My childhood dreams come true

Rating: 8/10 (4 April 2016)

A highly stylistic director's vision; dark and complicated writer's storyline; an ambivalent and torn editor's pace; a thunderous, yet bland composer's musical score; a passionate and unhinged puppeteer of a villain...
Batman v Superman is a complicated film; it is a film not for everyone, and nor should it.
First off, I can only praise Snyder's visual take on the conflict between these two mammoths. Everything you see, from a visual standpoint, is truly eye candy in its purest and most novel form, though I must admit that Luthor's hair style choice was nothing to be proud of, neither is that vile representation of Doomsday (which does not at all take away the menace or monstrosity he emits). In this perspective, the result is a prime reflection of comicbook's darkest moments.
The story, perhaps one of the most criticized aspects of the film, is one of the bigger reasons why I mentioned "it is a film not for everyone". The story is definitely a looker from a superficial perspective, though it does fall flat when it comes to certain character's motivations after thorough analysis. It is not exactly a burdensome story to follow, but neither is it a walk in the park, especially to those unfamiliar to comics. Dialogue is splendid most of the times, leaning on themes that will leave some food for thought, but I must admit it does get arduous at moments, undermining what could have been a very, very vigorous and all around excellent display of language.
The pace does fall short, which leads me to determine that there is some questionable editing, though I think both the writing and the editing share some responsibility for this complaint. Pacing is sluggish at moments, more explicitly at the beginning of the film with, but nevertheless picks up steam and establishes the grounds for a stunning climax that most comic fans will definitely enjoy.
The soundtrack has some very intriguing moments, some of them borderline Machiavellian in nature, displaying a daring application of exotic composing, but there are definitely not many true "memorable" moments, as say, Lord of The Rings, or Star Wars could offer.
As you may have noticed, there are many "this and this, but" moments, which I believe describes perfectly the film; it is not a flawless gemstone, but it is far from being what many describe as a colossal flop. See? There it is again.
The film quickly escalated to the top positions of my top 5 of comicbook pieces, up there with The Dark Knight and Watchmen (the latter being the closest I can think of to being similar in the comicbook realm.) In a 1 to 10 scale, I have no problem awarding this film an 8. Why? Because despite its flaws, its positive attributes and its daring gifts to me and many of its many fans, in my opinion, far outweigh the shortcomings, and I would have no regrets in choosing Snyder to direct again if I had the chance to go back in time and do so.