Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Wal-Mart- VUDU +Ultimate Edition Blu-ray + Theatrical Blu-ray)

Batman vs. Superman was in part a sequel to Man of Steel and in part, a setup for The Justice League movie, introducing the new DCEU versions of Batman (played by Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (played by Gal Gadot), and via short cameos the new Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Mamoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher). It also brought back Amy Adams in her role as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, and brought in Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.I won't go into too much of the storyline so as not to spoil it for the few who may not have seen the movie, but it essentially dovetails off the end of Man of Steel in which Metropolis was destroyed in the climactic fight between Superman and Zod. We see that battle from the perspective of Bruce Wayne who is trying to get to Wayne Financial to get his employees out of the building. This sets up his distrust of Superman, and then there is an 18-month time jump and Batman is becoming more violent which gets him on Superman's radar, and with Lex orchestrating things in the background, the two end up in battle, until they have to team up.The movie gets ragged on a lot, undeservedly so, in my opinion. It is clearly setting up a larger story and has to be seen as a piece in a multi-movie arc. While I do think it would have been better for DC to follow the Marvel format of setting up the characters in individual movies before bringing them together, so there would not have been so many logic jumps as this movie took, the plot does make sense (especially after you see it a couple of times), and the darker tone that Snyder used for the movie (really all the movies in his "Snyderverse" worked well. And, of course, when Joss Whedon attempted to shoehorn his brand of humor that worked in the MCU into the DCEU, it totally fell flat and was universally rejected.For those who get the blu-ray set, there are two blu-ray discs. One with the theatrical cut of the movie and the bonus features, and one with the Ultimate Edition of the movie that adds about 30 additional minutes to the run time. Some of the scenes are kind of useless, but others really flesh out how much Lex had put the events of the movie into motion. The extras included several behind-the-scenes and making-of features, character profiles for Wonder Woman and Batman, and shorter ones on the characters of Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg. All, in all, there is about two hours' worth of extras, so those who like watching the bonus material will be satisfied.Also of note, there is a 4k version of the Ultimate Edition of the movie that does not include the theatrical version or any of the blu-ray extras, so even if you double-dip for that one, you probably want to hold on to this version unless you are only interested in the movie and just want the Ultimate Edition of the movie. The 4k version just has the movie itself and a commentary track that Snyder made just for the 4k restoration as the only extra. In his commentary, he does spoil his version of Justice League (identifying Martian Manhunter, for example) and generally discusses his vision for where the movies would have gone had he stayed on. The movie looks and sounds great (especially the restored IMAX scenes) in 4k UHD, and is, in my opinion, worth the double-dip.Overall, the movie is very good. Dark, but good, and it makes a lot of sense. I do think it could have used a better setup through a stand-alone Batman movie first to establish this version of Batman, and what turned him into the more jaded version of the character. I also think this movie would have benefitted from DC releasing the stand-alone Wonder Woman movie first to set her backstory. However, I do think that her extended cameo in this movie worked and was one of the reasons that the Wonder Woman movie did so well at the box office because viewers liked the taste of the character in this movie. But, despite the reputation it has as a bad movie, it is not. Affleck did a great job as an older, more jaded Batman, and I liked the idea of Batman trying to figure out how to stop an unstoppable alien. By now, however, the movie has been out long enough that people have their opinion of it. If you have not seen it, I would definitely give it a chance because it is not nearly as bad as some would have you believe.

Although the theatrical edition of BATMAN V SUPERMAN was enjoyable, it left some unanswered questions--questions that were addressed in the Ultimate Edition. I thoroughly enjoyed the additional footage (31 minutes extra), and I should recommend this 2-disk collection, without qualification.

One of the best comic book movies of all time specifically the ultimate edition. Unfortunately Warner Brothers was money hungry & forced certain things to be in the films & sort of hindered the direction of the film. Snyder tried his best to paint a Picasso with crayons. The pacing is off but the action & scenery makes up for it. Decent story but had a couple holes & 1 head scratcher moment that everyone complains about which shifts the turn of events in the 3rd act. The casting was fantastic though & so was the dialogue, giving so many memorable lines I repeat to this day. It just sucks they forced him to use doomsday so early instead of letting him save the character for man of steel 2 which is likely what he was going to do seeing the man of steel deleted scene mentioning him.

