An underrated gem

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2016)

I will start this off by saying that I love both DC and Marvel. I am a fan of superheroes and both companies are fantastic. The Marvel movies have been really hit and miss for me, I am personally more drawn to the darker more (as realistic as you can go) realistic. Batman v Superman gave me everything I wanted. The week before it came out, I was terrified, seeing the critics tear this film apart. That being said, walking out of the theater, I had a huge smile on my face. Yes, this movie has pacing problems, and if you want a child friendly superhero film that the critics seem to want, then yes I get why they hated on it. But also keep in mind, the pacing was odd because so much was taken out, there is an R-rated cut coming and hopefully, that will fix those pacing issues for those whiny critics. I'll break this up into the things I liked most about this movie, And why I believe and would support it as being one of the best comic book movies.
1. Ben Affleck's Batman/ Bruce Wayne. In 2013, the casting of Affleck seemed to be the worst thing imaginable. But just like in 2007 with Ledger's Joker casting, fanboys and general audiences jumped the gun again. I myself did and I owe Ben an apology. He killed it, Best on screen Batman/ Bruce Wayne, and this is coming from a guy who was totally in love with Bale's Batman. His batman was the comic book batman that we have never seen on screen, he's brutal, tough, and accomplishing combat we have never seen from bats on screen (the warehouse sequence when he saves Martha).
2. Henry Cavill's Superman/ Clark Kent I am not the biggest Superman fan, so a lot of props should go to Cavill for making me like the character. I enjoyed him in Man of Steel (I think that movie is Okay) and he adds even more to the character here. This is a realistic Superman whose dealing with real threats and a society that doesn't embrace him and seem to acknowledge the good he is trying to do. I don't want to just see a non-interesting Supes whose happy all the time and nothing bothers him, I want a Superman whose gotta deal with problems and have things not go perfectly for him, it makes following the pretty much unstoppable superhero interesting.
3. Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman/ Diana Prince Female superheroes have been known to be hard to pull off on the big screen but Wonder Woman was awesome, Despite having not much screen time, it was better to see the trinity fight together at the end, than just Batman and Superman. Not to mention Gal really is fantastic in the role.
4. The Tone I love a darker tone, A more realistic tone. if these characters were real they would not be happy and joking all the time like in the Marvel Universe. Especially not in the story they are currently trying to tell. We have a tortured Batman with internal conflicts and external (parents, robin, metropolis destruction, Batman's darker approach to crime fighting), and a tortured Superman with internal conflicts and external(the capital, the framing, "false god"), it isn't gonna be a happy go lucky tone.
4. The action Shall i say more? From the Batman and Superman fight..it was Dark Knight Returns ripped right off the page and put on the screen. The trinity fighting Doomsday was exciting and fun and how all three of them contributed was awesome. The bat mobile chase was exciting and cool.
5. The Visuals Snyder is a master at adapting comic book visuals. I don't even need to explain this. Watch Man of Steel and Watchmen and you will know what I mean.
There are many other great things about this movie but I'll leave it at that. This is a great film, don't listen to the critics, it is fine if you agree with them, but at least give the movie a chance and don't ride the bandwagon. Can't wait to see what DC has planned next.