A good film with some problems

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2016)

My expectations from Zack Snyder and Warner bros was just better than Man of Steel. Which I thought was a good film with some problems, it had mixed reactions from fans and critics alike, batman v superman had to improve the level of the DCCU. The big question is did it, well yes and no. The film starts with Thomas and Martha Wayne being murderedAGAIN. However I do think that Zack Snyder put a very nice and different style to it than anything done previously. It then picks up from the end of man of steel but in Bruce Wayne's perspective, which I thought was done absolutely brilliantly. Especially when he runs into the dust cloud caused by superman and Zod destroying his building. You really feel the "Darkseid" ( pun intended ) of the Superman/Zod fight and the human impact it has had. This also really made me support Bruce Wayne and he hatred of superman due to the destruction and loss of live in that whole opening. With that in mind the dream or nightmare sequences involving Bruce Wayne I thought were absolutely fantastic and cleverly made. The desert sequence with the omega symbol and Parademons, hinting at Darkseid, is absolute comic book film gold. Dark, gritty and visually stunning as well as fulfilling the dawn of justice part of the title in this film. The final dream sequence involved the Flash, which I was pleasantly surprised by, was again foreshadowing the future of the universe whilst introducing us the Ezra Miller as the flash. I thought it looked visually stunning and helped the story, and maybe not just for this film is Zack Snyder hinting at the Flashpoint comic. Finally after about 140 minutes into the film we get what wanted, Batman v Superman. Well is it really Batman v Superman or is it just Batman against superman, because from what I can see superman doesn't have as strong a dislike towards batman as batman does towards him. Especially considering that the only reason he has flown to Batman is so he can convince him to team up and fight Lex Luthor, so superman never really wanted to fight Batman that much. However the fight itself once again is pure comic book gold, it is dark and brutal and truly fantastic. Is it a little too short? Did we see too much of it in the trailers? The answer to those questions is probably, doesn't mean that I didn't have a smile from ear to ear whilst watching it. Throughout the film batman has had this clear hatred towards superman, which was handled brilliantly, and then with a flick of a switch they are best friends because there mothers share the same name. I would of been fine with it if they had batman and superman share a little bit a dialogue between each other explaining the situation that they are in, and superman convincing batman why he is not his enemy. This is probably one of if not this worst part of the film, and this is sad because the director and writers had such an opportunity to make a really good emotion filled scene with the audience really engaged with both characters. Instead they sped it up so they could team up to fight doomsday. Talking of Doomsday I thought it was strange to have in the film anyway, but i was ready and intrigued as to how and what they were going to do with him. I thought the creation of him was rather clever and looked really cool. The ensuing fight with doomsday is brilliant, although it maybe a CGI mash, as the fight went on and on I started to wonder if Zack Snyder was going to do something very very ballsy. That something was to kill off superman, which is straight from the death of superman comic. As soon as the kryptonite spire came back into the plot, it was there staring me in the face that they were going to it. Obviously they would bring him back to life just in time for Justice League Part one. Personally for me I think it did work although saying that it again probably didn't hit home as much as it should off because of the lack of build up it.
Finally the good parts of film manly are visual as well as Ben Affleck's performance which are both amazing. The bad parts concern the convoluted script and poorly developed characters. All in all the film is good with some problems, it takes a number of references from the Dark Knight Returns and Death of Superman comics, which is really cool to see.