Disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (24 March 2016)

I was really looking forward to this (Like the rest of the world) but I did have reservations. And I was right. Too much clutter. You could have had a straightforward, 2 hour film with Superman and Batman at loggerheads, leading up to an epic smackdown. However the film repeats the mistakes of Avengers: Age of Ultron by unnecessarily crow barring in characters to set up the future Justice League movie. they could have taken a page from the MCU and done the slow build up, with a solo Batman movie, with a cameo from Superman, that lead up to this movie. The final battle was impressive, but due to the spoiler trailer, I knew exactly what was going to happen, so there was no surprises. And the bombastic action that Snyder puts in all his movies is here too, and it does get old fast.
The haters can shut up about Ben Affleck though, he nailed it as Batman and Bruce Wayne, and that's a rare thing. previous actors to don the cowl have always mastered one role but fallen flat with the other (I'm looking at you, Val Kilmer). It wasn't nearly as good as The Avengers or Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, but I have to admit the action was good. Just a shame it couldn't have had a more streamlined story.