that in a minute), bantering with Alfred and even cracking one-liners in battle. In what should’ve been Warner Bros.’ answer to Disney’s enormously popular Marvel Cinematic Universe, the first-ever big screen meet-up of DC’s premier superhero team mostly just fizzled out, featuring a slew of problems – on and off-screen – and just too little chemistry to really crackle.
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