Better than Man of Steel

Rating: 4/10 (27 March 2016)

I was not a great fan of Man of Steel and I went into this film expecting to really hate it. Surpringsly the reasons I didn't like it were not as I first thought they would be. Despite my initial feelings about Ben Affleck playing Batman, he did a pretty good job and I'd watch a standalone film. Henry Caville isn't my favourite Superman but I liked his character more in this film. I was very pleased that Jesse Eisenberg was cast as Lex Luther but his performance was nearly enough to ruin the plot hole filled story.
There are moments in the film that really set DC apart from Marvel and we're brilliantly done. However these moments would not make up for a shaky story, some poor casting decisions and some absolutely absurd moments that just allowed the film to come apart at the seams. It was not as bad as I thought it would be and if some parts had been done differently it could have been great.