Good movie with big flaws

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2016)

I went into this movie thinking it was going to be very good. I have watched a few of Zack Snyders movies before like "Watchmen". I was really excited to see what he was going to do cinematography wise and see how dark he would go.
The movie starts out with action right of the bat (no pun intended). There was a lot of back story going into the film and you really have to be watching the screen at all times or else you might miss something. Some flaws that I had with the movie was that it had so many story lines and back stories for people watching it to handle. I can't even count how many different story lines there were. If I were to guess, maybe 7. That is fine when you have a 3 hour movie, but it ruins the flow of the movie. I think it even forgot to finish some of the plot points. The movie jumped quickly between parts and it did have a consistent flow. For example, the spray paint on that Robin statue wasn't explained. It literally just showed it once in the trailer then left it at that the entire movie. There were just so many story changes. Another flaw I had with the movie was that it was really messy. The editing in the movie was done poorly and it was very mediocre. That was my big problem with the movie.
What really blew me away was the acting. The acting was phenomenal! Jesse Eisenberg was just perfect. I thought he just took that role to a new universe. His witty insane acting that I saw in the Social Network but to a different level. He was probably my favorite character in the entire film. Personally, I thought he was too good for the role. Another actor who I thought did amazing was Ben Affleck. This was far better than Daredevil in ways I can't even describe. You will not walk out of the movie theater without saying how great of a job he did. He took the batman character and made him so much darker, which I didn't event think was possible. At first I had no idea what to expect, but he killed it. I hope to see him in his own movie, real soon.
Overall, I would recommend seeing it. Is it worth all the hype? Not really. They definitely could have made it so much better. Maybe they could have waited a bit longer to make the editing and flow of the movie better. David Brenner ruined this movie with his poor editing skills. He has done some amazing work but has been very mediocre and lazy lately. His recent movies reflect how he did in this movie and I hope he is not part of any big movies, like this, in the future. And even though Zack Snyder did a great job but I believe the actors are the best part of this movie. They are fun to watch and worth seeing.