Easily among the worst Batman movies ever

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 2016)

Let me admit - I am a batman fan - have been one for a looooong time now, so it is possible this review is a little biased....so, where do I start ???
I walked into the movie with my 12 year old daughter - who is a batman fanatic, and she hates superman - she came out of the movie liking Superman and disappointed in Zack Snyder's directing skills for his build-up or build-down of Batman :(
First off, the good parts...Doomsday was excellent and so was wonder woman. Superman was reasonably good too - some of the action scenes were well choreographed, and the CGI was fine too...The bat mobile and the bat plane were probably the best, though they weren't given enough screen space and screen time :( :(
I loved the way Wonder Woman was portrayed - especially when she is finally allowed to change into her wonder woman costume - though one can be forgiven for missing her lasso until it actually shows up around Doomsday. She is amazing in the fight sequence with Doomsday :).
Supes confusion about the world fit well and you cannot help but feel a nagging sympathy for him as he tries to make sense of why people are confused about his actions.
The fight sequences were good, though the Asian fighters seemed forced
The bad - where do I start -
I thought Ben Affleck as Batman would not be good, but Zack Snyder managed to successfully portray Batman as a gun-toting idiot - who not only walks into traps, but also nearly kills Superman because he thinks Supes is bad !!! So, let's examine this again - Gun Toting !!!! Admittedly in a dream sequence, but still - gun toting !!!! Batman as a killer !!!! This is wrong on so many levels that it's not funny - of course with me, nothing with Batman is funny.
In the doomsday action sequence, Batman plays a role worthy of Spiderman (my other favourite that is being damaged by some of the newer movies) jumping from wall to wall
Now, the other biggie - Luthor -This is something I am not going to forget for a long time - My opinion of Luthor has always been formed by the Justice League animated series - which I always thought was a gold standard - and in this movie - Luthor is this twitching, poor man's version of Heath Ledger's Joker who does not have a plan B and goes insane towards the end !!!
and now the next movies - what is wrong with DC? Marvel is easily smarter with character build- outs...In the Flash series, Barry is white, Wally is black and in this movie, Flash (because it is the justice league), Wally is Asian !!! Aquaman has black hair, not blonde, his trident is 5-pointed instead of 3 and Cyborg is created when some pulsing metal (looks like a lift from Transformers) generally floats towards his body and creates a cyborg - (Darkseid must be turning over in his grave)
I am a sucker for Batman movies, so I will probably still watch the next one, but I just hope the folks at DC fix this before there is irreparable damage to the bat !!!