Review of The New Yorker's Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

"Duels and Fools"


Anthony Lane's review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice resorts to name calling, joking that Snyder must have worked for Nutribullet suggesting elements of the movie were like ingredients in a nutriblend mix.  Of course to suggest that an "irradiated monster", which is a misnomer, an explosion on government premises (does he not recognize the Captiol Building?), and the sharp smack of masonry on skull are just ingredients randomly mixed together overlooks their inherent contributions to the plot and themes and the nature of a superhero movie.

Lane goes on to claim that portions of the movie's dialogue are inaudible.  The fact that he missed a large portion of the dialogue explains a lot in the way of his inability to understand the most simple of ideas in the movie.  Calling Jeremy Irons' lines 'drawling" by the very definition of the word is insulting to Irons himself and does not make any claims on the actual content of his words except when attempting to explain it as fatigue which again is an insult to Irons' performance.

Lane continues with his snide and sophmoric remarks comparing the fight scenes to a boxing match suggesting that a fight between two heroes should be anything more than just that, a fight.

The entire review is just a tirade of puns with no fruitful analysis or intelligible critique of the actual movie.  In fact there is not a slight indication that Lane even watched the movie instead relying on the trailer for his abysmal review.  In fact he seems to see reviewing this movie as beneath him as he sidles it alongside a review for "Francofonia"


New Yorker's Review:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/batman-v-superman-and-francofonia