A modern comic book as film; not a film reflecting a comic book

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2016)

It is very true to the DC comics of the last 20 to 30 years on almost everything, mainly the storytelling style and elements. I can understand why the critics didn't like it, most didn't understand why certain things were happening because the movie didn't waste time with exposition (a really good example probably being Doomsday and how he works). Some probably wouldn't even enjoy the comics this pulls from, and that is fine. I think it is also very obvious that some of the elements used for the dream sequences are going to actually be event plot points in future movies to tie them closely together, in the same way comic books do.
So sure, as a film for someone that doesn't care about the comics or just doesn't know them well, they could hate watching the movie and be left very confused. That's fine. The studio let Synder make a movie for the fans of the comics, which is what he has been saying he wanted to do all along. It certainly wasn't made in the Hollywood style so many critics seem to be asking for with all the cheap jokes and a tightly packaged happy ending for everyone involved. This isn't the 1978 Superman, and it certainly isn't the 1989 Batman. I understood what I was watching and enjoyed it. It is a modern comic book as film, not a film reflecting a comic book franchise's characters.