Like Ang Lee's Hulk, but with more dreams and worse music.

Rating: 2/10 (23 March 2016)

Tonight was spent watching this movie. I began regretting paying for a ticket at 55 seconds into the film, I regretted spending the time in the theatre a good 25 seconds later. If you consider Ang Lee's Hulk movie to be a good superhero movie, here is one which carries that tradition a bit further. For those of you not in the know: "Avoid at all cost!!" is the short version. Music: Obscenely pompous music, often oddly ill fitting the scene or just malplaced. Like a bagpipe funeral dirge at the Kent farm. Because Kent is a place in Britain, and they play bagpipes over there??? Plot holes: The dreamquests of this movie are made to draw pretty CGI pictures over the gaping plot holes. They also double as trailers in commercials. Watch them for free where trailers are given away, save yourself money and lots of time. The rest of the plot is nothing much to write about. Which is kinda sad, considering that "The Dark Knight Returns" is Batman's best comic, by far, imho. Combining it with the only Superhero plot to ever interest me, "The Death of Superman", should've given a fantastic movie. It fails utterly to deliver. Batman: Whoever cast for DC, please consider another profession. Ben Affleck never understood why he was in the movie, or so it seemed. Batman is a genius first (Detective Comics, anyone), a crime fighter second and a heroic bodybuilder as a distant third. Afflec reversed the list, which kinda ruined that character for most of his scenes. Also Batman acts really stupid in lots of scenes, transforming him into a stupid, but heroic thug. Really messing up the character for me at least (were you thinking of Punisher, Affleck?). As Bruce Wayne he did surprisingly well. Wonderwoman: She is really cool, well played, has interesting fight scenes and is completely superfluous to the entire plot. I have no idea why Gal Gadot wasn't given more time or better yet, a proper plot, but I guess she had to settle for making her scenes good. She succeeds in this as her scenes are some of the films finest. But still I can't help but wonder if the movie could've been better without her. Louis Lane: She looks fantastic, acts great and is given no role to play in the entire movie. I can't help but wonder if the movie could've been better without her. Superman: Looks the part. Doesn't really act well, or appear to think at all, so he plays the part I guess. I can't really see a movie without him, so as Superman movies go this is the best one. Martha Kent: Supermans mother was really cool! Diane Lane really plays the part wonderfully, even if the director felt the need to add Supes dad as well, even if he was dead. (Because even talking to dead guys are smarter than living women, or was I missing something???) Later she gets kidnapped, and frustratingly just sits around waiting, which is what ladies do, apparently. I can't help but think how much cooler her scenes had been if she could've gotten even more room to act in. Alexander Luthor: If this movie has a single saving grace it is the scenes with Lex. Jesse Eisenberg is a wonder to behold on screen, every scene being improved by having him in it. He doesn't save the movie, but how he tries!