Spoiler free review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2016)

A lot has been written about Batman Vs Super: Dawn of justice in last few days. I finally got to watch this movie yesterday, And here's my two cents.
* It's a fantastic movie. *
I loved Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen(2009), it's one of my all- time favorite movies. And he has honestly done a fan-boy's justice to BvS. Yes, BvS:DoJ is dark, gritty and humorless, almost to a fault. But for me, this is a verbatim portrayal of what DC universe actually is. DC comics never shy away from putting their cynosure on a pedestal with his character flaws wide open for public viewing. Even Nolan's Batman trilogy was woven around a near neo-noir genre to which characters such as a brooding hero struggling to find his true purpose or a screenplay full of long, sullen silences and profound monologues are pretty much inveterate.
Now, any comparison of this movie with a Spiderman or Avengers would be unjust. Think of it this way, at one time DC writers made a possessed Superman kill a pregnant Lois lane before he became an evil tyrant and butchered half of the Justice League. On the other hand, Marvel's gore blockbuster Daredevil had a cheesy boy-meets- girl subplot pandering the movie to an even larger demographic. I don't intend to deduce that either DC or Marvel is better than the other. Both have had different executional strategies with their movies. And both have done really well to bring Superheroes' realm on screen. But expecting BvS to mellow down or metamorphose to a potboiler would be unfair.
Cinematography in this movie is remarkable. Every frame is a visual treat. You don't have to be a comic book fan to enjoy the battle of Man of steel against the Dark Knight. Both Cavill and Affleck fit perfectly in their respective roles. Casting for Lex Luthor could have been done better. Jesse Eisenberg feels too "zany" to play the loathed super-villain. Gal Gadot(<3) is absolutely gorgeous as Wonder Women. And the ugly science experiment, aka Doomsday, though seems an overkill, proves to a handy punching bag to introduce Wonder Women to the big screen. This movie also neatly sets up the plot for the upcoming Justice League film. I would give this movie a 9/10.