Definitely a Movie for the Fans

Rating: 9/10 (26 March 2016)

I have seen this movie twice within it's opening weekend, and I can honestly tell you that I have no idea why there is so much hate for this movie from the critics. Sure it's got flaws, like every movie (I have never given a movie a 10), but I do not think it's as flawed as people say.
This movie is full of comic book content. It effectively combines more than one story from the comics, and if you have read the comics, you can point out what was taken from the comics. In fact, there are some lines that are exactly the same from the comics. I was really impressed.
I've heard the pacing was bad from other people, but I don't think it really is. The pacing is always setting up something later in the movie, or trying to get you to think. There were questions presented in the film that really made you ponder. The action was awesome, but it wasn't just pure action (like some people thought Man of Steel was). All the actors and actresses did such a great job with their part, and I loved seeing the brutal Batman that we haven't seen much of over the years.
Unfortunately I do have a couple of complaints. What it comes down to mostly is that if you don't know the comics, then scenes from the movie might confuse you, and may seem random. They're actually not if you knew the stories. This is why I say this movie is for the fans. Maybe the critics don't know the comics, so thought the movie was a mess when it really isn't? I dunno. But I know for sure some people have been confused because they don't know the comics. Yes the writers should have made it so that even people who aren't fans of the comics would understand, but they didn't. This has made people think the movie is a tad confusing, and made it so that I have had to explain to a lot of people what was going on. But other than that, I really don't have much to complain about. It's what comic book fans would want to see in a movie based off some of their favorite comic book characters, and I was very pleased with what I saw.
Overall, this movie is quite good, and really enjoyable. I don't quite understand all the hate, and I hope people don't let the critics think for them, and actually go see the movie to form their own opinion. Critics are there to help people in some ways, but a lot of the time they are not correct, and the audience thinks the opposite of what they do. So give this movie a chance, and maybe you'll like it just as much as me.