Brilliant Moments and Visual Style Outweighs Its Poor Moments

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2016)

Movie has problems. But it's overruled by the majority of the film being quite good.
Firstly, Batfleck. Holy crap. I knew he was gonna be better than Bale, but not that brilliant. He is the best on-screen Batman and I've been saying he was going to be from the moment they announced it was going to be along the lines of Frank Miller's Dark Knight. All of Batman's scenes were phenomenal. He felt like Batman and he had great chemistry with Jeremy Irons' Alfred (who I wished we could have seen more of). All his scenes were exactly what I've pictured the real Batman to look like on the big screen. Now, the killing aspect. I thought it would bother me. It didn't. In the context of the cinematic universe they're creating, it makes sense for his character that has been Batman for a while and has a loose wire in his head - and honestly, it made him seem a lot more badass than usual.
Henry Cavill was once again...a good Superman. He provided enough acting for the character, giving Superman his good human qualities. Lois Lane was reduced to a damsel in distress in this movie but I didn't really care because it's not her damn movie....and also because Wonder Woman was in this and she was freaking badass (although, she kinda just dropped in and out, without too much screen-time sadly). Eisenberg's Lex Luthor. Oh boy, I don't like it. Way too eccentric. However, there were moments in the film where I thought to myself, "holy crap that is 100% Luthor". I'm hoping his character will change by future movies, to make him more like the serious minded business man. If that really was Jimmy Olsen in the film...I don't care. Perry White and Lois Lane are enough. Overall, the acting was really good, besides Luthor and the characters were done well enough, for most of them.
Besides Watchmen, this is the most visually pleasing Superhero movie I've seen. I say this because DC hasn't had a large slate of the same looking movies like Marvel has. It still feels visually unique, and there were a lot of moments in the film that I think were visually brilliant. They were the opening sequence of child Bruce, Metropolis, one-shot dream sequence, Batman fighting Superman, warehouse segment and a bunch more. Also besides Watchmen and Man of Steel, this movie has the most solid, meatiest, coolest action in a superhero movie and I loved every action segment. A lot of people thought the Batman and Superman fight was a let down, but I thought it was 8 minutes of pure awesomeness. If Zac Snyder can do anything brilliantly, it's action scenes. He will always be better at doing them then a lot of people, because he doesn't shake the camera excessively, he doesn't have an insane amount of quick cuts and he knows how he wants his fights to look and sound. The man can do visuals and action.
As for editing. You can tell where deleted scenes would go. Cameos didn't feel forced. Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman looked cool. As for putting Doomsday in, I don't mind. It was a good way to bring the trinity together. And to those complaining about him simply being a plot device...congratulations. You've figured out the entire point of Doomsday's existence. He's only ever there to destroy.
I'll just leave it to my biggest problem of the movie being Eisenberg's Lex Luthor. The mind of Luthor was there, just not the personality.
Let's wrap this up.
Overall, I enjoyed watching this movie. Critics were really harsh which pretty much reinforces why I don't ever look at critic opinions when I go and watch a film. It was visually brilliant. The action was top notch. Batfleck was awesome (probably the best thing). There were some plot points and editing moments that could have been done better - they felt really choppy and that's obviously because it's a studio cut. I liked the ideologies behind Batman and Superman and what they believe in. I understand what they were going for with "Martha!" but it could've been written better and did I mention that Batfleck was awesome? Okay. It's a big screen movie so it deserves to be watched on the big screen. Don't go in with unbelievable expectations (I honestly can't believe the expectations people had for this - are you demented? It's a superhero film, they're rarely anything past a 7/10). I enjoyed it. Well, the really awesome moments I did - which came in abundance. But so did questionable choices. Such as putting a certain comic story arc in towards the end that could've been held for future films. It felt crammed at times but you can still tell what was going on (unless you're 5). But most importantly, it felt like an epic film. I give it a 7/10. I think I enjoyed this more than Man of Steel, which I also really liked.
EDIT: Just watched Ultimate Cut. Fixes some of the plot holes and confirmed some of my own reasoning's to certain unexplained moments. Has more Clark Kent which is welcoming. A little more hardcore which I liked. Still can't save the Lex Luthor of the film universe. He is still the biggest problem of the movie. Martha scene still disappointing because I know what they were going for but it just wasn't written as well as it should have been. The scene that I'm split on was the court scene with Superman. It furthers the story but wastes some of the potential for further analysis of the need for a Superman.
Not a major boost in score, but it was a good incentive to watch it again and go over it. Once again shows that the studio cut will usually be inferior to the original, directors cut. Looking forward to future DC movies.
7.5/10