The Positives and Negatives

Rating: 8/10 (3 April 2016)

First of all, I enjoyed the film. The 10 year-old came out in me and I got to see Superman and Batman together, pretty cool. The positives are that I really like the direction of two main characters. Superman,as in MoS, is stoically portrayed and is a somewhat gaudy figure, (very similar to Snyder's Dr. Manhattan), and is portrayed as the superhero I always imagined Superman to be. Cavill does a fine job, and also portrays Clark Kent nicely. I also enjoyed watching the new Batman, I like the roughness of his traits, the less Playboy more Vigilante aspects as well. Kudos to Affleck and Irons for making Wayne/Batman & Alfred their own after Bale and Caine set the bar so high.
Some negatives, I haven't read many DC comics and didn't know much about Lex Luther prior to this film so I won't judge too harshly. I liked how Eisenberg has some philosophical lines, but other lines came off as rambled and incoherent, a rather strange character if you don't know the back story of the comics. Another negative aspect is that the movie felt rushed, I understand that this is only the 2nd movie introducing the JL, while Marvel has introduced a lot of their main heroes and everyone has been familiar with them for several years now, I guess DC is trying to catch up with Marvel, but it will never work if they rush.