Ben Affleck has responded to the backlash against Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, admitting that some of it was justified.
Speaking further to Empire, Affleck also said, “Zack wanted to make a movie that was more fun, that was a little bit light, that wasn’t so encumbered with heavy melodrama” while Gal Gadot added that “Justice League is not a dark or heavy movie. It doesn’t have the weight Batman v Superman had.”
“I can understand people saying [Batman v Superman] was too dark, or this was outside the tone of what I’m used to seeing with a Batman story, and I think that’s a fair criticism.”
Batman v Superman was criticized for a wide range of filmmaking problems, but its murderous, un-Batman Bruce Wayne was at the forefront, especially in fan circles, and it seems the actor has come to realize that.