“Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice” is a movie a lot of people are excited about. You have Superman. You have Batman. Even Wonder Woman is in the movie. Actor Ben Affleck plays Batman. Since the Batman movie series started in 1989, movies with Batman have sold almost $2 billion of tickets in the U.S. That is according to the website Box Office Mojo. The same site says since 1978, the six Superman movies have sold over $800 million in tickets. So, the thinking goes, putting the two characters together, should result in a big movie. But what happens if critics do not like it? We will find out on Thursday night, when the film comes out in the U.S. Some early showings have produced disappointing reviews. Some critics say the two-and-a-half-hour film is too long. One critic from the magazine Us Weekly calls it “151 minutes of gloom and doom.”
Title: Critics Slam Batman vs. Superman Movie
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/929/bm_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Critics Slam Batman vs. Superman Movie' data-article-id='1357'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8063'>“Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice” is a movie a lot of people are excited about.</span> <span data-start-time='8063' data-end-time='9875'>You have Superman.</span> <span data-start-time='9875' data-end-time='11917'>You have Batman.</span> <span data-start-time='11917' data-end-time='14979'>Even Wonder Woman is in the movie.</span> <span data-start-time='14979' data-end-time='18500'>Actor Ben Affleck plays Batman.</span> <span data-start-time='18500' data-end-time='30188'>Since the Batman movie series started in 1989, movies with Batman have sold almost $2 billion of tickets in the U.S. </span> <span data-start-time='30188' data-end-time='35583'>That is according to the website Box Office Mojo.</span> <span data-start-time='35583' data-end-time='46958'>The same site says since 1978, the six Superman movies have sold over $800 million in tickets.</span> <span data-start-time='46958' data-end-time='55229'>So, the thinking goes, putting the two characters together, should result in a big movie.</span> <span data-start-time='55229' data-end-time='59146'>But what happens if critics do not like it?</span> <span data-start-time='59146' data-end-time='65104'>We will find out on Thursday night, when the film comes out in the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='65104' data-end-time='70958'>Some early showings have produced disappointing reviews.</span> <span data-start-time='70958' data-end-time='77333'>Some critics say the two-and-a-half-hour film is too long.</span> <span data-start-time='77333' data-end-time='86417'>One critic from the magazine Us Weekly calls it “151 minutes of gloom and doom.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/929/bat_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=5647 data-hint-location='77333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/929/what_does_gloom_mean.m4a'>What does gloom mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='darkness or a feeling of sadness'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/929/to_criticize_harshly.m4a'><span>to criticize harshly</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/929/darkness_or_a_feeling_of_sadness.m4a'><span>darkness or a feeling of sadness</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/929/repeated_pattern_of_sounds.m4a'><span>repeated pattern of sounds</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/929/the_beginning_of_something.m4a'><span>the beginning of 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