My new favorite superhero movie

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2016)

I don't know what movie critics saw because this movie was amazing. Everything about this movie was epic from the music to the visuals to the fights to the tone. Let me get the negative out of the way the story could've been fleshed out a lot more. The story was still very good but it was obvious a lot was cut out from the film. I also wish there was more Superman and showed more of how he feels about being rejected from humanity and how Lois and his mother are the only things that matter especially since they do kill him off at the end. The editing wasn't bad save for the random jump to the Knightmare sequence. I also wish they saved the Justice League cameos for the end but it's really minor. Now that's it for the negative on to the positives which is basically everything else. Henry Cavill was much better in this movie than in MoS. He really captured the emotional tole on Superman and his frustration with how Batman gets to basically kill people but he's the 'bad guy' simply for being an alien Ben Affleck is the defining Batman. Everything about him was on point from the robotic voice and suit to how he fights. Gal Gadot was great as Wonder Woman despite only getting like half an hour of screen time. I can't wait for her own stand alone movie next year. Jesse Eisenberg was surprisingly not awful as Lex Luthor. Don't get me wrong he's not the traditional Lex from the comics but it's a neat take the character. Imagine Heath Ledger Joker and Gene Hackman Lex had a baby. He was menacing at points but also kinda creepy at others. He isn't for everyone mind you but he's still good IMO. Amy Adams was back as Lois Lane and good. Some people hate her arc I think it really adds more to Lois' character besides just being there with Superman. The story was very good overall but like I said before could be fleshed out more especially with the three cut coming to Blu Ray. Like I wish they explained why Batman kills in this or explained more of why Superman hates Batman (I know why it's because he's jealous of how everyone likes Batman but hates him for doing good deeds) but in the end it's very good. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was a great film. It was by no means perfect and can be hard for non-comic book readers to follow along but in the end it's still a fun movie that does have some deep undertones like xenophobia in a way or what we are in our big galaxy. Another to note is this movie is a very dark and grim movie which is fine. DC has always been dark and shouldn't start following the Marvel formula now. So I give this movie a 9.3/10 stars and is my new favorite superhero movie. It's defiantly a great start for the new DC Extended Universe and is all up hill from now since they established the universe and all future films don't need to worry about setting up this for that and so on.