Things I liked, things I didn't

Rating: 4/10 (27 March 2016)

First, I wanted to like this and there were parts that were well done, particularly the effectively abbreviated intro re: Bruce's origin story. For some reason, that really worked for me. As one living in the Motor City area, I enjoyed seeing the recognizable scenes. As a lifelong Superman and Batman fan, I would love my characters, regardless. My umbrage is taken in the way that those characters are treated.
Affleck's Batman did well, in many respects, however, the script was the downfall of the actors in general. Bruce was ready to jump to conclusions without any analytic rumination. Clark's alter-ego came across as insufferable and arrogant, which, at least in the comics I used to read, were traits never in his make-up. I had had reservations about Wonder Woman but Gadot was completely adept. I continue to hate the "300" style costume, however.
Hated the Bat-Suit. Batman is supposed to be agile and fluid. He looked like a lumbering 'bot in that atrocity. Still dislike the Hummer, as well. Nothing suggests speed or nimbleness in any way. Behind the scenes, he had to have assistance holding up, so cumbersome was it. This is not the man who moves effortlessly through the night sky.
Too many incoherencies, inconsistencies and utter illogicities unfortunately. Too many "What?" moments and abrupt shifts in information. The chases were appropriate but prolonged unnecessarily. It was difficult to follow the manifold threads and the entire Doomsday thing could have been better incorporated into another movie. The specious references to the JLA simply weren't satisfying and Aquaman looked like Vandal Savage from "Legends" (that's who we thought it was, initially, not even realizing we were seeing the inception of the JLA).
Although in my personal reading it was never posited that Metropolis and Gotham were even proximate, never mind across the river from one another, I liked it.
Eisenberg's Joker, I mean, Luthor, was jarring and simply awful. He was trying too hard to channel Ledger and it was glaringly obvious. Where was the suave, controlled genius who would become president? Where was the feline danger inherent in the BEST Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum, who was truly menacing, the more softly he spoke? What we saw was someone who didn't appear too bright, but rather a small, jealous man, frenetic and ranting, whose babbling was virtually unintelligible. We have no idea what his murky motivation was, particularly for unleashing Doomsday, nor what he thought the big D. would do, once Superman was dead. This "Luthor" made Hackman's look like "Hamlet." Who thought this was any kind of good idea? I simply saw him as another inmate for Arkham.
I'm not giving up on my much-loved DC characters, but I am truly disappointed that such enormous potential to craft a movie comparable to some of the Marvels I so enjoy, was utterly wasted. Zack needs to step down and pass the puzzle pieces to someone who has the ability to assemble them effectively.
Wonder what Abrams has lined up...?