The cast members of 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' say that the audience reaction to the movie is more important than the critical response.
- Mar 25, 2016
AceShowbiz - "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" cast members Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill have broken their silence on the bad reviews. The highly-anticipated superhero flick is currently sitting at a lukewarm 33|percent| on Rotten Tomatoes, with major outlets like The New York Times, EW, and THR all panning it.
Henry tells Yahoo! Movies that the audience reaction to the movie is more important than the critical response. "The interesting thing is that we get the critics who have their personal opinions," he says, "And the thing about personal opinions is that they always come from a place. And there's a preconceived idea which you have to get past a critic before you start writing your article or your review, and that affects everything."
"What is really going to matter, I believe, is what the audience says," the "Man of Steel" actor adds, "Because they're the ones who are buying tickets, they're the ones who want to see more of this kind of story or not and so the audience's voice is loudest and after this weekend the audience, at least partly, will have spoken." Ben says, "I agree."
Amy Adams also agrees with Henry, saying, "None of us are making the movies for the critics. You can't go into it with that perspective." Amy explains that that it's more important the "fans like it," and insists, "So far the reaction has been really positive on that front. If you're interested in a film you should see it and form your own opinion rather than just going on the word of [critics]."
Gal Gadot assures the interviewer, "I think the movie's great. It's huge, it's massive... I think that they nailed it, and I really enjoyed it." Jesse Eisenberg, meanwhile, adds, "I can't read [reviews] because I don't even watch the movies I'm in. I get very critical. I don't like reading stuff either. I find it distracting, I guess, or unnerving." When being told that "everyone is praising [his performance]" despite poor reviews, Jesse jokes, "In that case, I'll read everything, and I look forward to seeing the film."
Director Zack Snyder says, "I'm a comic book guy and I made the movie based as much as I could on that aesthetic. And so I don't know how else to do it 100|percent|, so it is what it is."
