BvS will live in the shadow of Civil War

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 2016)

The hype is real. More hype than there ever was before given that it is arguably the two biggest names in the comic book universe. With that said, this is ultimately either too much of a set up to future DC cinematic universe films, Zac Snyder's failed attempt to bring together two of the highest regarded and well known story arcs (both of which have no business being in the same room together, let alone the same film), or both.
Although DC and Marvel have different views on how they tell their character's stories, DC fails to do here what Marvel can successfully do; make me care about the characters. Upon seeing Ant- Man for the first time, there was a likeness to Hank Pym and Scott Lang as characters that, even though we were seeing them for the first time on screen, made me feel like I had known them for a few movies.
Henry Cavill's portrayal of Superman/Clark Kent was on par with the one he had in Man of Steel (do with that what you will based on your opinion), Ben Affleck had probably the third best performance as Batman/Bruce Wayne behind Christian Bale and Michael Keaton (fourth best if you count Kevin Conroy in animated adventures), and Gal Gadot had a too short to judge part as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman. The show stealer here was really Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, having the attitude where he acts like the smartest person in the room because he (Luthor) thinks he probably is.
As for the supporting cast, they're just kind of there. Amy Adams once again plays the beautiful Lois Lane, but offers little to the overall plot other than making Superman remember his human side. Most others like Lawrence Fishburne, Diane Lane, and Holly Hunter have somewhat forgettable performances especially given their limited screen time. Perhaps Snyder should rethink his stance on not having actors like Stephen Amell from Arrow, to really have characters fans have grown to love and would unquestionably remember their performance in the film.
I wanted to like this movie, but the too jammed packed nature that was brought across made me need to think about the next one before I even had time to finish processing this one. By all means, this is not a bad movie, but then again, it isn't a great one either. As far as the superhero team up films go in 2016 so far, its Marvel 1 and DC 0, and that is without Civil War even being released yet.