I can see why everyone hated it, but I liked it

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2017)

Let me start by saying I am the biggest Batman fan in the entire world, so much so that I would give Batman & Robin a 6/10, which says a lot. This isn't a great start to post-Dark Knight trilogy era Batman films, but it's adequate, and I can't help but love it it Batman is in it. I'll start my review with the flaws. I thought Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luther was an awful choice and he was way too over the top. He wasn't very intimidating at all and seemed to be spewing a bunch of irrelevant crap the entire movie. I also thought Amy Adams was utilized way too much in this movie. Yes, she's a great actor but if you insist on giving her so much screen time, make a superman spin off about Lois Lane (which I wouldn't watch). Most of what she did in the movie didn't seem to contribute much to anything and seemed like a pointless subplot that, if removed, would've shortened the movie by a lot, which would have been okay. Also, there's the obvious one: the misleading title. I was expecting a bunch of all out battle royales between Batman and Superman, but instead they fought for about 10 minutes and then immediately made up because Superman's foster mom was captured by Lex Luther (on a side note, I think it's really funny that Batman and superman both had mothers named Martha. Bob Kane and Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster probably should've fixed that, since crossovers were pretty much inevitable from the get-go, whether it be on paper or on the big screen, making for a world of confusion). I also didn't like the design of Batman's costume all that much. Now the positives of the film: I loved how the movie was scattered with Easter eggs, like the Justice League members' cameos, the Riddler question mark and Jason Todd's murder by the hands of the Joker. I really liked Wonder Woman, and I think Gal Gadot portrayed her beautifully and made for a pretty bad-ass superhero. The movie was also littered with great, memorable moments among the many flaws and sub-par scenes, like the actual battle between batman and superman, Bruce Wayne's dream, the aforementioned cameos of the other Justice Leaguers, the introduction of batman with those two police officers, as well as the interactions between Alfred and Bruce. I also really liked the casting choice of Ben Affleck as batman. Unlike basically everybody, I wasn't skeptical and had a lot of high hopes and anticipation to see him don the bat suit. Overall, a pretty good movie. I guess the best way to describe this movie is that it's a sloppy and messy film with incredibly memorable moments