Too long, too much slow exposition, but props to Affleck's Batman.

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2016)

I feel this film had much potential that simply wasn't exploited.
Batman was solid; kudos to Ben Affleck for his performance as the Dark Knight. Aside from the several cookie-cutter stern-faced grimaces, he did quite well. Superman, though... weak. Far from the rich character that was Superman in 'Man of Steel', a rather stilted delivery (was that Henry Cavill's Scottish roots peeking out in his pronunciation of "been" a few times?) and sort of wishy-washy to boot, quite disappointing. The supposed villain, Lex Luthor, seemed more a juvenile, awkward nutjob than a world-class arch criminal; wrapped up in social awkwardness attributed to insanity, but that illusion simply doesn't work. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman was okay, but that Israeli accent really got in the way of seeing her character as an Amazon princess.
The obvious and poorly-crafted mannequin of General Zod defused any remaining faith I had in what at that point was at least a halfway good flick. The strange dream flashbacks experienced by Bruce Wayne were out of left field and made no sense; who was the dude with the Robin-esque mask, was that Robin? Was that some projection from an alternate universe? No clue, and no elaboration is given, thus making it clutter.
It's as if this film served to set the foundation for Wonder Woman's future films, using Batman and Superman as pawns in her game, as if she looped her magic lasso of influence around those "super" heroes like they were accessories rather than core members of the ensemble.
Glad I didn't pay to see this. Hopefully Affleck's forthcoming Batman and Gadot's upcoming Wonder Woman will make up for this rather long, drawn-out, predictable "superhero" yarn.