Zack Snyder"s Definitive Explanation Of Batman V Superman’s Martha Scene Finally Sells Me On It

Summary

• Director Zack Snyder explains the Martha scene in Batman v Superman, providing deeper context and underlying themes.
• Snyder's discussion with screenwriter Chris Terrio reveals the significance of both heroes' mothers having the same name.
• Despite initial criticism, Snyder's insight into the Martha scene shows thoughtful character perspectives and may sway some critics.

More than eight years after its release, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder explains the DCEU movie's divisive Martha line so well, he may finally win over the scene's most vehement critics. When Batman v Superman released, audiences were split on the climactic moment wherein Batman is about to kill Superman, only for his hand to be stayed when Clark pleads for Martha's life. Though Clark is asking Bruce to save Martha Kent, Bruce is shocked because he hears his own mother's name. Now, Snyder offers deeper context to the scene that perfectly explains its underlying themes.
In an interview with GQ about his most iconic films, Snyder discusses the much maligned Martha scene. The filmmaker recounts a conversation he had with screenwriter Chris Terrio, who wrote Batman v Superman along with David S. Goyer, about how Superman could possibly humanize himself to Batman when the latter was so determined to kill him. Snyder's comments begin at the 19:08 mark in the video below.

When [screenwriter] Chris Terrio and I were talking about it, he said, 'You know that their mothers have the same name,' and I was like, 'Oh that's crazy, I never thought about that.' And he goes, 'Yeah, like imagine that Batman sees Superman as an alien, as a monster, but realizes that his dead mother has the same name as this thing that he considers nonhuman. Like, that's gonna get him.' And I'm like, 'That is gonna get him, that's amazing.' What else could he say to Batman, holding the Kryptonite spear about to plunge it into his heart — like, what is he gonna say to convince him that his love of humanity is as high as Batman's? I mean, really, [Batman] could kill him in a second, like literally in a second, so that was why I was like, 'Ok well, he's gotta play every possible trick.'

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