The Tools Are All There...But What Happened To The Execution?

Rating: 4/10 (28 March 2016)

I never through I say this but BvS was a chore.
It didn't pull me in as much as I'd love to.
While I'd like to say the actors did everything they could, the script and the direction let them down.
I thought Ben Affleck was okay for the most part as Bruce/Batman, he wasn't stellar. Gal Gadot was good as Wonder Woman, serviceable at best. Henry Cavill could've been better, but the script let him down big time—at least in my opinion. As for Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Junior, I found "Lex" rather annoying performance-wise and the fact he has more lines than any other character makes you wonder. BvS movie could do without him.
Now let looks at Luthor's purpose in this movie, in which they are many, and probably more (like; a surrogate Screenwriter which he is, sort-of). And one can make an argument that he is far more developed than the titular heroes. Okay (1) He discovered kryptonite, but how Lex knew what kryptonite is and what it does is never explained. (2) He pitted Batman against Superman, which could have worked better if Batman went against Superman at his own expense—and sadly enough there was a build-up to that event but collapsed under the weight of this movie's "fool's gold" ambitions. And (3) creating DOOMSDAY—which if you ask me I think deserved to be a villain in a stand-alone superman movie—but in BvS, Doomsday was just there to lend the movie an invincible-villain, which he's not—he's far much complex character in the comics—and anyone with (a) Kryptonite (Spear) could've defeat him since—he's a biosynthesis of Krytonian blood (and Lex's). And, he 's also responsible for the death of Superman. Some might call it ballsy, I call this dumb. This is a comic-book movie, everyone knows superheroes/villains don't stay dead.
Man, what about the goals and the motivations, and the inner-conflicts of Both Bruce/Batman and Clark/Superman? It started somewhat strong and waned like smoke-"screen" in the pouring rain of unnecessary/convoluted plot lines—of what could've been a whirlwind inferno of set-up, built-up, and momentum—became Lex's Luthor's playground—and the two juggernaut of heroes became toys to play with. I felt like Superman's story was pushed so much to the background, as a framing device for the plot, instead of being developed as a human character. And as for Batman's, we've seen his origin story in countless incarnations. This time around it's designed to thrust some emotional depth in Bruce. Someone say, "Martha"?
As for they dialogues; they are contrite, monotonous, and lacks clarity.
Saying Snyder doesn't have the chops to make a good movie is giving him a pass. Here, he doesn't even try to give us the thrilling and suspense factor. the movie is predictable at best. Even when Superman face off against Batman, while the action and set-pieces are great to look at, he added nothing for us to care about the heroes' conflicts.
I wouldn't say I hate the movie, but I tried so hard to find it entertaining, and it just--wasn't.
By the end of the movie I kind-of asked myself, "Why is it such a bad idea to pit two of the greatest American comic-book Icons against one another in a movie? The simple answer is that, "Hollywood just won't do it justice."
Note: Does anyone know why Batman needed those beams on his eyes when he was in the suit if armor? If so, could he see well during the fighting scenes?" Anyway, I'm surprised Superman didn't take advantage of that.
Nonetheless I'm looking forward to what the DC Extended Universe have to offer in the future.