So much potential wasted.

Rating: 7/10 (6 April 2016)

As with Man Of Steel, the first 75% was great, and then the last quarter was utter nonsense that ruined the whole thing. Do not be fooled into thinking this is a joint venture, it is a Superman film with Batman as a guest star.
What did I take away from this movie? That if you discover that your most hated enemy's mother has the same name as your own mother, then you must instantly become friends. You don't just forgive whatever made them your enemy, you actually declare them as your friend. From then on you never again mention having been enemies, and you tell anyone who you meet that you are friends.
The film starts with Batman's origins. Again. I forgave that, but it wasn't needed.
Lex Luthor knows Batman and Superman's secret identities with no explanation whatsoever. I forgave that, but it made no sense. Lois Lane is only in the movie to get herself into trouble. I know it's kind of the point of her character, but this time it was too blatant. I forgave that because she is Lois Lane.
Wonder Woman spent the first half of the movie playing what was essentially a bond girl, and then all of a sudden she is Wonder Woman. She is frightened of being exposed but decides it's OK, but why didn't she do so during the first movie? I forgave that because it's expected Hollywood nonsense.
Batman seriously wants to kill Superman, he goes to extreme lengths to make it happen. When he has the chance, Superman says "my mams name is also Martha" and Batman says "Oh" and then is his friend. I DID NOT forgive that. I actually cannot believe it, I thought I had zoned out and missed something! It's like they deleted the wrong scene, it makes no sense at all.
Lois arrives in a scene and repeats what Superman says so that Batman will listen. The problem is that she wasn't in the room when Superman said it in the first place, so unless she has Kryptonian hearing she was just guessing.
Lex Luthor's dastardly plan makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. However it turned out, he would end up dead because Doomsday would have ended the world. I am still trying to figure out what his endgame was.
Within 5 minutes of Doomsday being born (which involved one voice command from Lex), the president of the US launches nuclear weapons at Doomsday and Superman. Literally 5 minutes, it is pretty much his first port of call to go to nukes. Kryptonians get their power from Earth's sun, which is effectively a nuclear reactor, so firing nuclear weapons at them would do nothing but make them more powerful, so his decision is not only rash but also a massive mistake.
More buildings destroyed. Boring. There is so much Hollywood nonsense in it that I was often laughing. At one point, during a flashback to Man of Steel, a guy is in a skyscraper watching the city being destroyed, when Bruce Wayne calls him and says "get everyone out of the building" after which he he orders his staff to leave. Why weren't they leaving anyway?? The entire city is being levelled by an alien space ship, and they are gorking at it out of the window about 500 feet away!!
Ben Affleck is awesome, possibly my favourite Batman. He saved the film; his acting was great and the combat was brilliant. Henry Cavill and Gal Godot are very good, as is Jeremy Irons who I really liked as Alfred. Fishburne is also good, but not in it much. Amy Adams just turned up for the money, she couldn't have cared less but I cannot only blame her as the script for her was tripe. The J.L.A. were crow barred in, it is just silly. As someone who watches The Flash, the time travel stuff made sense to me, but to anyone who doesn't already know who he is, it would make no sense at all. Also, in the middle of the film Wonder Woman watches a selection of videos, each focusing on a "meta-human", as a little intro to the Justice League. This has absolutely no place in the movie, and why Lex Luthor would hire someone to design really cool logos for each of the subjects is beyond me.
My final gripe was that the last 20 minutes felt like a cinematic final boss fight from a video game. I would not have been surprised if a big symbol appeared on the screen indicating what button I should press to continue the battle. It was all CGI, and Batman essentially stood there watching what were effectively Gods fighting - he decided it was best to just stay out of it.
I really liked the first 75% of this film, and that is why the "Martha Moment" has riled me so much. So much potential wasted.