Batman V Superman: 6 Reasons It's Doomed To Fail

2. It's Way Too Premature In The Canon

Wouldn't it have been nice if DC had actually planned for Man of Steel to be the first movie in a cinematic universe? If they had actually thought the darn thing out properly, they might have reconsidered a few things and generated a world that felt more suited to its needs. Because, clearly, Man of Steel was never supposed to kick off a cinematic universe; despite Warner Bros. protests that they'd "planned it all along," there's no real evidence of that in the finished flick. It's true, then, that Batman v Superman feels like a movie that should have been playing in cinemas in at least two or three years' time. When it was announced, most people were left wondering whether they'd missed a solo Batman movie along the way. They hadn't, of course: Warner Bros. merely decided to speed up the process of building a cinematic universe by making the second movie in the canon the one in which superheroes fight. Batman v Superman is, as result, an incredibly premature motion picture venture. It makes little sense that Batman should find himself introduced in a movie like this; really, the studio should have gone ahead with a Batman flick before setting their sights on this Justice League film in disguise. This shoddy, half-hearted approach to world-building will surely come back to haunt the studio, however - another aspect thus dooming the film to fail.