What if ‘Batman v Superman’ sucks?

This movie should be a slam dunk. As far as franchise movies go throughout cinematic history, it’s hard to imagine anything being able to cast any doubt on the magnitude of a BATMAN and SUPERMAN movie. It should literally be the greatest thing ever.

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But, it’s not.

Yes, “Dawn of Justice” is going to have an outstanding first weekend at the box office — numbers are tracking for a $159M opening, which would passĀ “Hunger Games” as one of the biggest March movies ever and challenge both “The Dark Knight” (158M in 2008) and “The Dark Knight Rises” (160M in 2012) for best DC opening ever.

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Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Ben Affleck as the Batman.

Still, Warner Bros. is nervous. Fan reaction hasn’t been as overwhelmingly positive as WB/DC hoped it would be after adding Batman to the Superman sequel and deciding to use it as a springboard in setting up “Justice Leage” and an expanded DC Cinematic Universe.

The movie opens this week, and early reactions have been pretty positive, but we’ve all been through this before. DC has a lot on the line here and one question is running rampant on everyone’s mind: fans. critics. studio execs.

WHAT IF BATMAN V SUPERMAN…….SUCKS???

The short answer is the universe may just come undone..(continue reading at Examiner.com)

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