Batman v Superman Cast and Director Respond to Critic Backlash
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has been widely panned by critics ahead of its wide release, with a 32% Rotten Tomatoes score. While I personally disagree with a lot of what's being said, it's no doubt this will hinder the film's word of mouth (even if it won't damage its opening weekend box office).
Yahoo has taken the opportunity to ask the cast and Zack Snyder how they feel about the early response. Henry Cavill had this to say: "The interesting thing is that we get the critics who have their personal opinions. And the thing about personal opinions is that they always come from a place. And there's a preconceived idea which you have to get past a critic before you start writing your article or your review, and that affects everything."
Gal Gadot was blunt: "I think the movie’s great. I think this movie is huge, massive. I think that Zack did fantastic work bringing Superman’s world and Batman’s world into one movie and setting the ground for so many more characters to come in the future in such an interesting way."
Jesse Eisenberg said "I can’t read stuff. I don’t even watch the movies I’m in. I get very critical...I don’t like reading stuff, either. I find it very distracting," before being told the critics unanimously agree that he was great. He followed that by saying, " In that case I’ll read everything and I look forward to seeing the film.
Amy Adams really got to the crux of the situation, whereby so far fan response has been largely positive in contrast to critic reaction. " I know that Zack doesn’t make the movies, and none of us are making the movies, for the critics, so to speak. You can’t kinda go into it with that perspective. I know we really hope the fans like it, and so far, the reaction’s been really positive on that front."
Zack Snyder's response is one of acceptance, in a way. He seems to just be going with it. " I’m a comic book guy, and I made the movie based as much as I could on that aesthetic, and so I don’t know how else to do it 100%. So, it is what is, you know?" The director's been here before with Man of Steel and Watchmen.
Those who love his work will love this. Those who hate his work will probably have issues with this. For comic book fans, this should satiate a craving while offering something new to the genre.
Source: Cinemablend
