Nevermind the Ignorant Critics, this Movie ROCKED!

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2016)

Some may have gotten worried when, right behind the initial wave of Twitter fan-love, there came a dark front of pretentious critics who wanted to tell all of us not to see this amazing movie. Maybe they have horrible taste; maybe they're taking kickbacks from Disney and FOX to try and hobble the competition. Whatever the case, I'm glad I don't listen to them even a little when it comes to making my movie decisions.
And oh, was this ever worth it.
Batman vs Superman is a dark, gritty update of the iconic characters, with Batman in particular being the darkest Batman we've seen yet. He brands people with a red-hot bat-symbol, and doesn't try and pretend the Gatling guns on the Batmobile are for anything but mowing down criminals.
Yes, that's right, Batman's become a killer. This isn't Year One Batman ... this is a Batman who's seen his fellow heroes turn bad or die, one by one, and he no longer gives a crap about the 'no killing' rule (itself an outdated artifact of the Comics Code years). He may prefer to bring them in alive, but when the crooks are opening up with full auto, Bats is more than happy to point the gun towards their teammates and let them do the dirty work.
In contrast, Superman is still the messianic Boy Scout, trying to stand up for what's right, in a world that continually confuses what 'right' and 'wrong' are. And the lines are blurred further by Lex Luthor's control over the media. Hmmm, I wonder if the corruption inherent in the media (along with how easily a maniac with a lot of money can manipulate that media) is part of why the reviews were so negative? Don't want too many people realizing there's a man behind the curtain, after all.
At any rate, Cavill shows great pathos as Superman, even as his face remains composed, his eyes show you how much humanity's rejection hurts him. Ben Affleck is astoundingly good as Batman, possibly the best on-screen Batman ever. And Gal Godot stole the show as Wonder Woman. Plus, as you saw from the previews, there's Doomsday, which does not bode well for there being a happy ending.
The movie does end on a bittersweet note, but long-time fans of DC will know what's coming next (assuming the media doesn't manage to cut it off at the knees), a full Justice League movie. And you can expect the third movie of Snyder's trilogy to be very Dark, indeed. Maybe even ... Darkseid?