Meh!!!

Rating: 6/10 (29 March 2016)

I was really looking forward to the film despite the reviews both positive and negative. I must also confess at this point that I was one of those people who couldn't believe they would give Affleck the role of Batman after his portrayal of Daredevil.
In terms of the acting I felt the lead pair did a good job as Batman (Affleck) and Superman (Cavill). Actually, I think Ben Affleck could well put any negativity about his portrayal of DD behind him and Henry Cavill maintains the dark, brooding side of Superman pretty well. Amy Adams is a very versatile actress and again pulls off a decent job as Lois Lane but she is sometimes overused in this film. Jesse Eisenberg for me had his moments as Lex Luther but the script was working against him to a large extent. In the end we end up with a character that looks like LL but has all the maniacal makings of Joker Jnr. Gal Gadot actually cuts a decent figure as Wonder Woman here but they introduced her very quickly into the main battle.
The film is long but in fairness that didn't phase me an awful lot. I've seen shorter films with me begging them to stop. What made the film seem so long is the number of story elements they brought into the mix. We have the premise of Batman vs Superman which is actually quite misleading as their fight lasts only about 10 minutes or so. They might have been better to simply call it 'Dawn of Justice' and be done with it. The pace varies a lot from sluggish to what-the-hell-happened-there and so overall the post production could have been tightened to give a more well-rounded feel.
My biggest gripe with any super hero film is when they take a major character and treat them as an afterthought. Why they thought it would be a good idea to include Doomsday and use this as a way of working within the title of the film I'll never know. Doomsday is one of comic history's iconic villains because he kills Superman. He ran riot across large parts of America and pretty much broke the Justice League, Supergirl and the best that Cadmus could throw at him. It took a grand total of 10-15 minutes of this 2 1/2 hour movie to finish him off.
I liked the way they managed to weave Bruce Wayne into the Man of Steel end battle to give some inkling of disdain for Superman and despite gripes I thought it was a decent movie. I do think DC have a long way to go in terms of matching the Marvel universe because the relationships between characters seems natural. Here the relationships seems contrived, even forced at times and that could have been handled better.
There was only one occasion where I felt the CGI was almost laughable, but from other people have said; you'll know it when you see it.
In my humble opinion your safest bet is not to take the 10/10 ratings too literally, but also don't take the 1/10 ones too seriously either. I found the ones that have posted a lot of reviews are probably a decent benchmark.