Not as bad as I expected, but still not great.

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2016)

After seeing the trailers for this movie I was ready to be disappointed. Not only did they give away huge spoilers for the movie, the spoilers they gave were also a dead giveaway that the movie was going to end up being more of a set up for the Justice League, which was not what I wanted out of Batman v Superman. While this did end up happening, it actually wasn't that awful.
The biggest issue I had with this movie is that it often felt like it was dragging on. I kept waiting for things to happen, and then when they did, it wasn't as exciting as it should've been, especially considering how long it took to get there. The Batman v Superman fight was a tiny part of the movie, and like much of the fighting in Man of Steel, and in the rest of BvS, it all felt so inconsequential. Although the fighting and special effects were cool at times, I just wasn't interested in many of the fights because it didn't feel like much was at stake. The intense fight *should've* been the BvS fight, but thanks to some great trailer work by DC, that was ruined for me too.
I think the plot needed work. The fights would've felt more intense if I was more invested in the story, but I really wasn't. The characters were cool (Batman looks sick in the movie, I really liked the power armor), and the acting was great by all of the stars, but the story wasn't there. I do have one complaint about a character though. Wonder Woman - she was really cool! Until the fight with Doomsday... It wasn't the way they portrayed her, it was that weird, cheesy guitar riff that came in with every shot of her. It really ruined the moment.
Oh, one more little complaint, the adult Bruce Wayne dream sequences were really weird. In a bad way. The first one wasn't awful (even with the jump scare) but the second one was just dumb. I won't go into detail, but yeah, not so great.
As far as things they did right, I thought that the cinematography was actually really good for a Superhero movie despite some grainy shots. The composition was always on point, and in general the shots were nice to look at. The scene towards the beginning of the movie with Bruce Wayne driving around the city trying seeing all the stuff that went down in Man of Steel was actually pretty good, and set up the the whole political/moral debate side of the movie effectively. Speaking of which, I thought they did that side of the movie pretty well. I found myself on both sides of the conflict at different times through the movie ultimately siding with Batman in the end, but that might not be the same for everyone. The friend I watched the movie with said he stuck on Superman's side.
My friend also made really good point - this movie is his favorite portrayal of Batman from an aesthetic and fighting standpoint. As in, the way he moved and acted through the film felt like a good comic book-y Batman, not like the super realistic version of Batman that Nolan gave us (not that the Nolan version was bad - it was good for what he was going for, but this Batman was more true to the fighting style of Batman). On the other side of the coin though, Batman did not feel like a master detective/planner in this film. He didn't think much at all actually. It seemed like he just acted on impulse, which didn't feel very Batman-esque. To conclude this Batman paragraph - he was cooler in fights, and lamer in person.
All things considered I give this movie a 6.5/10. It wasn't amazing by any means, but it didn't disappoint me completely.