I didn't believe this would be so bad...

Rating: 2/10 (22 August 2016)

Oh look, more disappointments caused by superhero movies! I saw the ultimate edition of this movie, and that's three disastrously bad hours spent in front of the TV. On the other hand I heard a lot of people wanted exactly this from superhero movies, and others hated this film. I can understand the hate better than how anyone can like this.
I didn't like Suicide Squad, but after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which is a uselessly long name, Suicide Squad seems much better. For instance, Suicide Squad had interesting, in-depth characters. Most of them were knew to me, but it didn't matter, because the film introduced them well. However everyone knows who Batman and Superman are, so even if Batman is now a new character, his introduction was incredibly short, and the audience just has to accept this new Batman immediately, even if his character is left a bit hollow. Ben Affleck is an amazing Batman, but the writing doesn't give him any justice. Superman has always seemed a bit boring, and he doesn't seem to get any better in this film. So we have two hollow characters. Who are we supposed to root for, when neither of them seem at least a bit interesting?
Many of the scenes seem disconnected from each other, until it extremely slowly starts to become a one whole movie. Even when it is a one whole thing, it seems like it is patched together in the worst possible way. It's confusing and annoying. Yes, superhero movies could be a bit "smarter" but no, they don't necessarily need three hours and this kind of slow rhythm. Still, there are far too many dream sequences. They are almost always annoying, and they definitely don't go well with superhero action movies. They seem like a bad try to make this film seem deeper than it is.
There were a few intriguingly dark details, like the written notes for Wayne and the "Joke's on you Batman", but none of those were explore as much as I hoped they would be.
The dark cinematography could've been interesting, but I feel like I missed a lot of details because of it. It was hard to follow and see what was going on.
The best part of this movie is Lex Luthor. I know basically nothing about him, because my interest to Superman is very limited. Jesse Eisenberg was an interesting choice, but he shines brighter than anything else in this movie.
I did not like this movie. It was annoying to watch and I wish I had watched to shorter version. Maybe it wouldn't feel so much like just empty disconnected scenes. Still, there's no way the characters are any less hollow in the short version. It seems like these days 20th Century Fox is making the best superhero movies when DC and Marvel Studios are both so disappointing.