A Review for Non-Comic-Book Geeks

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2016)

For an all-out, no expectations, leave-your-brain-at-home action-fest, you will not be disappointed by 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'. With an engaging plot-line that maintains your interest throughout, this movie delivered what I expected to see.
The comic-book geeks have torn this movie to shreds, and some of what they are saying is correct, in that there are multiple comic books rolled into one in this movie, and they are deeply offended by the mish-mashing of those story lines. But, then, which book/comic-book movie adaptation hasn't? Even the monstrously successful Lord of the Rings trilogy departed from Tolkien's books! However, for us pure movie-goers, it was a thoroughly enjoyable romp!
A couple of negative points - sorry, have to! 1) The Lex Luthor character was terribly miscast, and I didn't get what he was about at all. I only accepted the Lex Luthor character due to his presence in many other Superman-based films/series/books/comics. But he was pretty pointless, and poorly acted. What was wrong with Kevin Spacey? He played a pretty decent maniac in Superman Returns. Bring Mr. Spacey back in the next one; no-one will mind. 2) There were scenes that didn't make sense to a non-comic-book geek, like me, but did to my comic-book-geek friend. After hearing from him what these scenes actually meant, the Director could have done a far better job in setting such things up for us who have no prior knowledge of this subject matter, without much strain or effort.
In summary: Go see it, and have fun - I did!