10 Exact Moments That Made Fans Hate Movie Franchises

Yes, this moment was in the film's second full trailer, and yes, this is precisely the moment when many excited fans started to hate what the filmmakers were doing with Batman V Superman.

Up until that fateful trailer - released in December 2015 - BvS was in pretty great shape. Any doubts about Affleck's casting as Batman had been largely put to bed by the film's awesome Comic-Con trailer in summer 2015, and similarly, worries that Jesse Eisenberg was a poor fit for Lex Luthor were lessened when a photo of him looking decidedly Lex-y cropped up online.

With Zack Snyder's cool visuals and a script from Oscar-winner Chris Terrio, this thing was gonna be AWESOME.

But wow, how it all came crashing down.

Eisenberg's relatively tame showing in that aforementioned Comic-Con trailer was turned up to 11 here, with a laughably over-the-top performance that felt absolutely terrible when everything else around it was so grim and serious.

Luthor felt like he belonged in Batman & Robin, not Batman V Superman, and it's not even like this was an out-of-context clip; he was just as comical in the final movie. Exactly why the filmmakers chose to portray Lex as a goofy cartoon character isn't clear, but it was one of the most prominent bad decisions fans point to when arguing why BvS was a huge misfire.