What a lame disappointment!

Rating: 1/10 (18 July 2018)

The over-hyped movie that just didn't deliver. The movie had potential and it just fell flat on it's face. Just like Man of Steel I feel the tone's too serious and uneven. The choices some the characters make are so unreasonable. Probably the worst crime of this movie is the casting of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. I'm beating a dead horse here but his presence is so out of place. His role is more akin to the Joker than a calm, collected criminal mastermind. If anything maybe he should've been the Joker in the Suicide Squad (though that's a different story). Gal Gadot has an uneven presence. She's probably the only good thing in this movie along with the titular showdown we were all waiting for.
Speaking of the showdown, the events leading to it just don't make since. This virtually all has to do with Clark's mother's name "Martha" (which's a weak plot device). While in the comics it's made clear why Superman is always in the sights of Luthor and why he and Batman clash from time to time, this movie tries to cram everything in rather than let it develop as a series like Marvel (that is if they done it right.) Luthor should've been happy about Superman's presence as he could've used him as a cash cow rather than see him as a threat. Another thing that doesn't make sense is the creation of Doomsday and his demise. How Doomsday came to be is a little mystifying as he was created by Luthor and Zod's DNA. With that being said he should appear more human rather than a monster. Also, the way Superman killed it was a little more over the top. I don't think Superman had to sacrifice himself in the climax. Overall, it's needless to say the movie was a lame disappointment. The pacing was very uneven, the actors weren't really bad but their chemistry just doesn't work (that and their motives) and while the fight scenes were great the motives behind it just didn't make since at all.