bad Lex...

Rating: 5/10 (27 November 2017)

I'll just start off by saying that Jesse Eisenberg nearly ruins this movie. I dock 2 stars just for him being in this movie. His line delivery was terrible. He did not capture the essence of Lex's character at all and instead came off as an idiot.
Ben Affleck did alright at his part, but I felt he isn't a good enough actor to depict such a complex character. This was made all the more obvious whenever Jeremy Irons was on the screen as Alfred. Yet, I felt Jeremy Irons was miscast as Alfred. His character felt off.
After the first hour or so the story becomes boring and pointless. There's just one action scene after the next with little reason for them to be fighting or detail on what's going on.
There's also a lot of unnecessary political junk in this movie. For instance, there's a scene that clearly mimics Katrina victims on top of houses who apparently can only be saved by Superman.
What's unfortunate is that I felt this could have been an above average movie, something to kick start DC movies and the Justice League forward. The premise was interesting. You effectively have mankind rejecting Superman and similar super humans. They reject being dependent on them. This appeals to me and it's why I prefer Batman in the DC universe. However, the story has too many threads going on for it to be easy to follow. Later in the story, not enough is explained and you are pushed too quickly into "the final battle".