Disappointing.

Rating: 3/10 (2 April 2016)

Spoiler alert!!
Please stop reading if you want to see the movie without spoilers.
Went to see this expecting to see the characters i had followed in the comics growing up.
The only positive thing i have to say about this movie is that the visual effects were good and the costumes were authentic.
The biggest worry i had coming in was Ben affleck's "acting". I'll admit i'm not a fan of the man but he really threw himself into the physicality of the role. He looks like he could do all the physical stuff batman does. Be it throwing bad guys around to standing like a Gotham city statue. Unfortunately, despite how hard he's trying, the version of batman/Bruce Wayne he is playing is so heavily influenced by frank millers "the dark knight returns" mini-series that anyone who doesn't already know about millers version will find it all but unrecognisable.
Henry cavill spends more time trying to establish superman as a hero of deeds and reporter Clark Kent as a man of principles, only to be shot down by Laurence fishburne's perry white who all but states that the core of what Clark Kent believes has no place in this day and age. I found this to be both insulting and a cheap shot at a character that has endured since 1938.
Gal gadot did what she could with what she had. Which wasn't much. Like affleck and cavill she physically fits the role. But her part was relegated to that of a cameo appearance. While the outfit isn't the traditional red, gold and blue of the comics and is clearly influenced by "xena warrior princess" she clearly had training with the weapons she uses.
Jesse eisenberg as lex luthor is a complete waste of film. The character is lex luthor in name only. For all eisenberg's skill as an actor, his version of lex somehow manages to walk and talk without anyone noticing he is a barely functioning lunatic. I honestly wondered if eisenberg thought he was playing the joker and nobody told him.
Amy Adams as Lois lane continues to grow on me. Like with affleck i admit i'm not a fan and i honestly wondered why she was cast in the role for "man of steel" but her performance in both films was impressive. Showing both quiet strength and unflinching determination while not being annoying loud and flashy like some of the other Lois lanes.
The storyline unfortunately is weak, jumping from scene to scene, be it dream sequences, flashbacks, or shameless promoting for the upcoming DC movies. The reason for the fight between batman and superman is so thin it is childish. A certain amount of suspending disbelief is required. But in a cinematic world where superman took on a squad of kryptonians and won, the fact one man thinks he can take him on and succeed is laughable. The fact lex luthor can somehow take control of an alien a.i. is practically glossed over. As for the fact that he can somehow create doomsday using a corpse, his own blood and a damaged ship is such a week plot device that i honestly wonder about the quality of the so-called professional writers.
The dialogue is cut short in some places, needlessly long in others. References are made to events that aren't explained and given no context.
The music score doesn't seem to fit the movie it was meant for.
Frankly this is a film made by the fans for the fans. If you are new to the franchise and expecting a sequel to "man of steel" and you don't already know about DC comics this film won't make any sense to you.