I don't know what I just saw

Rating: 5/10 (16 July 2016)

On the scale of comic universe based movies, this is on the very low end. Actually this is probably the least enjoyable I saw. But that's misleading since I avoided the ones with the worst reputation like green lantern and Mr freeze.
Of course production quality is excellent, except for using a cgi company that remarkably has zero understanding of Newtonian physics. I suspect they're the same group that is responsible for other atrocities I saw in other high budget movies. The scenes with cars stand out like a sore thumb. They flail around like they have no weight and seem rigid like granite.
Of course that's not my main issue with the movie.
Unfortunately Ben Affleck didn't became any better at acting since Armageddon. Since that's the last movie I remember him from. So naturally his portrayal of Bruce Wayne didn't impress me much either. He seems like a drunken peasant who's about to fall asleep all the time. Zero screen presence and class.
His Batman is good on the other hand, but you don't need much acting talent to wear a mask and have your voice altered to sound bad-ass.
The action in the movie is typical of today's high budget flicks. Everything feels plastic and make believe, not enough practical effects, and too many post process effects. Not just full on cgi, but image filters as well. It just feels unreal and unnatural. Feels like I'm not looking at a real movie but the cut-scenes of a video game.
As they try to make bigger explosions and grander fighting it looses spirit badly. When the hero is literally thrown trough 5 buildings and stands up like nothing happened, it kind of takes away the suspense. Please tone it down to a relatable scale. Batman is not supposed to be supernatural, yet there is nothing natural about him in this one. They probably did it to match superman more, but it just takes everything to the realm of impossible, where no amounts of suspension of disbelief is enough.
Also there is the problem of lack of a better villain. Lex Luther just doesn't feel like a proper villain you can root against, or respect. He just an idiot with a mental disorder, he's neither threatening, or menacing, he's like air. You just see past him and ask yourself, OK but who is the real villain, this can't be it.
And what is up with the constant religious references and parallels? They say Christ and Jesus more times in the movie than Jack Bauer says Damn it. And they show people praying and casting crosses on themselves. It feels out of place. Movies never show random people acting religious. Why is it presented here so aggressively? Was the movie funded by the catholic church or what?