The DCEU Needs A Miracle

Rating: 2/10 (14 May 2018)

This movie is a trashfire. It does have some good elements, but it was overall a steaming pile of crap that was given no thought before being released in theatres.
PROS:
When I first heard that Ben Affleck was cast as Batman, I knew that this movie was going to suck. However, Affleck was actually one of the best parts of this movie. He kicked so much ass, and I loved seeing him onscreen as both Bruce Wayne and Batman. As Bruce, he was cocky and charismatic, but as Batman... well, he beat the crap out of people (and I'm pretty sure he killed some guys, but I'll get into that later).
Gal Gadot had almost nothing to do in this film, but I did enjoy seeing her as Wonder Woman. She was really awesome. She wasn't in the movie a whole lot, so there isn't much to talk about. However, I think she'll shine a light on the DCEU.
I also really liked Jeremy Irons as Alfred.
CONS:
Who told Jesse Eisenberg that the villain needed to be a Mickey Mouse impersonator? I personally love Eisenberg, but his performance as Lex Luthor was absolutely awful. Luthor has always been a serious character throughout the previous films, but in this, he's a cartoony villain with no richness in his character or his portrayal.
Amy Adams really tries to be good as Lois Lane, but the screenwriters never give her anything to do in this movie. I'm not trying to be sexist, but she was a useless character and she didn't add anything to this movie.
Also, I think that the plot is just really muddled up and convoluted. So many things just don't add up. There are even elements of Lex Luthor's plan that are so premeditated that it makes you wonder how he knew that these events would occur.
Batman's ethics also kinda confuse me in this movie. Everybody knows that Batman tries not to kill people. But in this movie, it's pretty obvious that he's killing people (considering that there's a rated-R cut with more blood and gore in Batman's fight scenes). I'm actually okay with that, but my gripe is with Alfred, who's always been Bruce's moral compass, not even acknowledging this. This confuses me, unless Batman has always been killing people. I don't know, so this isn't really that big of a gripe.
I also felt that this movie pulled out of doing something bold. In Superman's fight with Doomsday, he gets stabbed with Kryptonite and killed. This actually shocked me. I waited a while until the movie was almost over and I realized that they actually killed Superman. This was a really bold move, and I was surprised that the DCEU did that in their second movie. But then, the last shot shows Superman's grave, with dirt starting to float around it, indicating that he was still alive. Honestly, I felt that this was really cheap and stupid.
Finally, the "Martha" scene. Who the hell said that this was a good idea? Seriously, this is just an awful scene. For those of you who don't know what happens, Batman is about to kill Superman, but then the latter says "Save Martha". This is because Martha Kent (Supe's "mom") is in danger, but Batman flips out because that was HIS mom's name (who is obviously dead, because Batman). After this, Batman actually stops trying to kill Superman and they almost become friends. This is one of the dumbest scenes in movie history, and I still can't believe that this made it into the actual movie.
Overall, BVS is a pile of crap that had its enjoyable moments, but was ultimately buried by stupidity.