Why Movie critics make me laugh (and weep)

I don't actually mean professional movie critics. I mean swarms of people being blindly critical of a given movie to the point where they cannot understand why anyone could like this movie. And don't pay enough attention to anything in the movie that spells out literally every criticism they have.

Batman V Superman is the best example of this. When I finally saw the movie for myself it made me sad how much people would be so completely ignorant and what they would complain about. Literally everything that I have ever heard against this movie is spelled out in the movie itself. And it really must have been in front of thier eyes but gone in one of their ears and out the other without ever making contact with thier brain. It was an awesome movie that I couldn't enjoy watching, because only someone paying as much attention as I do -- something I have gotten made fun of and talked down to for doing. I have literally been insulted and shredded for paying this much attention to a movie as often as I am recognized and appreciated for noticing (recognizing) things about the movie others miss.

But in this case most of these are just breezing past what they see because it doesn't line up with what they come into the theater EXPECTING to see. What they see in this movie that's actually there and what they see in when they watch the movie are too wildly different things...mostly because people are not paying enough attention to see anything they don't' already know is there.

So I get kind of proud at my own... not so much analytical abilities but my observant abilities. Strangely enough this was the first time, the confusion in which I learned I actually have an Above par not a Sub-par attention span, like I was always told. So this is me agreeing with everyone who ever laughs at people who shred Batman V. Superman Dawn of Justice.

To quote Christopher Reeve in Smallville "Humanity is not only about biology." Batman Vs Superman is best way and possibly the only way Superman fans who are not Smallville fans to learn that. I think the biggest theme of this movie is this: humanity is a choice. Batman in this version seems to have given up his humanity years ago, but Superman, despite not being a human in his DNA, is the most human of this movie’s big three.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz2IcD28FHg&t=474s 

Why you're wrong about Batman V Superman The Martha controversy.

7:54 actually contains 3 different criticisms that have never made sense to me. Superman has every reason to be suspicious of Batman. As mentioned in the previous section, Clark Kent the reporter has reasons to be concerned about the bat vigilante in Gotham. And Superman goes into the battle to save his mom's life. And there usually is a battle of ideologies between these two, for the sake of the fans. But that doesn't exist here. When I first heard of this movie I wondered how it was supposed to work. As you say, If Superman's heart is actually in the battle, the battle will be over in 2 seconds. If you look at it from the Perspective of BRUCE hating Superman and CLARK fearing Batman the entire movie makes a lot more sense.

'who refers to there mother by thier first name' -- literally anyone with both a birth mother and a step-mother. Who was raised by a woman who did not give birth to them. Or whose father remarried after their mother died/they got divorced. I seriously laugh at that one every single time. And of all the 'save Martha' critics I have ever heard, that is the absolute stupidest.

"Superman can't be into it wholeheartedly. Because if Superman wants you dead, you're gonna die. If it is a heartfelt fight from Superman's side, you will lose."

When I first heard of the movie Batman Vs Superman I wondered how the heck this movie could ever work for this exact reason. Batman would have to be into wholeheartedly and he could be easily misled to think Superman was a villain. But if Superman believes the same, if Superman is trying to rid the world of the menace of the dark knight, the fight would be over in 2 seconds.

"How many Good guys are left how many stayed that way" not only spells his motivations out perfectly but also explains why he didn't go through with killing Superman later. He finally realized that Superman was a good guy. And that he probably should have been asking that question about himself, not the strange visitor from another planet. Also Superman said 'Martha' not 'mom' because Batman had made it abundantly clear he didn't care about Superman's parents. And since he obviously wasn't *being Clark Kent at the time, Batman would have heard 'Save Jor-el's wife' not "Save a human woman who is in danger".

This is not Batman anymore. This is not Superman...yet.

"Calling Superman a hypocrite is because you're coming in with all the expectations and action of Past Supermans. THIS version of Superman is actually completely justified in his critisism of Batman."

"You mom's name is Martha, my mom's name is Martha too. Did we jsut become best friends?"

-- No I just realized you are as human as they come. That you care about someone other than yourself and that if I had killed you I would have been letting *another* Martha die. So right now I'm going to work with you to stop the psychopath who's been pushing us to fight each-other and the first step to that is to Save Martha...like you asked with what you accepted as your dying breath.

People actually complain that Supes should have tried harder to explain. It's a criticism I anticipated the first time I watched the movie. And I was right that is one of the 3 BIG things people complain about as far as the main thrust of the movie. People are idiots. Superman did try to explain. He wasted 10 minutes of the fight trying to explain what was really going on to someone who wasn't having any of that. And this is not directly from this video but Batman does not spare Superman because thier mothers have the same name. He has spent 18 months obsessing over killing this alien who could destroy the Earth. Superman needed to be humanized before Bats could come to his senses. And when, with potentially his last breath he asks his *Killer* to save someone else. that's when the damn bell finally goes off in Batman's head that he was about to destroy a Good man. NOT an evil alien'.

Superman is not a hypocrite here. It's confusing how anyone could think that. I watched Chris Reeve Superman for the first time after seeing this film and I thought he was more of a vigilante then. Supposedly Batman hates Superman for clear obvious reasons but that Superman has no reason to hate Batman. Clark Kent has a pretty clear reason for hating or at least mistrusting a vigilante who tramples on the law and civil liberties. People see this movie fail thier own expectations and completely fail to see this movie in the context of this universe. Where as you say (thank you again) their expectations do not and should not apply.

Most of the hate for this film comes from people sitting down with a set view of expectations and those expectations not being met. From Superman not being the man we know yet to Batman no longer being 'Batman'. Once the two heroes actually are thrown together Superman tries everything to get Batman to listen, and Batman just isn't having any of that. Until finally he pleads not for his own life but for the life of his mother. And he calls her 'Martha' not 'my mother' because Batman has already made it abundantly clear he doesn't care for Superman or his parents. It wouldn't help. Batman didn't know and didn't need to know Martha was Clark's mothers name. That this alien, even after everything cared more for a human than his own life is what woke him the hell up.

I'm sure this won't stop this comment from constantly coming up, but the reason Superman says "Martha" and not "Mom" is because he wasn't currently being Clark Kent. He was Superman. As unbelievable as it may be for Bruce to not know Superman's secret identity, he didn't at that point. So he was still protecting his secret identity. I thought that was obvious. That's why I didn't mention it. And if I had to defend the reasoning behind Bruce not knowing Superman was Clark, why would he assume he'd need an alter ego? He sees him as an evil god alien, why would he ever pretend to be human?

Wholeheartedly agree this is an awesome Batman solo movie trapped inside a boring convoluted Superman sequel withy characters written the way literally no one expected. But 'Save Martha' is not lazy writing for plot convenience. It's true to life. 'who refers to there mother by thier first name' -- literally anyone with both a birth mother and a step-mother. Who was raised by a woman who did not give birth to them. Martha is his Adopted mother. Or whose father remarried after their mother died/they got divorced. I seriously laugh at that one every single time. And of all the 'save Martha' criticisms I have ever heard, this is the most dismissive overly simplified ever. He was speaking as Superman. Superman's mother was another alien who had been dead for 20 years. But making her a person, with a name Batman happened to care about, would have and DID change Batman's mind.