Batman vs Superman: The Review - I wanted to love this movie

Rating: 6/10 (30 March 2016)

I have mixed emotions about Batman vs Superman. Ultimately it's a let-down, but it sure has moments where it's amazing. It's starts where Man of Steel left off, but from Bruce Wayne's perspective (Ben Affleck) running around feeling helpless while he watches Superman destroy the city, whilst of course trying to safe it. Sets up the film nicely, as we now have a Bruce Wayne needing to come up with a way to take on superman. As Bruce and a majority of people now see superman as a threat rather than a hero.
Ben Affleck's performance as an older Batman is brilliant and we finally see he has invested a lot into the high-tech Bat-Cave. Something we really didn't see in Nolan's Batman films. Henry Cavill is again, solid as Superman. Even Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor was quite good, albeit very similar to Heath Ledger's joker. However this movie lacks emotion, has a poor plot and doesn't do it's job of setting up the up-coming Justice League. I feel over a third of the movie was wasted, nothing happens. I would have liked some information on Wonder Women (Gal Gadot), as she has a reasonable amount of screen time and are told nothing about her character. There is too much repetition with Superman, having to save Louis Lane over and over and over again. When we finally see BvS, it's exactly what we want. Great action scenes which DON'T disappoint.
If you go into this movie, with the highest of expectations like i did, your feel let down. I couldn't wait for BvS, I tried to love this movie. Overall it could have been better,but it's still enjoyable enough and worth watching. Review 6/10