Well, I get that this film panned by a lot of folks... but I suspect that much of that comes down to the "Coke versus Pepsi" style argument, where "if it's not Marvel, it sucks."I should point out that I've been a comic reader for many years... though I finally bailed on DC when they did their most recent "reboot" ("The New 52"). I haven't bought any in quite a few years now, and had pared down to almost nothing before that. So, my knowledge of "current comics" may be a bit sparse, but of historical comics (from the 1960s through the early 2000's) is fairly complete. The only stuff I've been following in recent times has been Robert Kirkland's "Walking Dead" series.So... let's just say, I didn't have the expectations that some folks did when going into these films (Man of Steel and Dawn of Justice). I was VERY pleased with "Man of Steel" (which I consider to be a 9/10 rating, with the main issues being the terrible "Pa Kent" bit which failed to ruin the film but did taint it a bit).I'd heard that folks didn't like this film, in advance... and to be fair, my wife tells me she hated it, so I get where these are coming from. :)But... to me, this was a pretty good film, overall... though I've marked it down a star for being TERRIBLY derivative... in the sense that "they borrowed scenes, intact, from a series of other stories."To anyone who knows the story of "The Dark Knight Returns"... much of this story is lifted, DIRECTLY, from that. (There's an animated film version of that story now, so you can go watch that, and compare... and see how much of this is taken from that.) And, of course, more of it is lifted from the classic "The Death of Superman" story arc, as well, which many of us will remember. More still is taken from one of the more modern retellings of how the Justice League was formed. And we get a healthy dollop of Apocalypse (not the biblical concept, but the extradimensional world ruled by Darkseid and opposed by Jack Kirby's "New Gods"), complete with Darkseid's "Parademons" being shown on-screen, and Darkseid's "Omega" symbol on the scorched Earth.So... what the makers of this film tried to do was lift some of the best, most beloved, story elements from many sources and blend them into a single, coherent storyline.And... they actually do a pretty decent job of it. I'm marking it down for them trying to do that in the first place, but giving them credit for doing something that they shouldn't have done, but doing it in the best way possible.The REALLY GOOD in this film...All of the main "superhero" characters are very well portrayed. I was worried about Affleck, but he did a fine job here. Plus, we get glimpses of other superhero characters who we, no doubt, will see a lot more of later (Cyborg, Aquaman, The Flash, and even, it's hinted at, the Martian Manhunter). We didn't see any hint of Green Lantern... mainly because after the mistakes made in the GL movie a few years ago, they're no doubt planning how to fix that without violating the principle tenets of the character. No doubt that we'll see him, in some form, in the next film in the series.And the bits "borrowed" from other works... are "well-borrowed" and are, on their own individual merits, quite good.The "OK"...The portrayal of Doomsday wasn't quite up to snuff. It was just another "Deus Ex Machina" here... reasonably well-done but Doomsday should have warranted an entire movie all to itself. Making Doomsday a "reanimated zombie of General Zod" felt a bit... weird... but I could live with that.Amy Adams' Lois Lane remains... OK. But she's still pretty bland. I prefer the Lois we got in Smallville over all others we've seen to date. Lois needs more attitude, but needs to seem utterly competent. And please, no more "Teri Hatcher" versions... nice as she may have been to look at.And... the BAD...Yes, the story is too derivative, as stated before. That's the biggest issue I have with this film, by far.AND...The Lex Luthor character in this film wasn't good. I get it... they wanted to make this "relevant to today" by giving us a "founder of facebook" character rather than the classic "mad scientist" or the more recent "business tycoon" versions we've had before. The problem is, this particular version of Lex simply seemed WEAK, and ILL DEFINED.Again, Lex really needed a film all to himself, or perhaps multiple films, in order to get to the point we're left at in this film... and we've never had that with this particular Lex, so none of what he does in this film has any real weight to it.Oh... and my final quibble... BATMAN DOES NOT USE GUNS. It's not that he's morally incapable of it... he's PSYCHOLOGICALLY INCAPABLE OF IT, as in "guns horrify and disgust him." Now, you could argue that (as was done in "The Dark Knight Returns") he has no issue with RUBBER bullets... bruising and otherwise injuring, but not killing, his targets. But in this case, we see him mowing down opponents with machine guns, with their vehicles exploding (and them OBVIOUSLY being killed).To be fair... in reality, a figure like "Batman" could never operate successfully without killing. (Which is why, in reality, a figure like "Batman" should never exist!) And perhaps the filmmakers wanted to put this more firmly into the real world? But this is such a HUGE deviation from the Batman of the comics that it's just beyond accepting that this is the same character.(FYI, this was an issue with the Tim Burton Batman films of decades past, as well... but something that the Nolan films got right! Batman will put you into the intensive care ward, but he doesn't kill.)

Great movie and best part new. I know used ones are cheaper but you don't always get what you expect. Buy from prime never fails.

Girls love the movies so got the dvd set.Highly recommended.

Per gli amanti dei SUPEREROI. Include la copia digitale da scarica basta utilizzare il seriale stampato nella confezione. Il formidabile e potente giustiziere di Gotham City (Batman) sfida il difensore più rispettato della città di Metropolis (Superman). Presente anche Gal Gadot come Wonder Woman! :DQualità video eccezzionale effetti speciali a

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All the harsh criticism aside, this is a film that I personally enjoyed. Sure, I watched the theatrical version before the Extended one, but while I enjoyed the theatrical version, I simply loved the stuff they have added in the Ultimate Edition and the way the extra 30 minutes add up to the film's overall quality and impact. It's superb and definitely a must watch if you love the movie. Even if you are one of those who came out a little confused and unsatisfied with the theatrical cut, I would suggest you to give the Ultimate Edition a chance as it might change the way you see this movie and might make you appreciate it all over again! That's how well the "Ultimate Edition" works!Now, coming to the Steelbook. Well it has both the theatrical and The Ultimate Edition and the theatrical edition Disc contains all the bonus features as well. The Video quality is great and as for the Sound Quality, well it is simply awesome and worthy of doing justice to your home theater system or your AV receiver!The Theatrical cut has Hindi audio available but not the Ultimate Edition.All in all...highly recommended!