Unique experience obliterates superficial wrongs.

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2016)

Discussing this movie is nearly impossible. Yes, the movie is peppered with superficial wrongs throughout, like fake camera effects (the chromatic separation was a big offender here) and seemingly an action sequence that displayed stunt men humorously waiting for the "knock-out blow" instead of a fluid struggle. I suppose one can apologize for that fight with dream logic because it does have a subtle yet important role to play with interpreting some scenes beyond their obvious message and easy implications.
My friends all say it was such a bad movie but they loved it because no movie has been made like it before. I feel much the same way except I do not think it's a bad movie and I still love it. To be fair, I expected to hate it more than anyone for many of the same reasons that put so many off in the trailers, like casting lex or the missing tells of what is supposed to be epic exchange between iconic titans. Even with the most generic and offensive repeat of a pointless monster in doomsday, which is the shoe-in conflict for the most imagination deprived writers and handlers, still managed to create scenes of ferocity I have always wished could be shown but have only scene Marvel come somewhat close with Hulk (the only Marvel comparison I will make). Doomsday fight is terrible on paper, it was terrible on-screen, but I won't lie that it achieved something greater than anything else I have seen with supernatural battling sheer ferocity... and the audio played a significant role in pulling this off.
The movie is a mess, not a big mess, but filled with traces of genius and plenty of balls. The audacity alone sells the movie but it really is something you must make your own mind about because for the first time, the usual barometers of taste in which I trust now to be consistent and gain a composite expectation were almost all wrong and even though I can see why they arrive to their conclusions I still have to disagree. The movie is just that different and doesn't shy from the full range of symbol to the cheapness of sign. A discerning mind will enjoy these elements once they penetrate past the surface "christ" mode projected upon superman, because sign does go deeper and reviews criminally overlook this but that's all I care to say. Be warned, if you were prepared to absolutely hate this movie you might more likely to be thoroughly surprised and love it for all you don't see coming.