Even worse than it is made out to be

Rating: 3/10 (14 August 2017)

After saving Lois Lane from a terrorist group, Superman is accused of killing innocent civilians in the process, leading him to no longer be universally viewed as a benevolent force. Meanwhile Batman is dispensing his own justice, and is branded a vigilante. Batman views Superman as a threat to humanity, and Lex Luther is happy to fan the flames...
I wasn't expecting much, but was initially pleasantly surprised by this movie. The background was interesting, and the whole "Clark Kent meets Bruce Wayne but they don't know they're Superman and Batman" interaction was intriguing.
However, this quickly unraveled. Superman fighting Batman was always a preposterous idea, both in its likelihood and inevitability of the result. The logic and events behind them confronting each other is incredibly contrived and lame, and the fight and its result even more so.
From then on it's just your usual comic book movie CGI and fight scenes, and even more mindless than normal, if that was possible. Well, the director is Zack Snyder...you weren't expecting any substance with that rather expensively generated style, were you?
Throw in a script that seems written by a 10-year old and incredibly irritating acting by Jesse Eisenberg and you have a pretty poor movie. The only positives are the performance of Ben Affleck and the appearance of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Even Affleck at times seems unable to believe the crap he's forced to do and say...