Not bad... but not good

Rating: 6/10 (26 March 2016)

Simply put, this film was OK. Affleck and Gadot portray Batman and Wonder Woman well, but to be honest Wonder Womans inclusion in the film felt forced - as did all references to future JL characters. The film opens well but then starts chopping and changing the scenes so rapidly it felt like only half the story was being told. Because of the editing the audience doesn't get a chance to really develop a relationship with the characters - they are just delivering 10 second snippets of information to progress the plot. Lois and Alfred are good examples of this - despite what should be intricate roles in any Superman or Batman movie both characters scenes were clipped to the point of irrelevance and neither of the superb actors playing the parts had a chance to shine. Cavill as Superman was much the same as he was in MoS - average. You don't really feel for the character at all.
For me the worst part of the movie was Lex Luthor. Not because of Eisenbergs acting - he gave it his all, but because the Lex character just didn't work. His character development was non-existent and everybody I saw the movie with agreed the character was more like the Riddler or Joker (albeit a tame one), but it just was not Lex Luthor.
The CGI was great in places, poor in others. The fight scenes were epic as promised and the action was very fast paced and visually impressive. Fight scenes with Batman felt more fluid than Bales batman who always looked really stiff in battle, although Afflecks bulky bat took a bit of getting used to.
It really was a hit-and-miss movie. I wanted it to be better, but didn't feel stiffed for my ticket price. If they had just focused on the bat vs supes and not had to force the JL stuff the film would have been much better and a more reasonable running time, and we might have had a chance to love the new versions of these characters instead of just follow them.
Slow down DC and let your characters live to their fullest!