Man Of Steel
The basis for success in any given movie franchise is always the the first installment. Look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe for example – 2008’s Iron Man is generally considered to be one of the best superhero movies ever made – but the DC Extended Universe started with a bit of a whimper.
2013’s Man of Steel wasn’t great. It wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t great. It was an underwhelming movie that had fans in uproar about a number of things – most prominently the damage caused by Henry Cavill’s Superman and the fact he was prepared to kill.
Reviews were average – and that’s not good enough to launch a franchise scheduled to last until at least 2020 with. It’s a major concern that the platform from which the likes of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad are expected to succeed was so mediocre.
Other movies worthy of a mention include Steel (Shaquille O’Neal, really?!), The Return of Swamp Thing (the first one actually wasn’t bad), Superman Returns (not terrible, but very boring) and The Spirit (absolutely awful, and DC-related, but totally unconnected to the mainstream DC universe).
What do you think? Are you concerned by the DC Extended Universe? Were the movies in this list terrible DC offerings? Have your say below!
