Didn't hate but sure didn't Love it

Rating: 5/10 (26 March 2016)

This is a film where I can neither say that I hated everything about nor ,nor can I say that I came anywhere close to loving it. There are aspects of this film that I did enjoy , most surprising of which for me was Ben Affleck's portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman. I think he did a solid job stepping into both aspects of the character to the poor little rich boy traumatized Bruce Wayne and the Vengeful Brave Caped Crusader. There was also some stunning cinematography, some good effects some not so good ones, and there were of course some cool action/fight sequences. I also feel that Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburn , Gal Gadot and Holly Hunter were all stellar in their roles. It has it's share of thrilling excitement moments but with all that going for there is also plenty going against it. I loathe Jesse Eisenberg's take on Luthor. He turns in his usual hyper spastic annoying nerd deluxe who talks fast routine. His goofballish antics do not work well with the sinister nature of the character and in my opinion just train-wrecked what could have been a disturbing intimidating villain. I also find both Henry Cavill and Amy Adams to be too lackluster for their roles. Amy's Lois doesn't possess enough grit and attitude to embody Lois Lane and though Henry Cavill has the appearance and strength of Superman he just doesn't have the charisma or depth of acting range. Topping the mediocre to downright bad acting I also feel that certain scenes particularly some dream and flashback sequences were unnecessary ill placed, they repeat the Wayne death scene twice in the same film which is redundant. The pacing and plotting was messy without giving spoilers I will say that I feel too much time was spent on plot lines that were not as important while some of the most important plot points and developments felt rushed and forced.
BVS certainly had potential but for me the hype is bigger than what the movie was actually able to pull off. It felt long and draggy in places the final fight had some editing issues and was not nearly as epic and awesome as it could have been and the actual ending just didn't impact in the way it could have has other aspects of the film been handled better. All in all I felt it was just kind of smack dab in the middle. I expected something far better than just middle ground but it fell short for me.