Much better than I thought it would be, but still not fantastic

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2016)

While reading this review, keep in mind that I have seen this movie, and that I will discuss some spoilers.
In this comic book adaptation, we see, like the title suggests, Batman and Superman fighting... for like five minutes. Seriously. They fight for five minutes. But everything builds up to this, but they don't only build up to the fight. No, also other things, which brings me to my first problem with the movie. But as always I will discuss this in my last paragraph.
Let's start of with the directing. You could have easily guessed that this movie is directed by Zack Snyder; Slow Motion? Check. Muscular men? Check. References to previously made movies by him? Check... I could go on, but I only have my 1000-words limit, and it would be not entertaining to read, if anyone actually reads these reviews, except from me. I was a little suspicious when they said that Zack Snyder would be directing the movie, and I guess I was right. I never really enjoyed watching Zacks movies, so I was also going to expect a not so fun movie. The movie was fun, though, but not to great. Snyder did create a very beautiful movie. I didn't really have a comment on his camera choices. But again, a trademark for Snyder, is the dark filter put over the movie. There are movies that come of great with it (Gone Girl, Fury...) But in this movie it looked like everything was night all the time. Or just really clouded. Snyders directing isn't the knockdown argument. He actually did a fine job, so congrats Snyder. The bad part lays in the script/screenplay. This, again will be discussed in the end of my review. The cinematography was as well very pretty to look at. This was done by Larry Fong.
I didn't hate the movie, so there are also some things, except from the acting directing and writing, that I will discuss in the paragraph. The first thing is the violence, which also brings a negative, but let's first start of with the positive. The fight- scenes were choreographed well, and so was the directing at those times. No real shaky cam, and no obnoxious editing, in my opinion. But the negative aspect is the choice they made for the Batman character. He kills people. This was really annoying for me, as a fan. You can't say that I don't know with certainly that he kills them, because I am pretty sure that people die from explosions, and by getting shot at... Well at least last time I checked. The CGI was a bit less good. It was like in the trailers. The only good Cgi thing was Superman flying, etc. The cape of Batman was also made of Cgi, and you could easily see that. The editing overall was kind of good, nothing really fantastic. The 3D doesn't add anything to the movie, except for the five extra euros.
Now the acting and characters. Batman was played by Ben Affleck. I really liked his version of the character, except for the killing part. His Bruce was damaged and you could see that, due to the acting. He has a lot of stares, but you can see the emotion in them. I also understand his idea why Superman has to be stopped, on the contrary of a other characters motivation. Superman was played by Henry Cavill. He was good, but not as good as Affleck. Cavills Superman isn't my favorite, he does do his best, but it's just not enough for me. He played with not so much emotion, when I think that he should have showed emotion. The antagonist, well the main antagonist, was Lex Luthor. I really didn't like his character in the movie. He had no motivation for wanting Batman dead, or they just don't tell it in the movie. Luthor was played by Jesse Eisenderg. He is a good actor, but he overacted a lot of the scenes. A helper of Superman is the well know Lois Lane. She is a character that I very much like, she is independent, yet she brags with it. Amy Adams did a fantastic job at portraying her. Wonder Woman also has a role in the movie, just a small one. She is there to just be there. But I liked the incarnation of her. Gal Gadot was good, for the scenes that she was in. Jermey Irons as Alfred was the most surprising for me. I absolutely loved him. The chemistry between Affleck and him was great, and they builded on it. The supporting cast was fine, some better than others.
The screenplay was the worst part of the movie. The dialogue between characters was a bit dull at times, but that is not the worst part. What I wonder is why no one has decided to tell them that a lot of the lines felt forced. Like the 'Do You Bleed' scene. It is a cool line etc. But someone probably came up with it, and suggested it. The others probably went like: 'Yeah, sure, we'll get in in there...' there are a lot of forced, cool lines, that feel out of place. But also just moments without dialogue are sometimes dull. But the story overall is, like I predicted, a total mess. If you would ask me to sum up the plot in a understandable way, I would have to think a long time... Also they tried to put in as many characters in the movie, which didn't work out well. There is also to much set up, if you have seen the movie, you know what I mean. (the e-mails). They really want to get you excited for the next movie, but this just didn't make me want to see it, eventhouh I probably will.
That's all I can say, due to the limit. But thank you for reading this review.
6.75/10