Good, certainly not great

Rating: 6/10 (25 March 2016)

Is this film worth seeing in the theater? YES! Should you rush to see it? NO! Critics have not been harsh at all. This film is underwhelming and abandons the ideology of Batman and Superman entirely.
The positives: Visually at times this film is stunning and is the best in it's class in terms of comic book based films.
Action. If you are an action junkie then you need to see this film. It is an adrenaline rush that last all 2.5 hours. Never a dull moment.
Ben Affleck. Outstanding as Batman. The direction of his character and the elements that make the character what it is, make this the best adapted version of Batman to screen. He was a detective, a technologist and a self sufficient monster that proved why he will be an important part of the Justice League. Be warned, he is violent and shows no mercy.
Gal Gadot. Outstanding! I was pleasantly surprised. The writing of the character was superb. There is the one part of her not having her own vehicle that bothered me, but other than that she was fantastic and there maybe hope that a Wonder Woman film series might just work. At this point, it will be the fault of DC is it doesn't, because Gal was outstanding.
Negatives: Best comic book movie of all time it is not. Hardly and my list of 'best ever' stays the same. A film can't take short cuts and this one does.
One has to have seen ever comic book adaptation ever made to even make that assessment and I have seen close to all of them, regardless of the language and this one falls short of being the best ever.
It's congested with elements that don't even resemble the comic books. So you'll be left wondering what was that. The plot was straight forward to me, it's just, many of the short cuts taken seem cheap and lazy in terms of writing.
As a film it is not cohesive and the plot holes are glaring.
Superman? Some very good moments and well directed by Zack Snyder, sadly however Henry is simply holding back too much and doesn't understand how to play Superman or he is just a limited actor that doesn't have the range to play such an iconic character.
Lex Luthor. Jesse Eisenberg was a great choice for Lex. The writing was bad for this character. DC can get Lex right in the comics, but not in live action. Terrible writing. All Star Superman was great because we see Lex beat Superman essentially without Kryptonite, however I never liked the idea of Lex being obsessed with him.
To me Lex finds out everything there is to know about Superman and just makes it hard for Superman to stop him from committing crime. Instead of one Doomsday, what if it was an army? Make Lex a powerful villain that is hard to stop and necessitate the reason why the League would be needed to stop such a villain. Just because a villain get's his birth in a solo series, doesn't mean that character has to stay in that series or even be defeated.
Mercy Graves. A race change that equals yet another wasted character. Just terrible. One of the best ideas. Lex has a henchmen that poses as his driver but is really an enforcer and because it's a woman, it throws people off and they don't expect her to be the one to be his muscle or to even be capable of anything a man can do. This would have been an opportunity to have her shine and it was wasted.
Everyone else was good.
The cameos. Okay at best, but not great and one was down right terrible. Again just short sighted.
Not a terrible film. It's good, just not great.
The thing is I blame the fans for this, not just DC. The fans can't figure out what they want. No one wants campy again, but this film series can work without the excessive violence. It is not gory. So rest easy, but it is violent.
To me 'Dark" equals death and suffering and if fans can't handle that then they need to stop asking for it. To me you can't have one without the other. Also, I'm tired of the complaints of story elements that come directly from the comic book.
So to me the fans are just to blame as DC. Go see the film, just don't rush to see it.