Kevin Smith has long been a cheerleader for 'Batman v Superman' even before any of us had seen a single frame. He was the guy who first told us how great Ben Affleck would be, remember? But when the movie actually he came out, even he wasn't so hot on it, calling it "joyless" and "humorless". Of all the negative review it was his that may have done the most damage because he's such an unabashed fanboy. But now it appears he's had a change of heart, thanks to his buddy Jason Mewes.
Smith is currently on the set of The Flash where he's directing an upcoming episode, but he took the time to post a graphic on Instagram. While the image of him and Mewes (who has a role in the episode) alongside Zoom is pretty funny, it was Smith's comments about a second 'Batman v Superman' viewing that stand out.
"But this boy [Mewes] LOVES his comic books - so much so that I've never heard him say he's ever read a bad comic book (and I know for a fact he went deep on the I'll-fated @marvel "New Universe" titles back in the day). He doesn't dissect superhero material, he just consumes. Analyzing is for academics: Jay's just there to see his heroes come to life. So to thank me for sneaking him into the @dccomics universe, Jay took me to see @batmanvsuperman again (my second time, his first). I liked the flick more on my second viewing (see 1 hour review on my #KevinSmith #youtube channel). I'd said the film didn't have any heart, but after the second viewing, I actually found the heart in #batmanvsuperman: it's in the viewer. And the viewer I watched the blockbuster with the second time was all agog, eyes as big as saucers. During the Knightmare sequence, we shared a moment that even elevated the flick for me: when the winged New Gods nasties attack #Batman and take him down, Jay (age 40) & I (age 45) simultaneously looked at one another and whispered reverently "ParaDemons." It was a beautiful moment shared by two lifelong fanboys who were delighted to see their childhood flash before their eyes."
Might Smith's reversal of opinion convince others to give the film another shot? Only time will tell, and to be fair it actually holds a 70% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, so maybe he doesn't really need to do much convincing.
