Sad Ben Affleck is sad about Batman V Superman’s sad reviews

The reviews for Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice are in, and they’re not kind. Although destined for box-office glory no matter what the critics think, the Zack Snyder-directed superhero epic, pitting DC’s two best-known characters against each other, currently has a lowly 30 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes (where it is dismissed as “a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action”) and an underwhelming score of 44 on Metacritic. One imagines that Ben Affleck, who dons the cape and cowl to portray the Caped Crusader in the $250 million film, must be feeling pretty bummed out by the news. If there’s a bright side lurking within this dreary story, it has been discovered by Jezebel’s Bobby Finger, who has wittily paired unkind critical quotes with photos of Affleck looking sad and reflective during his Batman V Superman publicity tour. Perhaps, even while attending the movie’s gala premiere, the actor was already anticipating the critical bile to come.