Batman v Superman: Dawn of An Underwhelming Series

Rating: 1/10 (24 March 2016)

I just got back from a 6:00 PM showing of Batman v Superman, and I have to say that it was much better and more coherent than Man of Steel, but it was still a tiny bit of a mess. I won't give anything away because you need to judge the movie for yourself, but there are a lot of things I had issues with concerning Batman's characters, a lot of things I had issues with concerning Superman's character, and the entire third act needed a massive, massive overhaul.
Ben Affleck was a good Batman; however, I did not like the direction they took his character. Henry Cavill was great as Superman, but again, I did not really like where they took his character. But Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman did surprise me. She did not speak much, her lines were a bit wooden when she spoke, and I do still believe she was too small to play Wonder Woman (sorry, but she still needed a bit more meat on her, not muscle, but meat), but I can forgive her because she was still a lot better than I was expecting.
Jesse Eisenberg was about terrible as Lex but not nearly as bad as I was expecting. He didn't bring down the movie, but they still should have gotten another actor.
The highlight of the film was Jeremy Irons as Alfred, however. He was perfect and I wouldn't change a thing about his character.
All-in-all, not a terrible movie but still not perfect. Needed a better editor to get rid of scenes that just were not necessary and cut the runtime a bit. Either that or we need the 3 hour version to help smooth the editing a bit. It's hard to say what would truly make this movie better other than getting rid of that third act.
Not as horrible as some had said but not nearly as good as others make it out to be.