We got what was promised and it's just ruined.

Rating: 4/10 (28 March 2016)

Zack Snyder definitively gives a whole new meaning to ego. This movie was bad. Badly directed and badly written. Snyder was too much egoistic and too much occupied with slow motion visuals in the film (which were totally unnecessary), making a large film, where basically no character is fully developed. We just got what we wanted we wanted Batman to fight Superman, and that was it we got it. But, is that really enough? Snyder should remember, or better to take note, that title of the film is not about everything. There are such important things as substance, development of characters, good plot, investment in characters, something to motivate viewer to keep watch and enjoy the film, but at the same time to be intellectually appealing. What am I saying? This is Hollywood and intellect and art are dead there. So, it was just about Snyder's ego, slow motion scenes and again hiring David S. Goyer to write the script. In my opinion, Goyer ruined Batman in Nolan trilogy. Goyer should be fired and not allow to write, or direct any movie based upon comic book, because this guy just doesn't understand the idea of adaption. Chris Terrio is the other writer and I don't know what fractions of the script he wrote, but I could sense that Goyer had a larger grasp on it. Goyer even used some old stuff again at the beginning of the film you know what I am talking about. That's how lazy he is. And those jump scares that was pathetic and desperate from writers. And those dream sequences? Where did all that come from? Those were just silly.
The movie itself looks empty and rushed. It has this fast pace and besides that, when I say empty, there's no character development, and there is no something more deep and important to them not even the plot. It's basically a usual, popular story of today where super heroes are not that cool anymore Let me explain. Remember those old time comics about heroes with immense super powers where they had fight with equal powerful enemy and they destroyed the entire town and after that mayhem and carnage, everybody claps about it. But, today, the questions and doubt escalated about super heroes. Are they really good? What if they turn bad? Who are they to decide to fight in populated area? You know, the usual stuff. It would seem that someone took comic books too seriously for granted It's a fiction. Treat it that way. So it has this "political element" in it, which is boring. Why not just keep things simple and keep government out of comics? So, in short Superman is hated by the people, Batman is angry at Superman, someone cooked the entire path for their duel. And that's it. The story is just undeveloped and boring.
Let's start with actors and their characters. Henry Cavill was OK as Superman. He has the looks and the voice. And he is a good actor, but still undeveloped as character. He was just there for duel and that's it. Ben Affleck he was good. He really was. Affleck did good and was enjoyable both as Batman and Wayne. The thing I didn't like are voice modulator, because Batman is also a trained actor, who specializes in espionage and disguise, so why he didn't change his voice? Keaton was the one who set up that principle of voice change when wearing a cowl. That was because Affleck has this tenor voice and he could not make it any deeper. And I don't like Batman's impulsiveness and naivety. Batman is a character who has control over his emotions. He was too impulsive and careless here. And too dumb not to investigate where did this "challenge" for a duel come from. And he broke his first and most important rule. But, we haven't seen him breaking that rule for a long time, so in my case, I was kind of OK with that. Lois Lane was so unimportant here, Amy Adams is a good actress, but they give her too little to work with. Jesse Eisenberg is a good actor, but this was the worst Lex Luthor ever. His acting was over the top psychotic and obvious and he is depicted as an uneducated guy who constantly gives references from Bible, about God and man. Luthor should be dark, calm, calculating, cold and extremely educated, informed and versed in science. Here he was a pathetic joke. Jeremy Irons was weird as Alfred. I just don't see him as Alfred. He was like some evil uncle car mechanic. He didn't give any advise to Bruce, or say something wise. Gal Gadot was great. Perry White was there just to spew newspaper headlines and to act like a total jerk. Martha Kent was just not that interesting. And appearance of Thomas Kent in dream sequence was just terrible. Like we all wanted to enjoy Costner's boring acting. Holly Hunter such a great actress and they wasted her talent here.
Now, fight scenes were good. Jason Momoa as Aquaman was awesome. Flash was just funny. Cyborg looked interesting. We'll see in the next film. CGI was OK, but it could have been a lot better. Camera work, editing OK. Costume design was OK but Affleck had no neck in his costume and while he smiled in super costume, he looked retarded The design of Batmobile and Bat-Wing was terrible. Not stylish at all. The villain in the final fight was terrible and unnecessary. Music score from Hans Zimmer and Junike XL was not that invested and not interesting. But Wonder Woman theme was high voltage stuff. So, overall it's a load of pointless fun.