8 Things Batman V Superman Did Better Than Captain America: Civil War
5. It Had A More Consistent Tone
Snyder likes his movies dark, both in tone and look. Dawn Of Justice damn near comes across like a horror movie in certain scenes, like Bruce’s nightmare of a giant bat attacking him or the cop’s raiding the human trafficker’s den. Everybody’s depressed and glum in this world, and even the sunshine looks grey and miserable.
Jesse Eisenberg’s twitchy Lex Luthor is the only one having a good time, and while this might not be a lot of fun it is the tone Snyder intended to set. Civil War tries to juggle a few different tones at once, like the pulpy action of the opening attack on Crossbones that takes a harsh left when he blows up and takes a bunch of civilians with him.
The film does this a few times, but it’s hard to take the dark or intense stuff seriously in a movie where frigging Giant-Man is swinging stuff around while Spider-Man won’t shut the hell up while attacking his foes.
Snyder commits to his misery - for better or worse - while Civil War pays lip service to it.