Great Movie don't let the Critics sway you away from seeing.

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2016)

I will begin spoiler free but later we will have more meat and potatoes. Batman V Superman is a solid 8-9 Stars. BVS Ultimate Cut is a solid 9-10 Stars. I will openly admit that I prefer DC, and Superman is my favorite superhero of all time so I am biased. However there is a meme floating around that sums my feelings up perfectly. It says "if you're a comic book reader it's a great awesome movie, if you're a casual it's a pretty nice movie, if you're looking for the marvel fun+childish formula maybe it ain't for you." The dark more serious tones truly do represent DC comics. With the entry of this film DC has placed themselves nicely for the future. Go watch it for yourself and get your own opinion. Just remember this is not your typical superhero movie. As far as acting goes I was decently impressed. No one should be concerned any more about Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne. Even though I am one of the people who would of loved to see Christian Bale put the cape on for this story arch, Afflecks performance was great and surpassed my expectations. Same thing with Jesse Eisenburg's Lex Luthor. While I think the role still could of be cast better, can I get a shout out for Bryan Cranston, Eisenburg was just the perfect level of crazy and jerk to make me believe he was Lex Luthor. But as much as I hate to admit it, the weakest performance came from Clark Kent/Superman. Henry Cavill played a similar cold dark confused boy as seen in "Man of Steel." I truly want to believe that this is because we are still trying to develop a Superman that knows his place in the world and is proud of it. I however am fearing that with each film we will realize that Henry Cavill has no acting chops and is only useful as a muscular handsome man. Visually the movie was strikingly beautiful, and as per usual Hans Zimmer knocked the soundtrack out of the park. It is important to note that Zimmer actually co-wrote the score with Junkie XL. This may be because as of now Zimmer has declared he is retired from scoring superhero films and Junkie XL could be taking the new lead in scoring for DC films. I can not really say much more without giving Spoilers so do not read past this point if you want to stay spoiler free.
Now for the section with spoilers.
Probably the biggest complaints I have heard about the movie can be answered if you have knowledge of the comics. One of said biggest issues people have is the dream sequences that Bruce Wayne "Batman" has at several points of the film. People found this to be very confusing and difficult to understand. I however thought they were really well made and exhilarated me for the future films. In the dreams that are about himself they are laying the foundation to show how this older Bruce has taken a mental toll from years of crime fighting. In the dreams that focus on external events like the man in a portal warning him of the future "aka the flash" or when Batman is leading a rogue group of soldiers vs flying demons and superman foot soldiers, Snyder is foreshadowing for to story lines in future films. Story lines such as Darkseid and Apokolips, Flashpoint Paradox, and possibly Injustice. If you are not familiar with any of these stories then you need to go get some reading done. Some people take real objection to the fact that Superman is killed at the end. I think the only reason this is an issue is because previous superhero films both DC and Marvel has illustrated this style of hero death as a no-no. But yet again go read the comics. Specifically the 1992 "The Death of Superman" Story-arc. Basically this a direct inspiration for BVS, and as such I fill BVS did good justice for the comic. Now a more in depth look at the characters. We really only have one time we see the free loving/spirited Clark Kent/ Superman. That one moment is when he is with Louis Lane after the rescue and she is in her bath tube. The sad thing is it seemed more like he was a horny teenager just trying to get some then an honorable man with the women he loves. Just as I previously stated I hope we are just dealing with a young inexperienced boy that is trying to find his place in the world and not stuck with a perversion of the man who stands for "truth, justice, and the American way." I have similar concerns with Gal Gadots portrayal of Diana Prince/ Wonder Woman. I can get over the fact that she is smaller then my perceived perception of Wonder Woman, especially because she is still just a beautiful as I would expect. Also the action she delivers when she enters the fight with Doomsday is phenomenal. However with limited screen time and relativity no important dialogue her character had a weak entrance to the universe. Perhaps my feelings will change in 2017 when the solo Wonder Woman film hits theaters and we get to see her shine in the light instead of sharing it with two other major heroes. Speaking of sharing the light let's talk about the 3 other members of the Justice League hinted at in the film. At one point we are introduced to video footage revealing Aquaman, The Flash, and Cyborg, also the flash shows up briefly at an earlier point of the film. While it was good that the movie did not try to shove a million characters down my throat like a similar Superhero film did this summer, **cough cough** Civil War **cough cough** I would of liked to see more of these characters then what we saw.