I have already reviewed one of the Marvel movies of the year, Deadpool (read the review here), because of this I am going to leave it out of the head to head reviews.
These are the biggest films released from each side in 2016. They had big budgets (both estimated at $250,000,000) and they both also made big money as well, but which one was better?
Civil War
This I have to say was one of the best movies this year, and is definitely one of the best superhero movies released. It had a bit of everything for everyone to enjoy, it had comedy, it had suspense, it had action and it had emotion.
As far as acting goes in superhero movies this is on the upper end of the scale, this is no doubt down to it's killer cast though, from two time Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. and one time nominee Don Cheadle to Oscar winner Marisa Tomei ('My Cousin Vinny') and four time Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson. All main actors in this movie helped to portray the emotions of the characters perfectly, they allowed us to have a view into the mind of superheroes and I can tell you we weren't disappointed.
The plot is a solid one, and completely grasped watchers attention early on, and managed to sustain it throughout. The movie's storyline is about a political interference in the Avengers' activities which causes a rift between the Captain America and Iron Man, and forces others to choose their side.
This film made a total gross within theatres of $408,084, 349. Bringing it in at number three in the top total grosses of all movies released in 2016, coming behind 'Finding Dory' and 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'.
Overall I give this film a solid 8 out of 10, for its gripping story and its excellent capture of a range of emotions throughout.
Batman V Superman
I have to say that I was not as impressed with this film, which is hard for me to say as a huge Batman fan, but I do not feel this lived up to it's hype, as Civil War did. With a new Batman, and a merge of some DC characters that haven't been in scenes together before, this film had a lot of potential to amaze and inspire but it just fell flat.
Now the acting was not the problem here, as there is an excellent cast, with two time Oscar winner Ben Affleck (Best Original Screenplay for 'Good Will Hunting' and Best Film for 'Argo'), one time nominee Jesse Eisenberg and five time nominee Amy Adams leading the way. They did portray the characters well, although it is quite obvious that Ben is not going to be able to live up to Christian Bale's amazing showing as Batman in Christopher Nolan's trilogy.
The problem for me was the storyline, it didn't engross me as I would've wanted, I feel like they should've stuck to the story of Batman being against Superman, as they did for half of the movie, rather than have them work together to fight a being from another world, they could've saved this for a future film. I also think the graphics were appalling for this day and age, they really let it down, and made it seem low budget.
I did however enjoy Wonder Woman's role in the movie, and it has made me look forward to seeing her individual movie due for release this year.
Batman V Superman made a total gross within theatres of $330,360,194. Bringing it in at number eight in the top total grosses of all movies released in 2016, coming just behind 'Deadpool' and 'Zootopia'.
Overall I have to give this movie a 4, I was let down after viewing it, and left feeling like I needed more substance to what I believe is a fairly average movie.
The winner of these two movies has to be 'Captain America: Civil War', it came out top at the Box Office and top in my ratings.
My next post will be part two of this series, I will put 'Suicide Squad' and 'X-Men: Apocalypse' head to head, and reveal who came on top overall in 2016, Marvel or DC.
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