I went to see it so I could judge for myselfglad I did!

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2016)

It is difficult with a movie this big to truly judge what is fact and what is fiction. You will consistently have people and critics who are predisposed to love it or hate it no matter what quality of movie is presented. WIthout revealing any spoilerswhich I feel is just unfairlet me give you my thoughts.
For the comic book fan boy this film tries to do a lot in just 2.5 hoursmany critics have jumped on thisI liked it. DC said they were going to open up the DC Universe in a big way and they certainly didso for me - it worked! I thought all of the actors did a wonderful job Ben Affleck is a great and brooding Wayne/Batman..although he might need one more outing in the hood to make his claim to the "best Bat" solid. Cavill is admirable as Supermantough to play a character without weaknesses/faults, and make him vulnerable. Amy Adams was good, as was Irons and Gadotalthough all the female role-model fanfare surrounding WW has to be because she's a warrior personifiedwho smiles during combat - regardless - she's a bad ass and proves gender is just a word - not a box! I think that Zuckerberg is taking some very heavy, and unwarranted criticismthe quirkiness of his young Luthor workswhen you think of the maniacal genius he will becomethis gives the character a good foundation since he is truly the one person in this movie that we are doing an "origin" story about. All of the others have another movie or subtext that has outlined their historygood choice as LL and deserves more.
The story itselfas noted before can appear dark and jumbledmany of the themes here are for an adult audience and don't need to have the light cast on them as happens in many of the Marvel movies (although CA:CW may take the MU in a darker direction). Fans who are familiar with the comic book stories of Batman and Superman will appreciate that this must have been a huge undertaking for the screen writing team to weave so many "mythology" lines into one picture in order to get to a JL flick with the whole cast next! Again, for the people who know and can appreciate this - huge payoff. At some points it lumbers, but the fight scenes are worth it and the connection that eventually occurs is genuine and prophetic of the bond that must be formed to carry the rest of the franchise forward.
The screenplay and direction are solidalthough I won't go as far to say Oscar-worthy as others have done. I greatly enjoyed the film and will probably go back to see it again with more of an analytical eye and try to watch for the details that I missed. For a fan who hoped that this movie would do itself "justice" in my opinion it succeeds across the boardsee it now or you will regret missing one of the better comic book movies to hit the box office yet.