Mixed feelings...

Rating: 4/10 (18 May 2020)

It's been almost half a decade since this movie came out, yet I'm still not exactly sure about how i feel about it. Unlike most i don't hate this movie. People are calling this the worst DCEU movie, but it's significantly better than both Suicide Squad and Justice League. First of all I actually like the casting in this movie with one HUGE exception that I'll mention later on. Aflec is fine as the caped crusader and Cavil is great too. The fight scenes are honestly good here. Directing and cinematography is ok (maybe a bit too dark at times but I'll allow it). I liked the Batman vs Superman fight (minus.. you know) and the warehouse fight scene with Batman was legitimately great and the highlight of the movie. I also thoroughly enjoyed the scene where Bruce Wayne tries to save as many people as possible in the Metropolis fight scene from Man of Steel. Love the perspective and it shows why Batman dislikes Superman rather convincingly! Also love how we got to see Batman actually do some detective work this time round and Wonder Woman fit into the scene nicely. However, there a ton of bad stuff as well, with the worst one being the plot which is honestly awful. Nothing makes sense! Lex Luthors plan is insane! So he creates Doomsday by combining his DNA with Zods... WHAT? Why would he do that? Why did the ship let him do that despite it being stricly forbidden? And how did he know that Doomsday would be the result? Also, when Lex framed Sups for blowing up the building... like how did people believe that? You think Superman needs to use a bomb to kill everyone? And Batman decided to team up with Superman cause their moms have the same names... The fight could have also easily been resolved if Superman just... told Batman that Lex had his mother hostage and that he and Batman had the same goal. The movie expects you to suspend your disbelief to a point where you might be permanently damaged in order to make Lexs plan work. Speaking of Lex Luthor! Jesse is a great actor but the way he portrays Lex is awful! That character has NO resemblance whatsoever with the actual Lex, in fact he's significantly closer to the Joker than he is to Lex Luthor (closer than Leto at least). The ending fight was also another meh CGI mess and only served to lay the groundwork for Justice League (and we all know how that came out). Supermans death was almost as believable as Black Panthers when he fell off the waterfall, everyone with a brain knew he'd come back as soon as possible. Lois Lane is also... there. They even brought Jimmy Olsen! Ofcource this movie is DARK and SERIOUS so ofcource he instantly died. And lastly Batman killing people is a no no. Batman does not kill, like that's his ONE rule! You can't disregard that! I like the attempt to make him be a dark characters, as that's what he's supposed to be. But he doesn't have to brand and kill people to prove that. All in all this movie is fun and has nice aspects to it, but the flaws are overwhelming! This is a movie people have been wanting to see for decades, and it deserved to be better. 4/10 from me.