Batman v Superman : SPOILERS. Observation N°1; Water Symbolism

So, like I said, I'm just going to talk about what truly caught my attention in the movie. It's just flowing as it comes to my mind so forgive the lack of expertise.

This is a key element to both MoS and BvS. Water refers to emotions and birth. It's not very explicit for who doesn't look but it really was the one thing that hit me like a brick while I was watching the movie! I remember nudging my sister and be like: "did you see all that water?!"

*In MoS Clark was a lot around water.

-Clark saved his classmates from drowning and he was alone in a huge mass of water. It's cold and dark. He took a huge risk, exposed himself to the world and didn't control his powers. He was confused and the water reflects that.

-when there was the whale moment from the rig oil rescue, he also was in a large mass of water and alone. The water wasn't clear, it was for both moments, dark/cold/ troubled. He was an adult and had a better control of his power but he was still alone. He was still soul-searching.

*Then in BvS we have the moment he's  around water


 -He is with Lois in the bath. a small amount of water, closeness, intimacy, comfort, love. he willingly jumps in the water, his glasses go off, he's himself, he's whole.

-Then you have the kryptonite reveal, the water is clear as day, it's pure, it's part of the world. it's NATURAL. almost peaceful. because kryptonite only becomes a weapon when it's used like this. when it's taken out of its "natural" place. It also can represent Clark/Kal-El on Earth, being pulled out of water by children (Lex, I'll come to lex in another post) for something ominous and dark (turning kryptonite into a lethal weapon. Superman's death)

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-Last moment of water was the fight against Doomsday. A large amount of unclear water, he's with Lois but it's dark, dangerous, ominous even. (well, his future demise) But he's not alone this time. Lois is with him. She is his world, his anchor to this world and his reason to fight. It echoes to the scene of him as an adult, at the oil rig. he sacrificed himself to save these guys but ended up alive and well. except here, he dies.

*Other people are also around water but it's more subtle: 

-You have the dark/dirty/troubled moment of lex with the Kryptonian ship. something ominous, dangerous, dirty, unholy (really). and lex was somehow baptized in this water if you look at the deleted scene. it's really that. he's reborn too, hence the change of mannerism towards the end of the movie. He's seen things.

-We also have a glimpse of it with Batman, in the Batcave! he's surrounded by water, it's subtle, distant. it doesn't touch him, it's not around him. he is concealing his emotions, distancing himself from them. there are surrounding the shrine he made for Jason Todd (well, Robin, we don't know if it's Jason yet, in the movie). The shrine is a reminder of what he lost but he's not grieving, not accepting that death, not willing to face his emotions émoticône grin