Did you actually call the MCU "diversely directed"? And yet all the MCU movies look like the same boringly shot TV show.

BvS also takes Batman down the Bush route, imo.

There's a lot going on in that movie that people seem to go out of their way to dismiss. Batman has killed in all his previous cinematic iterations, including Bale's. In BvS they actually seemed to link it with his aberrant mental state… I think many of his actions in that movie mirror the US response after 9/11.…

"Debris speckles the image, just to remind you that this is indeed a serious war movie, where debris and smoke are required."

The Perestroika was very controversial in the USSR. If the coup against Gorbachev had been successful, its very possible that they would have backtracked and doubled-down on a policy of aggression.

Probably explains why you didn't understand the movie.

So many mixed metaphors and run-on sentences…

The 'Part 1' in Justice League is likely just a placeholder.

I think you are setting yourself up to hate it, so odds are you probably will.

Go back to Russia!

I think it could be quite good, if carried out right. I'm cautiously optimistic!

I think he is… but I'm certain Chris Terrio and Ben Affleck are!

I think the callback to the Bush Doctrine is very deliberate. Obviously that doctrine is pretty moronic… but in the months following 9/11, it was very attractive to a lot of people on both sides of the political spectrum. It took a while for people to come to their senses (understandably). I think Batman's journey in…

I don't think it's a misreading… this is a jaded Batman that's over a decade in. I suspect that the end of the movie will be Batman learning that he can trust Supes.