Batman V Superman: Ranking Every Movie From Worst To Best

14. Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice

Batman V Superman is inexplicably worse from Man Of Steel, showing Zack Snyder learning from none of his mistakes and adding a whole bunch of new issues into the mix. There's the same needless destruction (albeit it with post-production inserts clarifying the lack of bystanders), the same poorly defined supporting cast, the same flippant approach to comic book lore, and through its incoherence Snyder really hammers home his insufficient skills as a director. And the director is the problem through and through. He takes style over substance as a badge of honour, letting the choppy story play out with not a care for continuation or contrast. It feels intermittently loose and rigid, with the rare good idea buried because there was a snazzy low-cut dress to be filmed or a sudden action sequence needed to break out. He couldn't even get the central conceit to work. Despite being well over an hour into the film, the fight comes out of nowhere, pushed along by previously only hinted-at motivations, leading to one minute of good stuff before it devolves into a short bout in a toilet and a resolution that is genuine parody. Jeez. You had one job, Zack, one job.