Do not see this film.

Rating: 1/10 (25 March 2016)

Here's the truth: I was skeptical about this movie before it was released. I was very nervous about Jesse Eisenberg's turn as Lex Luthor and the final trailer made me predict the outcome of the movie. After watching the movie, my fear was correct. I'll say it right now. I. hate. this. movie. I hate it with all of my passion. I feel like I want to destroy the print for this pile of trash. Ben Affleck manages to prove everyone who thought he would do poorly as Batman wrong and does a great job portraying the character, and the fight, when it finally happens, is awesome. However, these are the only positive aspects. First off, this movie feels so one-sided, it is so easy to tell that the filmmakers liked Batman way more than Superman. It is clear in almost every part of the film; Batman is always on top of things and Superman is always getting trashed by the government and the press and getting the short end of the stick. You wonder after you watch it, "Will Batman lead the Justice League too?" Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster who created Superman would be really upset, and so would Richard Donner, who helped create the first two classic Superman movies with Christopher Reeve. Reeve if he was still alive would hate the disrespect towards the character as well. I wish he would rise from the dead to beat up this "movie." We've had enough modern movies that did Batman well. Try doing Superman right in this modern age for once. Wonder Woman is o.k., but the problem is she only is around in a few scenes, and only one of those has any reason for her to be around: to fight Doomsday in the end. If she was not in the movie, there would almost be no difference. Jesse Eisenberg is so terrible as Lex Luthor, I wanted somebody in the movie to kill that jerk because he was so annoying. I've had enough of villains in superhero movie who are nerds. Electro in Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3 sucked. Why are super villains who are movie nerds getting more attention these days? Amy Adams is o.k. as Lois Lane but she is given almost nothing significant to do. She also makes a stupid decision at the end of the movie that is clearly a flaw in the screenplay. Everything happens in this movie without feeling significant; Batman and Superman's different points of view are given only a minimum amount of attention and those points of view are not the main reason they fight. While I think the fight is great, it is again pretty one-sided, and the setup and reasons for the fight are terrible. I also think there is too much stylized filmmaking going on here, with closeups on objects like bullets and cannons with slow motion being a prime example. Why? There is also a scene in this film that shows Batman as a kid falling into a bat cave and being lifted out by the bats. What? Quite a few scenes in this film have nothing to do with the main story and are clearly only put in to foreshadow the Justice League movie. The ending's only purpose is also to set up the Justice League movie. Doomsday, who only appears in the end as a grab to pull comic book and superhero fans in, looks very generic and only later in the battle does he start to look like the character in the comics. Finally, the fact that this is called Batman vs. Superman and is not really about how they will fight each other, come to their senses, then fight and defeat a major baddie, is just wrong. This movie should have been called "Justice League Begins," because that's a more accurate feeling from watching this movie. The more you understand it, the more it becomes clear that this movie only exists to set up a cinematic universe that wants to kick Marvel's butt and become the hot new thing in superhero movies. Well, I'm not buying it, Warner Brothers. Man of Steel also had problems, with a screenplay filled with contradictory moments and things that don't make sense, as well as a tone that makes you feel tired, but Man of Steel looks great compared to this. I hope whoever cast Jesse Eisnberg is fired from the movie business, I hope Warner Brother is disgraced by this piece of cinematic garbage, and I hope the DC Cinematic Universe is prematurely canceled. This movie fits into a Hall of Shame with other superhero movie odysseys of disgrace like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Batman and Robin, Superman III and IV, and Amazing Spider-Man 2. I, a true fan of both Batman and Superman, curse this movie and the whole DC cinematic universe.