Bad beginning ruined it all

Rating: 4/10 (25 March 2016)

If the first half of this movie had been edited out, I would have doubled my star count. There were sooo many flashbacks and dreams for Batman that it became ridiculous. By the time the action really started, I kinda hated Batman. I was hoping Superman would just kill him, but, sadly, Superman was owned by Batman in the fight. Batman acted like the bad guy he decided Superman was, and seemed blind to how ridiculous he came off. Lex so easily manipulated both Superman and Batman, it was amazing. They both seemed idiotic compared to Lex. When the final conflict began Wonder Woman totally upstaged both Batman and Superman. She came off as a much tougher fighter than either. Superman's ultimate sacrifice seemed somewhat lame, why not give the Kryptonite weapon to Batman to use? Batman was pretty much useless in the final battle. And, no surprise, Superman isn't really dead. Gasp! (Okay, that was implied by the movement of the dirt on top of his coffin at the movie's end, but we all know they can't kill him. Heck, the nuclear warhead didn't.) I would have really enjoyed this movie if the first half didn't drag on so long. By the time the fun stuff happened, I just didn't care enough. Honestly, I considered leaving after the first hour. The last hour of the movie was good, but getting to it felt like torture.