Batman v Superman v Critics v Attention Spans

By Joe Parello (@HerewegoJoe)

So, I finally bit the bullet last night and saw the new Batman-Superman movie. I told you I would last week, mostly because these characters are too damn important to miss, especially when this flick is their first meeting on the big screen.

So, was it as bad as all the reviews made it out to be?

Not quite, but this thing has a lot of flaws. Here's a quick rundown, with no spoilers (that aren't in the trailers), but I'll get into specifics, with spoilers, at the bottom. Don't worry, I'll warn you when the spoilers are coming. Seriously, I will.

First, the good.

-I still like Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent. He's a handsome boy scout, and I actually kind of buy his on-screen chemistry with Amy Adams' Lois Lane. When you consider that this could have gone the way of Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, I'll call it a win that I don't hate watching these two interact.

-Also, Affleck ain't a bad Batman. No, really!

I mean, he's a different Batman. He's a PTSD, "I've seen some $#it" kinda Batman. But, it sorta works.

Rush: Good Normal Movie or Bad Sports Movie? Or Both? Or Neither?

Thor and that "heroic" Nazi from Inglorious Basterds drive around in fast cars. Vin Diesel not in film.

By Jeremy Conlin (@jeremy_conlin)

Rush is, for the most part, a good movie.

I'm not sure Rush is a good sports movie. I'm not even sure it *is* a sports movie. It might just be a movie.

The film centers around the rivalry of Formula 1 drivers James Hunt (played by Chris Hemsworth - the one that plays Thor, not the one that had a knife roundhouse kicked into his chest by Jean-Claude Van Damme in Expendables 2) and Niki Lauda (played by Daniel Brühl - the Nazi who hit on Melanie Laurent and the fake Joseph Goebbels made a movie about in Inglorious Basterds, also the guy who showed up for one scene in The Bourne Ultimatum as the brother of Matt Damon's dead girlfriend), in particular their back-and-forth 1976 season.