Great acting, Horrible material

Rating: 5/10 (20 April 2016)

Oooooo, here we go. *claps and rubs hands together* I am sorry, this film was forgetful and pointless to me. There were too many misses in this entire two and a half hour drag-fest than hits for me to stay enveloped in this painfully over-done film. I do not know where to start so I am just going to begin listing them off so I apologize if this opinion section is all over the place... The first hour and a half was absolutely unmemorable. There was so much random information, random story-line jumps, and even some pointless pieces that had no reason to be shown and did not develop the story what- so-ever. The acting in this film... I am going to start with a pet peeve of the film; Senator Finch (Holly Hunter), she was absolutely laughable every time she was on screen. Speaking out the side of her mouth and delivering ridiculous lines. Probably my most-hated character in the film. Also in regard to the acting, I had no connection to any character at all. It was all just a straight shot through the film, this person speaks, that person speaks, you do not feel for anyone at all. I was not sitting in my seat cheering for this side, or pumping my fist for that side. I was sitting there in my seat pumping my fist for the end of the movie so I could head to bed. Speaking of bed, I did fall asleep for about fifteen minutes of the movie. It just was not pulling at all... The cameos: There are cameos in this film that to me were absolutely pointless. No spoilers, no reveals, I am just going to say they were pointless and horridly done... The reason for Batman and Superman to stop fighting; absolutely garbage. Again, no spoilers, but this might have been the most comedic part. More than Jesse's Lex/Joker/Donnie Thornberry performance... Alright, so I am going to stop here. All in all, there was just way too much trying to happen and not enough events to hit home and make this film a home-run. For some positives of the film, the brutality that was Batman was not bad. I also did not mind Ben Affleck as the Batman although he still is hardly memorable. Also in regards to Batman's brutality; the fight scenes (although minimal) were exciting. Honestly though, that was it. I do not have much praise for this film. It will probably be a split opinion in favor of and against but nonetheless, check it out for yourself but for me personally. Checkmate: Marvel Universe
**Edit** As the summary says... Affleck, Gadot, and Cavill did absolutely phenomenal. Sadly enough, Snyder and company gave them terrible material to work with. With recent news of Affleck getting the green light for a solo Batman movie; I have high hopes for that which will be 20 times better than this work.