Would have been better if it was not so long.

Rating: 7/10 (26 March 2016)

From the moment the movie starts, you get the feeling that this is going to be a long two and a half hours.
Batman v Superman is filled with a lot of cool scenes that were so unnecessary. It was filled with flashbacks and dream sequences that just seem to over bloat the blockbuster. It works for a comic book,but not as well for a comic book movie.
Speaking of which, as a fan of the comics, and equally a fan of movies, I'm caught in a huge dilemma. The inaccuracy of the characters sometimes got in the way of my movie pleasure. That should not be a big deal and you might say they have to change a lot of things to fit a comic to a movie. Not in this day and era, and not with these two guys who have been movie stars (especially Bats) for more than 30 years.
The story being told about Batman targeting superman for being a threat to the globe is a great one and told interesting, but this film dumbed down Batman and made Superman too dark, something I forgive director Zack Snyder for in Man of Steel but now he's butchering two comic book (and movie) Icons.
And The Third Icon in the movie, Wonder Woman. She was a big help to the film in my book. Would have rather seen her in her own movie first, but there is an action scene in the film that makes up for it.
The film is not as bad as the faults I pointed out. For those who doubted Ben Affleck's capability to play the Dark Knight, you're going to have to eat crow on this one. Batfleck was amazing. He was holding the movie on his shoulders. Good thing he got real jack up for the role, his shoulders were ridiculous, and the battle scenes when Batman is doing hand to hand combat were thrilling. He's a devoted actor who completely respected the character and brought it like Christian Bale did for Nolan.
I also loved Jeremy Irons as Alfred. Makes me wish he had more scenes.
Also thought Jesse Eisenberg could have been a better Lex Luther, but it feels like they were more adjusting Lex Luther to Jesse Eisenberg rather than the other way around. Big mistake.
The action scenes in the movie was magnificent. This is something that I always like about Zack Snyder's style. He's just real good at making CGI look real good. When the superheroes fight, there is a lot of style to the movement that works for the overall picture, and it never feels that CGI is being used for a gimmick.
As much as I like all the action and the story, and watching these two iconic characters go at, the movie's biggest issue was that it did not need to be so long. Just a lot of things going on that do not push the movie forward. You know how all those Marvel movies have those after credit scenes that make you cheer in excitement? Batman v Superman had those scenes within the movie and it did not make me cheer.
It's always a bad sign when all I can think about is going to the bathroom during the film (it's like they are trying to evolve the human race to have bigger bladders with these comic book films). If the movie was really that good I would be only focus on it.
Good, not great and could have been better. C minus.