Could have been so much better

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2016)

I'm torn with this movie, I really am. I love it and I hate it, I've never been more frustrated about a movie than I am about this one. I think it'll be easier for this review if I just separate what I liked and didn't like.
Liked:
Affleck as Batman - he was fantastic, Batman is so much darker here and brutal and it worked for the movie. He was the best thing about this movie in my opinion.
Wonder Woman - She was great but I wish she had more development and screen time, having said that, I don't think she was really necessary in the movie.
Superman - Henry Cavill does a great job as Superman but the big problem is that the script doesn't allow him to really showcase it properly.
Action sequences - Synder knows how to film action, all of that is great.
Didn't like:
Lex Luthor - I didn't like what they did with the character and even if this is what they wanted to go with, he was miscast in my opinion.
Lack of character development - we never really get a sense of why anyone (other than Batman) is doing what they're doing, even then, Batman sometimes comes across as a moron.
Cameos - I didn't care for them to be honest, they felt forced.
Batman & Superman's relationship - I like it better when these guys are friends but this is called Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice so it sells itself as a versus movie only that's really just a small part of the movie, there's so many stories overlapping but never connecting cohesively which brings me to my next issue...
Pacing - this movie is kinda all over the place, it doesn't give you time to get invested, there are potentially great moments right there but we never get enough time to delve into it because the movie wants to achieve so much. It's too much, too soon.
Overall opinion:
I was entertained but heavily disappointed at the same time. It's very hard for me to rate this movie, I wanted to give it a 10/10 before watching it but after the first viewing I gave it an 8/10, after a second viewing I gave it a 6/10. I wanted to love this movie but I didn't. Now I'm finding myself somewhere in the middle, so I'm going to settle with a 7/10. There's great stuff in the movie, it's just mixed with a lot of unnecessary stuff. I wish the movie was more focused, I still enjoyed it but I think we deserved so much better.