A Bloated Mess

Rating: 5/10 (26 March 2016)

Just back from it and honestly, it's not great. The reason Batman starts to hate Superman is too weak, make it more personal like if his wife or Robin was killed. Plus he comes across as an angry idiot, I mean he's supposed to be an amazing detective and can't even figure out what Lex Luther is up to... like why is Lex stealing alien technology? There is only one scene between Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne with a bit of tension and you've seen it in the trailer, no character or tension build up to justify the fight. Oh and what's with Robin's suit and the Joker's message? Nothing explained there, Suicide Squad I suppose.
The reason Batman and Superman stop fighting is just ridiculous.
Everyone is blaming Superman for the destruction of Metropolis but seem to forget about Zod's army and the threat of transforming the earth and wiping out the human race, that was really stupid.
Wonder Woman has no reason for being in this other than looking for a photo Lex Luther has of her... really? She just turns up out of nowhere and joins the fight, OK she's an Amazon warrior and fights for justice but she has no real connection to the characters, lazy writing. Plus other Justice League characters are thrown into it in one scene just because you know DC need to make more money than Marvel... like really fast.
Doomsday, oh my God that was a colossal mess, a GCI mess that can't even talk, this is one of Superman's worst enemies. He just goes on the rampage for no apparent reason, we get wishy washy GCI non stop explosions to the point of boredom.
Recycling the murder of Bruce's parents..... again.
Government heads of state are complete morons and are easily bought.
So that was the bad, on the up side Cavill is excellent as Superman again and you really feel for him with all the grief he is getting. He's relationship with Louis is stronger and there's great chemistry in the acting, so you care about the characters, you don't really care about Batman. Aflik stand over there with Clooney. Keaton, Kilmer and bale, stand tall. Jeremy irons is pretty good as Alfred. Eisenberg is
excellent as Luther, he's the only intelligent thing about this film, he's manic and manipulative and didn't get enough screen time.
A let down after all the excitement and build up, Marvel are laughing their heads off.