Rush to the Justice League

Rating: 5/10 (20 April 2016)

My overall reaction to this movie can be summed up in one word: meh. I went in with high expectations as this film was campaigned like there was no tomorrow. I was ready to see the Man of Steel take on the Dark Knight. However, there was a lot less Batman vs Superman and a whole lot of setting up for future movies. Every character in the justice league shows up sometime in this film. That I found annoying. I wanted more fighting between the most iconic comic heroes of all time and instead I got aqua man floating around awkwardly for an uncomfortable amount of time. And I saw little to no reason behind the fact that superman and batman are fighting. Neither did I see a reason for Lex Luthor's son, Lex Luthor to instigate that fight.
Superman is dead. Way to go WB, you killed superman 2 movies into your attempt of an MCU-like franchise. I felt nothing at all when superman was killed. The doomsday fiasco should've been pushed back to the end of Justice League pt 2. And who didn't know that this was coming after doomsday appeared in the FIRST trailer for this film? Bad decision.
However, despite this film's many flaws, I loved the new Batman, killing and all. It's unlike any other batman I've ever seen and I'm really liking this new take on the caped crusader. Although he was a liability in the doomsday fight, I really enjoyed him fighting street thugs in a brutal fashion. I also liked the action sequences between batman and superman, for the 5 minutes that fight lasted.
I give this movie a 5 because although it did not live up to my expectations, the action and the new batman character almost made it up to me. I do think that Civil War is going to be the superior film because Marvel is so deep into their cinematic universe and I think it's more appropriate for them to take a stab at the whole hero vs hero featuring collateral damage theme. I am not a marvel fanboy, I just think Marvel knows what they're doing and it's better than DC so far.