Terrific! Overlooking the superhero-shoehorn!

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2016)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is as dark as it gets. The world reeks of a Batsy who isn't afraid to decimate, a misunderstood Sups trying to prove himself to the people, and a psychotic villain Lex who has bigger roguish plans in mind.
Zack Snyder tries to delve into an era that began it all. He had so much to cover in a screen time that allows only a part of our life to be fantastically get miracle-struck. There were so many characters to visit. So many criticalities to maintain without messing too much with the originality. So many action sequences to be covered, villainy to visit and a big gravity to partake on! Is he able to deliver? Yes! The end result is outrageously awesome! Lo! Behold! The DC Extended Universe has finally unfurled, with a proper pledge to hold the ground this time around. Zack has found a firm understructure that promises to write some impending tales of badass. We are left with open strings that are yet to find their knots and story lines that are about to become exceptional DC stories that will rummage out all extraordinary ideas in the open.
We have finally found the Lex Luthor we have been waiting for so long. Jesse Eisenberg nails a perfect Luthor who is deranged, unhinged, has the right words in the mouth, crooked and who always seems to stay ahead of the curve. He has all the features that we expect to see in a Lexicorp promenade. Watch out for his screenplay. Totally owns the show! Affleck walks in with the right mien right from the start as he keeps finding himself reasons to hate Superman more. The dread in his voice is real and he makes Batsy scarier and better. A nod there to Ben! Ye have been accepted! Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman is brilliant too. Her entry chimes with superheroic pizazz.
Taking the levels of action-notch up a notch are Batman v Superman's enthralling visual effects. A mindboggling presentation that Zack scores with just the right angles! The bombardment and the annihilation come trundling from the graves of the extraordinaire. Adrenaline finds a new high! Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL nail the flick's music to perfection. Watch out for areas where the notes reach a new upbeat high, and tranches at alluring lows. Complements all frames magnificently! SPOILERS AHEAD: Even though there were ignorable bits in the movie that try to mess with the regular flow, the consequence ups the stage of all benchmarks set prior for action movies. The Bat fighting seq that we see portrays an action akin to the video games franchise. He is ruthless and isn't afraid to bring the house down spearheading with sheer chaos, brings complete destruction with his fighting moves.
Things that the movie missed out on are in creating the right air for the Keefe preparation. The editing went shoddy there, as Zack fails to cash in on Scoot McNairy's character, a talented actor who gets lost in an epic tale. Also, the parallel dimensional vision, even though a tad self-explanatory, I have reason to believe people might not have understood the reference. I could have used one step at a time rather than a hotchpotch. Another bit, where Diana spends hours to see what is going on in the meta human department as daft references were made through video frames, was unnecessary and we could have lived without. One step at a time, again! Also, the scavenging for Kryptonite seemed a wee bit forced, primarily to make the superheroes encounter each other.
The big battle between the two doesn't match the levels of what we have already perceived in comics and animated series. But it is still very good as Batsy keeps acing his blows with expert lines. Doomsday makes things even better with his presence. But I feel he deserves more screen time taking into consideration the kind of villain he is, and what he means to our comic world. We meet the popular Kryptonian end in this one, but we already knew how that was supposed to pan out! Didn't we? ;) Highly recommended for all DC lovers and action buffs! So good, I am going to watch this flick again.