WAAAAYYYYY Better Than it is Being Credited

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2016)

Okay, now we get down to the nitty and the gritty(BvS and CA:CW):
1st - BvS I really don't get all the hate this movie is getting. I think it is a very good movie, bordering on great. That said, this makes it a pretty significant disappointment. The trailers - IMO - really made this film look like it was going to be EPIC. And it simply isn't. That's not saying it's bad. it's just that is could and - more importantly - SHOULD have been better.
The flaws: 1. to a small degree I can understand the complaints about the dark tone. but I think this is a minor failing, not a biggie. You have to take note of what I believe is the most important part of the title - "Dawn". What happens just before the dawn?(rhetorical). This is the dark hour before the dawn. I get that. That said - yes - it could have used a few more key points of levity.(though it did have a few of those that most people are ignoring). 2. The long, slow build-up. This is probably, for me, the biggest problem. They could have done this more like TDK in mixing in the action with the plot build-up IMO 3. The confusing "dream" sequence. I know - now - that this was not a dream at all. It was some type of time/dimensional portal or "drift". Seems to me that the comic book fans mostly got that. I had to study up on it after seeing the first time. That said, when I did understand what was going on when I saw it the 2nd time, it was really good the 2nd time for me.
There are a lot of things done well that the anti-DC/Anti-Snyder brigade are ignoring: 1. They intro'ed the new Batman and Wonder Woman really well IMO. I am very excited to see more of both of those characters. 2. In doing a good job of not copying Marvel with mid/post credit scenes, they did a good job of leaving many DC easter eggs - especially with the intro's of the other JL members. I thought that was really well done. 3. I thought all the action sequences were fantastic. This is a Snyder staple - the guy knows how to do action. Even Sucker Punch, with admittedly a weaker story, has some of the all-time best action sequences ever. 4. After seeing this and CA:CW, sorry, I'll argue all day long with the Marvel guys. Lex Luthor was a WAYYYYY better utilized villain than Zemo. (more on that in my CA:CW review) 5. When I saw it the 2nd time, I really loved how they ended the film. I really get the sense that Supes ultimate sacrifice really inspired Batman(and - to a lesser degree - WW). I could feel him returning to his more idealistic ways. I think this movie sets up Justice league very nicely(though definitely not perfectly).
8.2