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Rating: 7/10 (19 March 2020)

Aside from a few aspects, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is an incoherent jumble of content.
Firstly, I want to mention the strong positives of the movie, and to me, there are a hand count of five. One, the cinematography is stunning; much epic moments and fan-yearned character confrontations are composed with as much artistic aesthetic and sensibility as panels of a comic book. Two, and an opinion stemming from Batman being my favourite comics character, this movie has the greatest portrayal of Batman yet in live-action (voice modulation, suit quality, and gadgetry display) (not Batmobile though; best designed version is still 1989's "Batman"). Two, the warehouse brawl scene is exhilarating and one of the movie's strongest moments; it's well choreographed, and epitomizes this awesomely grim and brutal depiction of Batman. Three, the confrontation and fight between Batman and Superman was equally exhilarating and well choreographed (but for a movie titled "Batman v Superman", I expected more screen time of it). And lastly, the movie's culminating final act with the historic live-action uniting of DC comics' trinity characters who then battle with Doomsday; a DC fan's dream finally realized. There; that's what I liked of the movie. Five things. Done. Now the negatives...
The most obvious detriment of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is that Warner Bros. seemingly yearned for the same box office success as Disney with Marvel Studios, but didn't want to devote the same release time building instalments to earn it. Warner Bros. stuffed "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" with as many DC references and other character exposition deviating from the core plot so that they could hastily release a Justice League movie to follow and get an easy cash rain (and also, make the runtime of "Batman v Superman" unnecessarily long too; ensure enough room for such tedious stuffing). Typing this review in 2020 after the shameful 2017 "Justice League", Warner Bros. should be exactly that for both - ashamed. The narrative of "Batman v Superman" is a near incoherent mess of plot-lines with a focus on sequel baiting rather than a focus on depicting a concisely entertaining story. The worthwhile distance of the latter would've made "Batman v Superman" unforgettably incredible for generations; unfortunately it didn't satisfy the historic hype.
Another notable aspect of the movie that taints it further for me, is its excessive product placement and celebrity cameos. It dilutes the escapism and suspension of disbelief of a fictitious world to instead be tethered seeing current real-world celebrities and television personalities discussing Batman and Superman as being controversial real people. It's pretentious and cringe-inducing of a storytelling method.
To conclude this, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" has intermittent elements that are enjoyably thrilling, and I covered the five of my opinion, but together they're not enough to invigorate the experience gotten from the movie as a whole from being a convoluted overabundance of deviating content baiting the audience to a sequel, rather than being a movie depicting a focused, individualized story. It's a matter of taking conscientious quality steps versus impatient greedy leaps.