A hollow story presented in an explosion of special effects...

Rating: 6/10 (23 September 2016)

This was a movie that had been long awaited by many. But I wasn't one of them, because I don't really care much about superhero movies and such. But still, I had the chance to sit down and watch "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", so I decided to take out two and a half hours of my life to do so.
First of all, I must say that I was entertained by the sheer amount of action and destruction that there was in the 2016 Zack Snyder rendering of the two classic iconic superheroes. And it was presented to the audience in a myriad of impressive visual and sound effects. It looked so real, actually, and that was one of the most impressive things.
As for the story in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", well I can only say three words: are you kidding? This was one of the most shallow story lines I have ever had to sit through in a superhero movie. The story was so pointless and ridiculous that hadn't it been for the amazing CGI, then I would have gotten up and found something else to watch.
Essentially this was a movie about two self-centered and egotistical men who were crying to themselves and trying to show off who had the biggest... Well, you get the idea. And that was really a laughable storyline, and it surprised me that Zack Snyder was behind this movie after I saw how shallow the movie actually was.
The effects in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" are off the charts. Literally, be prepared to be blown away. Especially if you have a good sound system. For me, then the visual and sounds in this movie was an overload of stimuli. It was amazing what the special effects and sound team had come up with here.
One thing that I had dreaded about the movie was Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman. I will say that he handled himself fairly well, although I can't really claim to be impressed. But still, he fared well enough and got the job done where it counted, but then again, he had very, very little to work with script-wise here.
While we are on actors, then I wasn't particularly impressed with the choice of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. He just didn't strike me to be plausible enough for that role. It was like he was a spoof on the Lex Luthor character.
And as for this movie being the beginning of the Justice League, well, sure it was nice to see Wonder Woman back on the screen. But then again, that whole Justice League thing is wasted on me, as I don't really care much for superheroes.
But all in all, an entertaining enough movie for what it turned out to be. Just a shame that the storyline was as shallow and ridiculous as the sound and effects were impressive. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" really could have been so much more with a better script.