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#BatmanvSuperman

I haven't watched the new Batman Vs Superman movie yet. Not sure when I will get to watch it either. But I saw a lot of people either saying great things about the movie or complaining vociferously. It then made sense to see what people are saying on Twitter.

Now before you see the wordcloud and sentiment graph, I must make clear that the movie is a big hit setting records. While it registered the most successful opening in the history with more than $100 million collection, the second weekend saw the largest drop ever recorded for a movie with such a massive opening! Boxofficemojo has more details if you are interested:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4173&p=.htm

People are clearly talking about Batman much more than Superman! Similarly, we see that Ben Affleck was mentioned quite frequently. Many frequently occurring words are positive - awesome, better, great, loved, amazing, etc. There are a few negative words as well. But the overall sentiment seems positive, which is clear from the sentiment graph below.




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