Hollywood films have now embodied what our society now stands for, many characteristics that exist in the world are glorified through films and thus are viewed as being acceptable. To better exemplify the meaning behind the behaviors that are now accepted a content analysis was conducted on the film Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. It is arguable that while the film contains covert advertisements there is also a traditional exemplar of gender roles throughout the film.
The film begins by giving background to Batman and why he became the vigilante that he is. It then goes into the fight that occurred between Superman and General Zod in Metropolis. Within this fight Bruce Wayne’s (Batman) office building was destroyed and the damage to the
…show more content…
He did this in order to make it look like Superman’s fault, and send him into hiding. This sends Batman, who believed that Clark Kent had destroyed the building, into a frenzy to destroy Superman. He successfully stole the Kryptonite that Lex had imported and used it for his own creation of weapons against Superman. Lex Luthor kidnaps Superman’s mom in an attempt to encourage Clark Kent to kill Batman, knowing that Batman had the capability to kill Clark at any time. Upon arriving to fight each other Superman begins to try and reason with Bruce as to why they need to work together and not against each other. After a lot of arguing and Superman nearing death he is able to convince Bruce to give up his quest for vengeance because of a woman, Martha, Clark Kent’s mother and the name of Bruce’s deceased mother as well. They join forces and upon their decision to do so, Lex releases his genetically modified creature to defeat Superman. Wonder Woman joins them in their fight, but they soon realize that the creature and Superman are both Kryptonian. Clark then takes the spear that Bruce had made to kill him and used it to defeat the monster which in return also defeated Superman because he ended up being stabbed by the creature. Lois Lane then went to the police after all of the fighting was over and the arrested Lex