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Originally Posted by LoSouL
Dark Knight ends with Batman co-signing the idea of lying to the public, creating false heroes and villains to maintain order, after putting forward the idea that sometimes mass surveillance is ok as long as you can be trusted to give up power when the crisis is over. "Best movie ever."
Batman Vs Superman presents a world where everyone is terrified after seeing calamity in the world, as politics and the media is tearing everyone apart, but ultimately reminds us everyone had a mother who loved them, that we're all human and that it's never too late to relent. "Worst movie ever."
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Simplified but I like where you're going. Nolan's movies have some conservative messaging, especially Rises IMO, but it's not super black and white. Same for BvS and its thoughts on weapons, technology and freedom. The real world is in a weird place right now and partisan political messages are easy to manufacture in my opinion but often hollow. Go to BirthMoviesDeath and you'll read about how amazingly liberal the Marvel movies are, while I would argue flicks like Civil War and Winter Soldier are some of the most Eastwood style conservative freedom blockbusters I've seen in a long time.
tl:dr everything's f-ing complicated and I think peoples' dislike of Snyder's style had a lot more to do with MoS, BvS and JL's reputations than anything else. BvS was hated from the moment they released costume photos.