Messy storyline, and extremely dark and moody. 4/10

Rating: 4/10 (12 September 2016)

Review: I made the big mistake by watching the ultimate edition of this movie, which was over 3 hours long, and the storyline was a right mess. There are numerous sketchy scenes, which just became annoying after a while, and the so-called superheroes, seemed completely useless. In the old movie, Christopher Reeves was able to rewind the world so he could save his loved one, Lois Lane but in this film, Superman just stood there while Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) blew up the court room, which caused loads of destruction. Also, was it just me or did Superman (Henry Cavill) and Batman (Ben Affleck) seem extremely miserable through the whole film? And why do these directors have to give Batman that awful voice. We don't get to see none of Batman's gadgets, which we have grown to love with the Nolan movies, because the whole movie is extremely dark, so the attention to detail isn't that great. Another negative aspect about the film is that the scenes seem to jump from one thing to the next, so the whole flow of the project was pretty bad. Doomsday also looked cheap and plastic, and the big question is, why the hell was Batman fighting Superman? There was a too many things wrong with this movie, and to top it all, who came up with the awful idea of Jesse Eisenberg to play Lex Luthor? Gal Gadot was great as Wonderwoman and we do get a glimpse of Aquaman, Cyborg and Flash, which is quite exciting in terms of the Justice League finally coming together but this movie is nowhere close to Nolan's brilliant Batman movies. I've never liked Henry Cavill as Superman, so the ending didn't really bother me and the chemistry between Jeremy Irons and Bruce Wayne didn't have depth, like Michael Caine and Christian Bale. Anyway, I won't go on about how bad this movie was, because this review will go on forever but on the plus side the franchise is left open for some special superheroes to take on the popularity of the Marvel movies, which are much better in my eyes. Disappointing!
Round-Up: With such a big budget, how the hell did Zack Snyder, 50, do such a bad job with this film. His first movie, Dawn of the Dead, came in 2004, and it made a big impact in the horror genre, and then he returned with the great 300 in 2006. In 2009 he brought the Watchmen to the big screen and then be turned to animation with Legends of the Guardians in 2010. Sucker Punch was his next project in 2011 and then he directed the Man Of Steel in 2013, which I really didn't enjoy. He's due to direct Justice League, which is in post-production at the moment, and there is even rumours of a Justice League 2, which he also will be directing. I just hope that he takes all of the criticisms of this movie on board, because if he makes the Justice League movies like this one, I've got a funny feeling that they also will be a right mess.
Budget: $250million Worldwide Gross: $873million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/adventure/sci-fi movies, starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot and Kevin Costner. 4/10