Don't know what the critics are smoking ... Dark tone doesn't mean bad

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2016)

I have to admit that poor reviews from critics a day before lowered down my expectations, so may be this is why I liked the movie ??? Either way, The best critic is the viewer himself, so I went anyway. All I can say that I had a damn good time, and the movie is not what most critics are making it to be.
It is a comic book movie, hence it is supposed to be action packed. Fight scenes are great, story moves rather quickly. Batman is like never seen before, Dark and Grittier. Superman is somewhat one dimensional, but grows eventually. Their confrontation pays off. However, the third act with Doomsday (not a spoiler, watch trailer) is kinda long, and unnecessary. In my opinion, that makes the movie lengthy and rather boring, and gives the feeling that too much is crammed up. May be it is only supposed to be work as a prequel for Justice League films.
Other than that this movie take huge elements from Watchmen in style. This movie is definitely not for kids or people who like their movies 'Disneyfied'. This movie took some bold risks with story and characters, and that something not many superhero movies are willing to do. Its Visually stunning with good soundtrack. It falls short in Editing, as it looks like it was constructed rather quickly, with story line going all over the place. That gives me hope on the Director's Cut of the film that it would be a proper film.
On the scale of Comic book movies I enjoy, its definitely somewhat close to the original Avengers (way better than Age of Ultron), only darker in tone, but not up to any of the Dark Knight sequels.