Like a ten ton hammer

Rating: 7/10 (6 September 2016)

The first half of the movie feels like you have to carry that hammer, though. It is dark, heavy, slow and tedious. The story is cut into many single strands that don't connect and the movie seems to flip through scenes that don't explain much. Nevertheless, camera and scenery are great. The casting is...special. Ben Affleck gives a better Batman than Daredevil, yet I had a hard time accepting his acting. Cavill is a fitting superhuman, yet unexpectedly remote and rather cold. Wonder Woman had a perfect introduction - although Gadot is a bit on the thin side. Luthor is played very well, although I think the actor should have been a bit older, but maybe that was just in canon, don't know. At times it seemed, though, that director and actor tried to compete with the perfect Joker of the last Dark Knight installments, instead of trying to find it's own style.
The last hour or so of the movie is like mentioned hammer coming down on you. Pure world-shattering action. Especially the duel between Batman and Superman did set new standards.
Some dialogues and the rare jokes felt a bit awkward. The roles of mortal sidekicks and friends paled next to the god-like super- heroes. Especially Lois was kind of a setback when it comes to strong modern women - she reminded me of the white girl in the hand of King Kong - totally dependent on Superman. She was good for being thrown of roofs, being used as bait and sorts of that, the rest of her role was cheesy and naive romance. I wonder when superhero movies or comics are going to stop this.
After all a satisfying and entertaining movie, despite the fact that I am everything but a Superman fan - I always found him to be one of the most unimaginative superheroes and a boring character.
I want to see what DC will bring up next year now. Hopefully not again in a 2:31 hour format.