The Disclaimer is right in the title!

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2016)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. DAWN. OF. JUSTICE.
Some people have made complaints about, well... the abundance of content contained in this movie. A fair amount of people, for example, have been complaining about the runtime, as well as the content itself, and I felt like I should address this. I don't feel like either criticism is very well founded, and here is why:
The amount of content needed to tell a story of this scope, and from various angles and points of view, more than warranted the runtime. It would be very hard, if not impossible, to introduce proper character development as well as the cultivation of the narrative itself and have them both effectively coexist, otherwise. In an age where we are all used to watching 12 or 13 hours of a television show per season, I really don't think two and a half hours is too much to tell a story this grandiose.
And I've heard people complaining about the fact that the film was messy or even convoluted, That it spent too much time on court hearings, politics or public opinion. I could not disagree more. These scenes were not mere filler, but rather provided much-needed context to shine a light on where these characters were and what they were going through; being forced to navigate the complex world we live in adds a refreshing touch and it is this dynamic of gritty realism that more and more modern superhero films are incorporating (thankfully!) into their respective universes.
Zack Snyder... you did good.