11 Biggest Sins Of Batman v Superman

10. Batman Or Bat-Punisher?

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Okay Hollywood, I feel like we have to clear something up right now so there won't be any further confusion. Batman has two rules:

1. He doesn't kill.
2. He doesn't use guns.

That's it. Maintain those two rules, and you're golden. Christopher Nolan understood this to some extent (although Christian Bale's Batman seemed to be okay with just leaving people to die on more than a few occasions). But in this movie, we have Batman who not only brutalizes his enemies by branding them with his symbol (which he does because he knows it'll get them killed in prison), but who also has no qualms about taking a criminal's gun and then using it against him.

Snyder has justified this by citing Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns as an example where Batman uses guns to kill people. But in that story, the only time Batman ever uses a gun is to scare a member of the mutant gang member. And he doesn't kill anyone.

Go ahead, reread the graphic novel if you don't believe me. 

Yes, we know that Batman has killed in some circumstances and that previous movie incarnations didn't mind killing. But these were either extreme circumstances or out of character (and yes, the Batman in the Burton films was extremely out of character).

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Percival Constantine is the author of several novels and short stories, including the Vanguard superhero series, and regularly writes and comments on movies, comics, and other pop culture. More information can be found at his website, PercivalConstantine.com