Overall a disappointment for what she be the greatest film in history

Rating: 6/10 (2 April 2016)

It has taken me a little bit of thought to finally just mark my review of this film and get my thoughts about it and put them into words. Batman v Superman should of been a film I loved, but instead it was film that I kind of liked but not really because it had all of these big glaring issues. These issues aren't like with Star Wars: The Force Awakens were I could easily brush them off and say the film overall worked.
No!
These are really major issues. From top to bottom. There are writers and directors who can do a million things in a movie and make them all fit and work in a really good way. Films such as "The Avengers," "Serenity," and "Age of Ultron." All where films that had to balance a lot of story and managed to do it in a fun and engaging way.
However Zack Snyder can't do that. Yes he did it sort of with Watchmen, but that was just right off the comic book page type of film with already and story built in. Batman v Superman is basically a original idea that takes from a million comic book storyline, and tries to mash them all together why also being both a Superman and Batman movie while also being a build up to Justice League. And Snyder just can't balance it all in this film.
But even bigger than that the issue this film really had was changing the motivation for the fight. I won't spoil it, but let me tell you it is one of the dumbest things that this movie did and it just failed on every level.
Jeese Eisenberg as Lex Luthor also turned me off big time. In the trailers I liked his lines because they were good lines and very symbolic, but the way he delivered them made him seem like a silly mad man over a human being. He seemed just psychotic all the way around, and I hate a Lex Luthor who is like that.
Now that all my anger towards this film is gone let me talk about why I am still able to give this film a fresh score in the end.
Although this isn't a story Snyder, David Goyer and Chris Terrio weren't able to balance it is still a stunning film you gotta see. I love Snyder's films. All of them and while this may be his weakest one there is still some fun to be had here.
The cinematography of this film is amazing. It is just stunning. If Snyder can do anything it is how to shoot a film. Every scene you see looks like this gorgeous art painting. And it looks just great. The fights look great, the way the camera zooms when people talk is great. All around the cinematography is well done. Larry Fong should get a high pay check for managing all of this beauty. And it should be scene in Imax too. This film looks best on a Imax screen, but be prepared to be completely blown away by it as well.
The acting is actually pretty decent. With the exception of Jesse Eisenberg none of the actors really made me cringe when the spoke or made me bored. I feel like with the lines they had they all were delivered well and made for some great and powerful scenes between some of these titans.
The fight despite the poor reason for it is still a pretty fun fight. I loved watching Superman get taken down by Batman then in turn Superman tries to do the same thing with Batman. It was a pretty cool thing to see.
The nightmare sequence is probably the best part of the film. Watching a evil Superman face off with Batman and all the solders trying to capture Batman was great too see and it was just a really well done scene that I liked to watch Batman in doing battle with all these Superman lovers.
Did I mention Batman and Superman were great. Ben Affleck and Henry Cavil are both great in there roles as Batman or Superman. And deserve a lot of praise for becoming these might titans that go into battle as well.
I also didn't mind Gal Godot as Wonder Woman either, In many ways she stole the show, but I am not giving the actress to much praise till her stand alone movie. It does make it seem like there is a good chance that Wonder Woman film will be a really good film overall in moving the DC universe forward.
Overall Batman v Superman had some good in it and some bad. It should at least be as good as Star Wars, but it can't even get close. This film is just okay in many ways. I didn't leave this film hating it, but I didn't leave this film in love with it and praising it either. Still go out and see it for yourself and tell your thoughts on this film, and then perhaps you may love it or hate it, but give it a shot, and see what happens.