With exception to a few brilliantly shot scenes, an utter disappointment.

Rating: 5/10 (26 March 2016)

Fans, I've been saying this for some time. Batman versus Superman was going to be a disappointment. And it was. I'm a DC comics fan. I always preferred it to Marvel. But here's why Marvel's movies are so much better than the DC movies, with exception to Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy; there is emotional investment in the characters. You get to connect with them on a very deep and intense level, some more than others. Each character's backstory is rich and interesting, which makes the movie viewing experience so much more enjoyable. There's a reason for them to fight the villains. There's a reason why the villains are there to begin with. The plot makes sense. The movie flows naturally. And you get to see the characters grow and develop with each passing scene.
Enter BVS. There was no emotional investment in the characters at all. I didn't care that Batman wanted to fight Superman, and the plot made no sense as to why the two duked it out. Something that was supposed to be gripping and gut-wrenching happens at the end of the movie; I didn't flinch at all. Lois Lane does some investigating, but her meddling has no impact to the plot at all, so her character was completely wasted and took up valuable screen- time. Zach Snyder's Lex Luthor is apparently the Joker with no make-up on; which means that the Joker in the upcoming movies will be Lex Luthor WITH makeup on. Wow. What a twist. Wonder Woman zooms in, but she's just there. And that is the HIGHLIGHT of the movie.
Plot holes abound throughout the movie. In one scene, Clark is up north in the arctic for no reason at all; in the very next scene, Lois is falling from a skyscraper, and Superman swoops in and saves her. No explanation is given. Why was Clark up in the arctic? When did he get back to Metropolis? And how did he know to save Lois Lane? In another scene Batman hatches a plan to kill Doomsday. Meanwhile Superman is nowhere in the scene, but when he finally does arrive, he automatically knows what Batman's up to without any explanation or dialogue. We see Batman working out for a WHOLE DAY, and now all of a sudden, he's ready to take on Supes. That just makes perfect sense, now doesn't it? This is just pathetic script- writing.
The music was about like MOS's: bland, dry, and boring. There was no uplifting or inspirational music, much of it was dark and dreary, just like the movie. And Wonder Woman's music was just as disappointing as the rest of the score. I don't know what's wrong with Hans Zimmer but if he can make such incredible music for Gladiator and Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy, why couldn't he do it for Superman? Another disappointment.
The whole ridiculous garbage about trying to make Superman a "controversy" is asinine. Snyder and the other recent Superman writers are trying to take our world and put Superman in it. Superman's world is completely different. And it's because Superman is IN THAT WORLD. He changes that world. His very presence shines light in the dark and gives people a sense of hope they never had. Superman is not supposed to be a dark character. And the reasoning is quite simple. He isn't a dark character. Superman inspires the best out of all us, much like the figure, Jesus Christ. Speaking of which, they got that part right, if you pay attention to the allusions, but they completely miss out on the life-inspiring world- changing effect that Superman has.
Superman's "controversy" has always been about doing the right thing; because he CAN do the right thing, even when we can't. The suspense to a good Superman story is about whether Superman can save the day, not killing the bad-guy and destroying half of Metropolis again! Where our lives are grey, Superman's is white and black, light and dark. It's clear cut to him. You can like it or hate it, but that is Superman. And that's why he's my favorite superhero. The movie, much like MOS, does not do him justice.
The Doomsday creature looks like a troll that Sauron summoned from Lord of the Rings. It does not resemble the mainstream comicbook Doomsday at all. The fight was not suspenseful at all, nor was it gripping. Destruction and mayhem fill the screen, yet I never once got a feeling of daunting dread for our superheroes to face this un- killable monster. A ten-year old could've put the pieces together as to how they were going to stop Doomsday. What was supposed to be the climax turned into a complete letdown.
Overall, the story tried to do too much with too little and we got a mediocre movie out of it. If people wanted an action-packed Superman, they got it; the action just wasn't great. If people wanted to see a Batman/Superman fight, they got it; the fight was just disappointing. If people wanted to see Lex Luthor, they got it; it just wasn't a good Lex Luthor. If fans wanted to see Superman save some people, they got it; they just have to ignore the other 120 minutes of buildings and cities being destroyed, and Superman throwing caution to the wind.
Batman fights Superman ladies and gentlemen. You got what you wanted.