Unenjoyable although well-crafted and terribly hard-to-follow

Rating: 8/10 (5 November 2017)

Why nobody liked this movie: It "kills off" Clark Kent, Superman, and Jimmy Olsen. It should have been titled "Superman v Luthor-Dawn of Doomsday". Why does Lex Luthor have hair or is this the younger son of Lex? Please don't ask me if I wasn't paying attention, as this is a horribly twisted and dark entry in the very confusing saga leading up to The Justice League Movie. I barely saw Cyborg and Flash. Was the Superhero "not seen since 1982" Aquaman in suspended hibernation? Watching it on PPV made if difficult to navigate back and forth to double-check these things. So here's what I do know: The super-villain Doomsday is a "Frankensteinian" resurrection of Zod with a bit of Luthor's blood added to the "witches brew". Doomsday is (almost) mindless and Gargantuan in size. He is radioactive and regenerates tremendous (electrical and nuclear) energy. Being of Kryptonian origin, he is almost impossible to kill except with a Kryptonite tipped spear. Wonder Woman does manage to hack off a limb (or 2) of Doomsday along the way. The basic story is that Superman, being Godlike but not perfect, is unable to save everyone all the time and is "framed" as the killer in a disastrous war. Lex Luthor, as always, is the antagonist. He convinces the world leaders and Batman that Superman is an evil alien and must be stopped. So Batman tries to kill Superman with all the world watching. Yeah, yet another climax with 2 superheroes battling each other. Remembering that Batman is human, how he avoids death at the hands of Superman defies all logic. Better "love" scenes (not explicit) between "Clark" and Lois than most Superman adventures. The whole thing is exhausting to endure and painfully over-long at 2 and a half hours. It's very dark and somber. The ending is so depressing, as both Clark Kent and Superman are dead and buried. Lex Luthor goes "mad" in prison, of course. Superman will undoubtedly return, as the dirt on Clark's casket starts to "levitate"...