A Sloppy Plot with Good Moments

Rating: 4/10 (2 June 2016)

Batman V Superman is a movie that wants to be great at certain moments, and definitely is, yet it doesn't care about the rest of its running time. The effort that is put into the stunning visuals and effects by Zach Snyder is severely lacking in the areas of plot and character development. The main selling point of the film is in the title: the fight between our two main protagonists, and yet their motivations are sloppily set up, making both of the heroes unable to root for. The actors portraying the heroes, however, do shine in their performances. Ben Affleck ranks high in the long line of actors who have had the honor of playing Batman, and Henry Cavil plays a convincing Superman. However, just because the performances were good doesn't mean the characters were. Superman has little time to develop and any transformation he goes through is repeated from Man of Steel, a surprisingly better film, and Batman performs questionable actions.