A Well-Done, Pleasing Steak.. With A Bit Too Much Seasoning

Rating: 5/10 (30 March 2016)

Why are people hating this movie? Is it a Marvel bias, petulance toward Snyder, Affleck?
I went to this film really wanting to hate this movie. I have not been a fan of Snyder since Watchmen (which I loved, just not what followed), Affleck pisses me off with his "same person here - same person there" in nearly every film (barring several), and lets face it, Marvel has DC beat right? Ain't no way they getting' a comeback.
Regardless of what we say, I believe we all watched this film with at least a little expectation based on what we've been given by Marvel. MCU was created from the ground up, character-by-character. It worked. And it's still working. THAT is the problem with this film: it has entered a time when Marvel is king of the hill and they feel they have to catch up. THAT is why the movie may seem stuffed with content and characters (even though it honestly doesn't. I thought it flowed well and compensated enough with each character considering how many there were). THAT is why DC has already made this collaborative work with several major characters in their universe instead of doing one character at a time. They feel they have to grab our attention, and grab it hard. Separate films could do that yes, but not as well as this bang. Tell me this, if they did it the same as Marvel, would it be just as thrilling as back then? Or is this new, different, fresh?
Anyway, I digress. The film was quite good. Cinematography beautiful (if a bit melodramatic) as always with Snyder. The plot was thought out intentionally, doing what it came to do, and the script was (thankfully) not trash. (Those trailers scared me a little with all those super-dramatic Irons lines, man. I love Irons, but he does play those types of roles.) Affleck surprised me. A lot. His BW is the best I have seen, mainly because he has more room than ever BE Wayne and not just "rich-playboy-idiot". His batman is closer to the comic in this universe with all the awesome gadgets, but, again, he is killing peeps. Best explain that crap (yes I know he couldn't have done jack against those dudes unless he killed them, but dang, must integrity die more and more in my characters?).
Two things I really drew a line on: Luther and Doomsday. To me this film looks like it wants to be very canon on the comics, at least as much as movies can be. This Luther is not what I remember from the cb's. Which is fine, I simply hold the opinion that Eisenburg's interpretation is unnecessary. No, it doesn't take away from the plot, but it adds a sense of.. miscalculation. It's the over-seasoning of my rib-eye yo. Now, Doomsday. A little soon don't you think, Snyder, for such a freakin big deal? That is all.
Do not pass up on this movie just because everyone is hating or because everyone is being a butt-loving fanboy. Go, watch, enjoy, and formulate what you think. In my opinion this film is WAY above what the critics are giving it.