A film with a tremendous amount of potential, yet failed to say the least.

Rating: 7/10 (25 March 2016)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice had a lot of potential to be a good film, I'm not denying that- but all the potential it had was discarded for the most part. Most, if not all of us in a younger age had imagined Batman and Superman fighting each other whether it was with Action Figures, Lego, etc. So, with that being said, the expectations were quite high as our childhood imagination was finally coming to the big screen in Live-Action form.
When I first heard that a Batman v Superman film was in the works, I was excited. Once the first trailer dropped for the film, my expectations were starting to grow quickly. Once the second trailer was released, all my expectations I had for the film slowly started to fade away. The second trailer basically showed the whole film in a matter of three minutes, yet I was still interested in seeing the film. When the reviews for the film started releasing, my expectations for the film were almost non-existent.
Going into Batman v Superman with little to no expectations was probably the smartest choice due to the fact that the film was entirely a major disappointment. The acting in the film was fine for the most part, there was no faults in the acting choices whether it was Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg, etc. The action, the fight choreography, the cinematography, and the directing choices were also good- I'm not denying that. The main faults of the film come to the writing, the plot, and the character motivations. The writing was an utter mess, it didn't decide whether the plot wanted to be a "Political Thriller" or a "Sci-Fi extravaganza". Those two do not mesh well together as it became boring, tedious, and sometimes laughably bad. The film felt like it was five films chopped up and mashed all into one. Batman and Superman's decision to team up nearing the end of the film was so silly that I laughed out loud when it was mentioned. The fact that they had Oscar Winning Writer Chris Terrio, David S Goyer, and uncredited Ben Affleck to write the film says a lot as the film was not good at all.
If you're still interested in seeing the film, I implore you to go in with low expectations and hopefully you'll find it enjoyable.