Batman V Superman Dawn of Missed Opportunities

Rating: 4/10 (23 September 2018)

The only good thing i can say about batman v superman is that the acting is solid for the most part. i would give the action a pass but then again if Batman had the kryptonite spear all along and his goal was to kill superman why didn't he use it to begin with? The action being avoidable is the least of my criticisms at least the action is fun to look at, but that aside what was Zack Snyder thinking? Snyder doesn't understand either Batman or Superman in the movie and Wonder Woman is just in this because the script says she is. Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor is basically Gene Hackman's version only 10,000 times more cartoony and obnoxious. Gene Hackman at least felt like Lex Luthor, Eisenberg as Luthor is just idiotic and has no other characteristics. Of course the infamous 'Martha' line is one of my biggest criticisms for more reasons than one. I've spoken to people who defend that part by saying it's a PTSD flashback that made Batman think about what he had become. that would be an interesting idea except that PTSD doesn't calm you down and make you think about your actions. in fact it does the EXACT OPPOSITE!!! First Blood has a realistic portrayal of the idea of PTSD and what it does to a person's mentality. Zack Snyder is even stupider for claiming he was following the comics when he clearly wasn't. The ending of the film Superman dies fighting doomsday which was entirely pointless because Wonder Woman was standing there. She was using the lasso to restrain doomsday but if Snyder was following the comics like he said then anyone can use the lasso. Batman used the lasso in the comics and he was just standing there. Alternate Ending proposition: Superman retrieves the spear and gives it to wonder woman who hands the lasso to batman telling him how to use it, she then throws it at Doomsday's chest killing him and they all live happily ever after the end. The ending is so forced it literally angers me!!! i'm only rating this higher than Justice League because Justice League has no excuses for it's flaws.