It could've (should've) been so much better

Rating: 5/10 (21 August 2016)

Two good things came of "Batman v Superman": Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot. My hopes have been high for a new Batman for over a year and the same can be said for Wonder Woman. That these characters get spin off movies mean this movie is already a success in one department.
As for the movie itself, it's a mess; primarily because of the writing. There is so much jam-packed into this that the actual fight is almost a footnote to everything that has to happen here. And a lot of it doesn't make sense. How does Lex know who Martha Kent is? And Clark can find Lois in Africa in seconds but he can't find his kidnapped Ma? And as much as I liked Ben Affleck in the role, both Batman and Superman come off as dicks in this movie. Their motivations just don't hold water. That's the biggest problem my wife had with this: they weren't staying true to any of the characters.
I can't tell you how disappointed I was when the movie brought in Doomsday and went full-on Death of Superman. Even during the second half, when it was all one big battle, it didn't shoehorn awful comics story lines.
It's really not a bad movie, but is indicative of bad decisions across the board by WB and Snyder. No Superman movie should be this sullen.
5/10