To call Batman v Superman divisive would be an understatement. Despite a robust box office performance and positive audience response, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel follow-up was widely panned in reviews, leading to a hostile back and forth between fans and critics. But fortunately for those who love the Honest Trailers series, it’s a tension that Screen Junkies cunningly plays with for their hilarious take on the film.
Regardless of your feelings on Batman v Superman—not to mention the conversation surrounding it—there’s some great, snarky commentary here for everybody. In introducing the “battle of the century between critics and fans,” the trailer puts together a glorious supercut of Jesse Eisenberg’s interesting performance choices as Lex Luthor, accurately determines Snyder’s take on Batman to be a “weird, murder-y, fan-fic version” of the superhero, and compiles an appropriately lengthy scroll of Luthor’s ridiculously convoluted plan for destruction. None of it situates Batman v Superman in the best light, however—while fans and critics should be able to find some common ground here, the trailer isn’t likely to cheer up sad Ben Affleck anytime soon.
