10 Worst Superhero Movies Of The 2010s

Here it is. The snowball that began the avalanche of the DCEU’s downfall.

Superman has always been the hopeful hero since his introduction in the 1930s, fighting for truth, justice and the American way. Here though, he’s a mopey downer who doesn’t want to be Superman. And Batman, who fights to rid Gotham City of criminals without killing resorts to murder-by-proxy and blowing up thugs in his Bat-Tank.

In spite of some good performances, the problems are numerous: Zack Snyder’s obnoxious slow-mo and Christ symbolism, the overly loud and blaring score by Junkie XL which drowns out any other sound in a bid to feel epic, literally no reason for the titular heroes to fight, and when they do it lasts less than 10 minutes, the list goes on.

By far the two most insulting choices are thus: casting Jesse Eisenburg as Lex Luthor, giving an overly hammy and cringe-worthy performance with his forcing Jolly Ranchers down people’s throats, creating and wasting Doomsday, and never keeping his damn mouth shut!

Then there’s the infamous “Martha” twist. Batman and Superman stop fighting because their mothers have the same name. I’ve heard the argument that this is the moment that Batman realises that he’s some mother’s son and that he regains his humanity at this point. Well to that I ask this: What if Clark’s mother was named Sue? There’s no defending this choice, it’s utterly baffling. The whole film is.