Tried to do too much. Average.

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2016)

Definitely better than Man of Steel, and definitely better than some Marvel movies out there. I knew entering the cinema this movie would be average, but was still very excited to see it. As soon as the movie started it plunged into Batman's perspective on Superman, and beautifully showed his growing hate towards him. Loved the idea of Superman being a figure of controversy, and loved the dialogue surrounding this. Loved Jesse Eisenberg's (Lex Luthor) acting, and loved his role as the puppeteer in the movie. Also loved the action between Batman and Superman. However, I was not a fan of everything else that happened. The movie moved into the justice league arc, and foreshadowed the later movies to come (expressed through visions Batman had). This was random and felt forced, leaving viewers with little knowledge of this world, wondering what the hell was going on. It tried too hard to fit Wonderwoman in, when she could well have stayed out of the movie. The sudden alliance between Batman and Superman was very unconvincing and was far too sudden (especially since the movie did not give an origin story to Batman or expressed the pain of his parents death), leaving the first half of the movie fairly redundant. I would have liked to see Batman and Superman's fight get more screen time. As the movie tried to fit all these extra parts in (such as Doomsday, Wonderwoman, Superman morality crisis, Justice League), their fight was very quick with Batman defeating Superman fairly quickly. This was disappointing for me as the movie was called "Batman vs. Superman" and I wanted to see that.