A decent movie that doesn't live up to the expectations

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2016)

This movie was weird. I really liked Snyder's visual direction, I liked the cinematography, the music, and boy oh boy did I like Ben Affleck's Batman. I liked Lex Luthor, it was a fresh take on an established character, and I liked Wonder Woman.
However, the movie's story and pacing is very awkward. The first hour is long, slow and full of weird "dream" sequences that shouldn't have been there. The presentation of future Justice League characters was out of place - you can actually pinpoint a few moments in the movie where a studio exec said "OK, this is where we'll insert something about JL", disregarding the actual script. This made it feel weird.
This could have been a great movie, if not for the semi-coherent storyline. It's not a bad movie per se, but what should have been the great foundation on which the JL universe is built, is now a "nice" movie at best that's way too long for its story and feels way longer than it is. It delivers on its promise, in that it's what its title says it is: it's Batman fighting Superman, also working as an intro to the Justice League.