Why is Batman v Superman so dark?

Just viewed the new teaser for bvs, it does its job well by making me want more. Loved it. However it seems a little too dark for Superman. Superman straight up looks like Bizarro. Any thoughts?

Oh so you're suggesting that DC should make their movies lighter... as in Marvel lighter... HERATIC

Batman is having a knightmare.

yeah im pretty sure thats a dream sequence to get batflecks jimmie rustled enough to start a fight with supes. but as a whole if they were not darker in tone they would just seem like a marvel knock off.... when theyve tried lighter (batman forever, batman robin, superman returns) they failed miserably they went dark and gritty with nolans trilogy and made a few billion so they stuck with it.

@zr0c00l: The winter soldier is a serious movie, but it's not dark. We all know BvS will be bad, it will be a very pretentious movie, with silly dialogues and a lot of CGI. Sadly this is what happen when you choose Zack Snyder to direct a movie.

we have enough non serious hero movies. we need dark ones.

I like it. Peoole don't take DC movies seriously when its light.

It´s not dark.

Urggg.. again.

@moul: ill admit i am worried that the movie wont meet expectations but i really like man of steel and other snyder films like watchmen and 300 so i have faith... i know a lot of people dont agree with me but i believe in him

I watched the trailer and all i kept thinking was INJUSTICE.

It looks AMAZING! No words spoken yet the teaser left me wanting more!!!! These two on screen for the first time in a major motion picture is kind of a big deal!!! :D

Serious? Sure. Dark? Lol no.

Did we watch the same teaser?

Lol, I actually like serious and dark movies. Enjoyed Man Of Steel very much. I have high hopes for BvS. But in this case Superman straight up looks menacing and grim, he almost made Batman crap his pants with that gaze. Seems a little out of character for Sups, ain't it?

@firedude17: it's a dream

@darknightspideyfanboy: Maybe it´s his fantasy.

They feel making it darker will make it better and more popular with audiences.

It's not dark but you can consider it a bit darker than Marvel movies in some ways but they are few.

Zack Snyder

Embrace the Darkside. Let it FLOW through you...you know you want to

1. It's a nightmare, nightmares are scary

2. The movie itself is serious

3. Batman

The thing that worries me about the DCU is its no humor thing. Even movies such as LOTR etc...had humor, and they were perfectly mature

@incursion: there's humor, it's just not in your face please notice how funny we are kind of humor.

Well when your beloved Superman gets to meet his destiny from The Dark Knight, it obviously is going to be a dark day.

Seriously, people have got to learn there's a difference.

same

Because of a movie series that made them a heck of a lot of money. You may have heard of it. It's called the Dark Knight Trilogy.

i think the only way that superhero's can translate to a mainstream adult audience that doesn't follow them is by either being very dark and serious and "realistic" or by being fun and comedic... Marvel has already gone the fun route and DC experienced massive success with Nolan's dark, gritty and semi-plausible Batman... so it only makes sense they would try to continue that direction.

I think the funny thing about the whole deal is that the more the movies start to feel like comics... the more people like them. I read an article somewhere on superheroes only being believable BECAUSE they're so outlandish and strange. You watch the DC animated shows and you're whisked right in, no trouble, but the live action stuff they're afraid to even say "superman"
i think eventually we'll get movies that are nearly shot-for-shot remakes of the comics, and people will absolutely love them. A good story is a good story, no way around that.

Op doesn't know what dark is.