Has great ambitions, but is ultimately self-defeating.

Rating: 6/10 (6 April 2016)

As much as I enjoyed Batman v Superman the first time, seeing it again was pretty sobering. I still think everyone involved had great ambitions, but there's a major problem that (to me) explains why there's such a controversy.
Superman is supposed to be a heartwarming character that represents Truth, Justice, and the American Way. He's not an alien monster that the world simultaneously fears and worships as a god. Batman is supposed to be the World's Greatest Detective, whose desire to fight crime is tempered by his intellect and morality. The Dark Knight, yes. The Nihilistic Knight, no.
Zack Snyder's vision for these characters is amazing from a *visual* perspective, but Snyder along with the screenwriters (Chris Terrio & David S. Goyer) decided to deconstruct them to the point where their actions contradict the very essence of what made them great in the first place. They've pretty much given mainstream DC Comics 'the Watchmen treatment', which I think is self-defeating.
Watchmen works in its own context, because Alan Moore didn't write it to make iconic heroes. He wrote it to make a socio-political statement, and to essentially parody the very concept of a 'superhero'. This tone doesn't work in an *actual* superhero movie. People watch Superman to believe that a man can fly, not to see him fall back to the ground.