Crap movie, partial character development spoilers and a few spoilers about scenes, so don't read if you haven't seen the film yet

Rating: 5/10 (29 March 2016)

I gave this a 5 out of a 10 for the good special effects (minus the crappy looking CGI at the end) and also for the way Batman and Wonder woman look on screen, but everything else was average at best. Overall I found this movie to be boring and emotionless, especially the first 90 minutes of the film, a lot of it was not needed. They could have spent time building Lex Luthor and the other characters instead. However, there is no character build up, so when things happen you don't feel any emotion for any of the characters or their decisions. It all feels like it's just jumbled together. The opening scene was not needed and doesn't fit the rest of the movie, that would have been fine if it were a batman movie, but how many times do we need to replay the same story? We know Batman's origins already. The scenes felt very choppy and there was no flow in this film whatsoever. It really just felt like a slide show of photos. Just when you think something might happen, it just went right back down to more talking and scene switching. Eisenberg is horrible as Lex Luthor, and there is no explanation as to what he's doing or why. If they expect everyone to be aware of who he is just from the comics or past movies, then that was a mistake as well. He's not scary, he isn't a threat, he's a joke on screen. I don't see how people can view this as a good movie, it's not a good movie at all. Biased fans will say it's great, but that is because they are there to support DC, and not give a realistic view about the movie. For any fan of DC, Marvel, or any type of film about superheroes, you will be very disappointed with this film, just like I was. Maybe Marvel set the bar too high for movies now, but this is not even close to being comparable to one of the Marvel films. They are so much better. I also felt that The Man of Steel was a much better film than this one. At least that movie had some cohesion from scene to scene, and you felt emotion for the characters. I also have no interest in watching this movie a 2nd time, no replay value at all. Maybe the extended cut will be better, but I doubt a half hour can save this movie. As for the future, if someone other than Snyder directs the justice league, then it likely will be better. However, I don't see any hope of success for solo movies involving Cyborg or Aquaman. Wonderwoman and Batman are the only hopes for DC going forward. I hope this review helps.