Tries to do everything and fails miserably because of it.

Rating: 1/10 (14 July 2016)

First off I loved Man of Steel, I thought it was a new adaption of the character and had no major issues with that film's portrayal of him. This is the first in the series the Just Us (because Batman and Superman are all that mater according to this movies script) league
Now on that note lets get to this movie, which recaps Batman's entire career at this point to the opening segment of the movie. We then see Bruce try to save some guy who ultimately becomes paralyzed and blames superman for it... Bruce in turn also blames him. We see super man beat up some terrorist to save Lois (lane has been omitted from her name in the credits so I will too), after this a whole bunch of discussion about superman needing to be kept in check. Lois remind him the world might not trust him and he responds with sex....
Eventually we meet who who turns out to be Luthor the film, who played the role like he was confused with whether he was Lex Luthor or a precursor character to the Joker. His biggest issues include he isn't suave, he has no legitimate reason to have issues with superman (superman actually helped his business so yeah he should actually love him). He eventually introduces Bruce and Clark who make little comments about each other's alter egos.
Lex sets up a trap to get Superman blamed for blowing up a meeting of world powers, by convincing Senator Finch who he is inexplicably on friendly terms with for some reason. While no one believes Superman blew up the building, he still is blamed for not stopping it.
Lex seduces the military to let him see the Zod ship by using the most awkward product placement for Jolly Ranchers in history to convince him to let him see the ship. He convinces the ship he is the last living kryptonian and then proceeds to meddle with the cloning capabilities (The ship initially refuses as it goes against krytonian law, but agrees after he claims he is the last living kryptonian despite using his own dna with the ship, would have thought a civilization this advance could make a better security protocol for preventing this from happening) of the ship to mix his DNA with Zod.... which if we learned anything from superman 4 mixing Lex's code with kryptonian dna results in bad things that will hurt people.
Batman and Superman meet and Superman tell him to retire and Batman asks if he bleeds. Bat
Superman goes off to seek advice of Johnathan Kent, who is an illusion? a hologram from the fortress of solitude? I don't know.
Superman is then lured into a trap when Lois being useful by being kidnapped by Lex, he in the ultimate cliché pushes her off the building and superman catches her. He then give superman an ultimatum, kill batman or he'll have his mother killed (cause superman can't possibly with his vast array of powers come up with a way to find his mother before Luthor reacts... when Batman can) They have a titanic fight where Batman holds the upper hand much of the fight thanks to his Hulkbuster-clone and kryptonite gas (am I crazy or this seem like some type of gimmick Ceaser Romano Joker would have used if superman came after him?) Ultimately Superman tries to reason with this batman to no avail until he cries out Martha... and the fight literally ends because Batman realizes they both had mothers with the same name (This plot point literally is cringeworthy, dumbest reason for a pointless fight to end). Superman and Batman make peace and realize something else is coming that is vulnerable to kryptonite, right after Lois tosses the kryptonite spear batman had to finish off Supes (because this batman is cool with killing which is another problem I have with this movie) Batman goes off and rescues Martha, after shooting a bunch of people (because in the comics he never had any issues with guns or murder or anything) Finally Lois retrieve the staff get it to Superman, Wonderwoman inexplicably is there for the final battle with Doomsday.... Superman and Doomsday fight and he gets killed while killing doomsday.
Lex goes to prison, his head is shaved, batman sneaks in to mess with his head... he starts cackling (seriously he knew he was playing Lex Luthor right? ) As the films ending we get a hint Superman isn't dead.
In looking back.... this movies biggest problem is it tries too hard to tackle and stitch together stories that just don't connect... It doesn't spend any real time needed to tell any of its stories properly. It sticks in other members of the justice league as easter eggs. This fight between Superman and Batman was better portrayed in the direct to video movie The Dark Knight Returns part II (It made more sense and it had a reasonable reason for them to fight). Superman Doomsday better shows the fight between Superman and Doomsday. Justice League War did a much better job as the introduction of the justice league... something based on this would have been a much better storyline to follow then trying to force a fight between Superman and Batman at this point (it really feels this film was trying to get the drop on Civil War). The only really likable things in the movie were Alfred Pennyworth and Diane Prince/WonderWoman and they had about 12 minutes of time if you combine their appearances. The movie drags on for 2 hours (it seriously feels like 3) I can't recommend this movie. i'd have to rank this movie as in comic book movie disappointment between XMen Origins: Wolverine and XMen-First Class in terms of failing to be watchable.