A huge improvement over Man of Steel but perhaps a bit too densely packed

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2016)

I hated Man of Steel when it came out. There was a lot of focus on the alien Krypton world and I really didn't like its depiction so whenever the movie went back into the Krypton spaceship or showed Superman's real dad the motivation of the characters was lacking or simply irritating. I hated the teleportation of Lois Lane, I hated the lack of Clark Kent and ultimately the final battle was far too over the top to be enjoyable or to make you care about the characters or even the entire planet that you saw in the film. "Just get it over with" were my thoughts.
So I went into this film with perhaps low expectations. But I have to say seeing the destruction through Batman's eyes at the beginning made sense, the senate hearings made sense, Lex Luthor made sense (although I appreciate many find him irritating), the Batman back story made sense. Some have pointed out the reason the confrontation ends between Batman and Superman is silly but I actually thought it was fine and the use of the music (MOS theme) here was far more apt than in the first film.
What is perhaps a bit silly is that they showed almost the entire movie in abridged format in the trailer. It may have been better not to drop any hints of Doomsday and Wonder woman at all I think and leave these as surprises. I still enjoyed the film but I think we get to see a bit too much in trailers sometimes.
Perhaps there was enough material here to create a two part opus or split this into even 3 films. A new Batman origins film, a Man of Steel sequel and then the BvS battle with Doomsday. But in any case it does have a lot to offer with a lot more heart than Man of Steel in my opinion. The motivations of the characters are better and not as stupid as in MOS I think and it made me feel far more involved and intrigued what will come next.
A good redemption of the series and a good starting point for more DC movies I think.