It's not perfect, but what is?

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2016)

The first set of reviews that came out for Dawn of Justice (I'm refusing to call it Batman v Superman, cause it's anything but a versus movie, that title may as well be click-bait) were extremely positive, some calling it the greatest superhero movie ever made and "the bar" that every other superhero movie will be judged on. Then pretty much every major critic in the world... slated it.
I went to see it at midnight after reading both sets of reviews not sure what to expect and to be honest, I was satisfied. Granted, it isn't an amazing film and you can sort of see where the critics are coming from in certain aspects, but it's by no means a bad film.
We got some things we didn't need (ANOTHER Batman origin story and about 7 dream sequences too many) but I was happy with what I'd seen walking out. Ben Affleck was amazing as both Bruce Wayne and Batman, Jesse Eisenberg gave a fun and unpredictable portrayal of Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons was brilliant as Alfred, and the rest of the cast (Cavill as Superman, Adams as Lois Lane, Gadot as Wonder Woman to name the highlights) all got at least a B- in my book.
The score was fine, not Zimmer's best work, but Junkie XL's inclusion seemed to slow him down slightly. Zack Snyder will (to some degree) deservedly get some stick for this movie, but at the same time there are many amazing shots in Dawn of Justice and whilst he's no Christopher Nolan, I didn't think he did too bad of a job. There's a lot of plot to follow and it can get hard at times to do so, but for every bad point this movie has, there's an equally good point to balance it out on the scale of determining whether this is a good or bad movie.
Advice to people about to go watch the movie: Don't let the reviews influence your opinion. Go into it with your own expectations and make of it what you will. If you dislike it, fair enough, but don't just dislike it to be part of the "Let's all hate Dawn of Justice" bandwagon.