Almost a great movie, almost

Rating: 7/10 (9 April 2016)

I went into this with the standard doubts, "Batman v superman, hmm, Superman every time?" this total blows that question out of the water, on the right day Batman will kick Superman into tomorrow.
Ben Affleck plays an older, world weary and cynical Batman (and plays him VERY well) who stands as the voice of doubt against the new messiah, Superman. Henry Cavill plays a hero with doubts, and plays it well. The battle scenes between the two, too big and full on to be fights, are some of the best I've seen or some time, the new Bat-mobile and Bat-plane are darker and more utilitarian than any seen before.
The action and and acting make this a joy, but....
Lex Lutor / Jesse Eisenberg is truly awful and if he played a bigger part in this film would have managed to single-handedly destroy this film. Eisenberg plays a badly written role badly, he appears as a second rate gibbering Joker rather than the articulate and intelligent criminal mastermind as he appears in either the films or comics.
Wonder Woman is 2 dimensional and so under-used, the action scenes with her are great but in-frequent, otherwise she's blink and you miss her, a real shame! The 5 second cameo's of Cyborg / Flash / Aguaman are almost pointless unless you look at this film as a launch pad for the Justice League, rather than a film in it's own right; its almost like Empire Strikes Back, it was there to make Jedi look good and a launchpad for the next film rather than its own film.
This is a very good film and deserves a sequel of some form but it could have been a great film.