Very misunderstood, but it's not without it's flaws.

Rating: 6/10 (25 March 2016)

Boy did the critics strike out with this one, there are problems without a doubt, but is every film perfect? Where to begin, first of all this movie was no where near as bad as everyone is saying it is, there are far worse comic book films being released right now(looking at you Fantastic Four). If you're familiar with Zack Snyder's work than you obviously know what to expect from him in terms of style and visuals, there are some moments in the film where I instantly recognized the prints of Zackie boy for better or worse, introducing Batman's past was obviously not necessary but of course Zack has to now show you his version of Batman's origin. Small nitpick, but aside from that Snyder's vision for action in this film is top notch and in my opinion way more organized than Man of Steel. The timing of each action set piece felt right and I didn't feel quite as overwhelmed as I did during the climax of Superman's first outing. This is most likely due to the involvement of Argo writer Chris Terrio who believe me, really added that much more to the film. He clearly understands the levels of this world and the ideas of it's heroes. He helps pace the film along nicely for the most part, the first half can be slow for some but once the ball starts rolling it really starts rolling. You're probably asking everyone, "well how's so and so as this person". I'm happy to confirm that Ben Affleck is the best Batman I've seen on film yet, this is a brutal and bitter Batman that is not afraid to go off the edge, and if you know the Dark Knight Returns than you will not be disappointed here. Gal Gadot has definitely proved me wrong as Wonder Woman and people are telling the truth about her entrance because wow, she was awesome absolutely. Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and other reoccurring characters from Man of Steel are sadly not given a lot of time to develop more here, Superman is OK however I do believe Cavill is starting to embody the that hero you wanna root for more by the end of this film. This has been a mixed opinion with reviewers but I will be honest and say Jesse Esienberg as Lex Luthor just did not do it for me, he played the bad guy which was fine, but I just could not take him seriously. He's way too goofy and Joker like from the Lex Luthor I pictured as a kid. As it is a universe building these days in Hollywood you can probably guess what easter eggs and hints throughout the film are directing towards for the future of this franchise. As a DC fan since I was pretty much a child, this was all eye candy for me to witness, while it may leave general viewers in the dark and confused, it will definitely lead to interesting conversation when you get to answer people's questions about this movie because believe me, there is a lot going on in this movie. WB/DC have no time to build their franchise that Marvel had given themselves so you'd expect for a lot of references and foreshadowing throughout the film, for the most part I think it was handled very well. Unfortunately though if you have seen that second trailer from Christmas you will pretty much know how the story will go down, I really hope WB markets the future films more carefully and really surprise us with their reveals. It didn't hurt the film for me but I definitely would've been more positive if they had just kept some things under wraps. So again, is it perfect? Not at all, I have my problems with it, but overall it was a nice trip down memory lane and I was happy I gave it a chance(If you can see it in IMAX go, absolutely remarkable in the IMAX). To see Batman and Superman share the silver screen together was worth the ticket alone and I'm proud of WB for finally letting a project of this size to finally come together. This is a different tone, direction, and story so I'm ready for some diversity in this genre, Marvel can do their films and DC can do theirs, don't limit yourself why not enjoy both?