Terrific

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2016)

Not really understanding why this movie got "panned" so badly...It was a DARK, action packed movie that expertly meshed a ton of stuff into a two and a half hour movie. Of course everyone is going to want to compare this movie to the Avengers...DON'T BOTHER!! It's an apples and oranges comparison...yes both movies are about superheroes battling bad guys, but that's where the comparison ends.
Zack Synder's vision of his superhero apocalypse is decidedly darker, and grimmer than Marvel's. In the Marvel Universe our breath is taken away as cities are destroyed, but we smile, knowing that the thousands of people in those destroyed buildings and structures are by some miracle completely unharmed.
Not so in the DC Universe...Innocents ARE collateral damage, and we experience it...This collateral damage leads up to a vital plot point in the movie that packs one helluva a wallop.
The acting is spot on...All of us battle our own demons, and the characters in this movie are no different. Torn between their own respective "moral compasses". The conflict associated with these characters is just as internal as it is external.
Yeah towards the end of the movie, the writers apparently got lazy, and we see it in the way the "arch-villain" is created, but seriously that was my only gripe with the whole flick.
One of the biggest criticisms of this movie I have seen is it takes itself too seriously and "isn't any fun". Well guess what?? The Dark Knight (which remains one of my favorite "superhero" films of all time) took itself pretty seriously as well, and I'm not sure I would say that movie was any "fun" either...but it sure as heck was fascinating and I walked out of the theater in a cold sweat.
Don't get me wrong, Batman VS. Superman is no Dark Knight, but it was created by using the same mold. The best way to enjoy this movie is by not trying to compare it to the Marvel Universe, as noted above its apples and oranges. Marvel is a bright, fun ride, where we just know that everything is going to come out peachy...The DC Universe on the other hand decides to take us on a dark journey, that at times can be uncomfortable to watch...Maybe we are uncomfortable, because we are not secure in the knowledge that everything IS going to turn out okay.
Regardless, don't let others judge this movie for you, before you've even had a chance to see it...give it a chance, my guess is the majority of you WON'T be disappointed.