It's for comic book fans

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2016)

Now this is a highly anticipated movie that got put down by a lot of critics. I personally thought it was a engaging movie that I appreciated the more I watched it. Now before giving a full review I was waiting for the Ultimate Edition of this movie to come out. Mainly because I wanted to give credit for this film in the fullest form. Since in the theatrical release, about 30 minutes was missing. Which made this movie look choppy in certain parts and lackluster because of the editing. And because bits and pieces that appeared to be missing that could have further explained things. Besides it showing Ben Affleck's butt cheeks, the Ultimate Edition shows more of Lois and Clark's journalism and investigative skills. With both of them trying to dig into what is really going on. With Lois trying to prove Superman's innocence and Clark trying to delve deeper into gaining information about Batman vigilante and what he does to some criminals. Which further explains why Superman was trying to stop Batman from what he does. Instead of it just seeming like it's just forced in there just to entertain and give the fans what they want to see. I however really liked the artistic imagery in this despite it having Zack Snyder's slow motion bits, but it didn't take away from this movie but was mostly used during the dramatic scenes. Mainly the dropping of bullets on the ground. The opening really got me pumped for what this movie was going to offer and for a movie that is around 2 and a half hours long, it flew by very quickly. I was also one of the guys that had doubts about Ben Affleck playing Batman, but the guy nailed it. Mainly because of his looks and built stature, it looked like he just walked straight out of the comic books. And the Batman fight scenes looked like it came straight out of the Arkham games. It was brutal and super entertaining to watch, it was simply badass. Christopher Nolan's Batman films did have phenomenal stories but it was the weakest when it came to Batman's hand to hand fighting. Especially in "Batman Begins" the action scenes is distracting and not well done at all. In this however the fight choreography is topnotch and Batman fights like I envisioned he would. Plus Jeremy Irons is awesome here as Alfred, he appeared to me more as a caretaker and a friend than just a loyal butler. Plus he doesn't take crap from Bruce Wayne and speaks his mind. I was so pumped for this film, mainly because it has two of the most iconic superheroes in one movie and they are going to fight each other. How can anyone not be pumped for that? Maybe, unless you don't like superhero movies at all. Anyways the extra 30 minutes does add to the story and makes things make more sense. However it does make it in a way where it takes quite awhile to get to the action scenes. I am pretty sure that is one of the reasons why 30 minutes of it was cut in the theatrical release. And because although it adds to explaining certain things and why certain characters act the way they did. It isn't all that engaging or entertaining to sit through. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I wouldn't mind watching it again and again. This movie is basically a set up for the upcoming Justice League films and so they compacted certain elements for the set up. Which I thought didn't really take away from the whole experience. However if you are not a comic book fan and didn't read much of DC comics, you will be one of the audiences that will be sort of confused with certain characters and set ups. The superheroes really needed there own individual movies to add more value to the characters and to what was going on, besides "Man of Steel". Gosh, Lois Lane has to be the ultimate damsel in distress, she gets saved like 3 times by Superman. Lastly when it comes to Lex Luthor it is a mixed bag when it comes down to it. I personally was fine with it, Jesse Eisenberg acted in a very odd and uncomfortable kind of way. You know the type of person you would stay away from at work, except that he is a Billionaire with a lot of power at his disposal. His version of Lex worked, because most Billionaire tycoons that has a silver tongue is more interested in making money over delving into the whole Superman ordeal. Yeah, he did remind me more of the Riddler, but his very odd and uncomfortable facade for the most part worked in this movie. Because it made his drive and insanity more believable. So yeah, this is a engaging superheroes movie with some cool imagery that is worth checking out for sure.
8.8/10