FTACO97 said:
It's so freaking disappointing. When it comes to comic books, Batman is my #1 character hands down. For the movies, the 2 Tim Burton films were bearable and then the Dark Knight, but mainly because of Ledger's Joker. The rest have been very weak. It's so strange to me how DC/WB can't put good product on the screen when they own the most recognizable characters (Trinity - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman).
I loved Tim Burton's Batman. I was incredibly disappointed with his second movie, Batman Returns. There was nothing remotely interesting in the Penguin's character, he was just a disgusting creature, not even sure he was fully human, and not even Catwoman's hot presence could save it. After that the Batman movies flushed themselves down a toilet with Joel Schumacher, and having lost faith in them, I very nearly skipped Batman Begins. Glad I didn't. The Nolan Batman movies were the best Batman movies ever.
Regarding Superman, he is a difficult character. Gene Hackman was awesome as Lex Luthor, even Kevin Spacey was pretty good in the role in Superman Returns. But he needs a villain that can actually stand toe-to-toe with the Man of Steel. General Zod was a great villain in Man of Steel, and I for one enjoyed that movie quite well. Doomsday in BvS - initially I hated that. But that part of that movie has grown on me in subsequent viewings. Probably not because of Doomsday per se (probably has more to do with Wonder Woman's presence). What Superman needs is Darkseid. That's probably why I liked BvS as much as I did, because it seems to imply that Darkseid is coming (although I must admit to being disappointed in JL in that it doesn't appear Darkseid is in this one).
I generally don't think the Snyder DC movies are as horrible as many here do. Yeah, they certainly could be improved. And Wonder Woman's solo movie was really well done.