Much better than what I expected

Rating: 5/10 (3 April 2016)

I remember being extremely let down and disappointed by Man of Steel and wondered if I would ever watch a possible sequel. When they announced the sequel's title to be "Batman Vs. Superman", I laughed at how stupid it was. When they announced Ben Affleck to play Batman, I was concerned.
Still I went to see it and I must say it exceeded my expectations big time! This was supposed to be a sequel for Superman but Batman stole the show! It's an exciting, dark superhero adventure with a good story that really captured the vibe of "The Dark Knight Returns" comic-book. Not like the derailed Man of Steel which didn't capture anything but the destruction of asphalt. Most of all I really enjoyed Ben Affleck as Batman. Actually, I think he's one of the best Batman's so far. He finally looks the right way for one!
It's clear however that DC is in a hurry to set up a competing cinematic universe to Marvel. This movie tries to incorporate too much information and tries to set up too many plots for future installments. While Marvel had years to prepare the Avengers and a lot of movies to work with, DC now tries to do the same thing in just one movie. The conclusion? It's too long and really messy! The movie is 2 hours and 30 minutes of darkness and action. Zero comic relief and way too many different story lines to keep track of. After a while you don't really know which storyline you should pay attention to at the moment and you get tired. In my opinion they could have skipped the appearance of Wonder Woman entirely since she seemed out of place to me. Like she only came in at the end to show the fans "Look! It's Wonder Woman! Justice League anyone?" For me the movie was quite good up until then. As soon as she appeared on screen everything went downhill, even the music got bad, and the whole movie went from "Nice superhero story with Batman" to "Sequel to Man Of Steel with lots of destruction" in seconds.
All in all, it's actually not a bad movie. A little too long and messy, maybe a bit derailed at times, but with a quite good story to it. I recommend seeing it if you like these kind of superhero and action movies!