Where's the versus?

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 2016)

I agree it may seem a bit harsh, but there are things you come to expect when you go see a movie called: Batman vs Superman. It's in no way a horrible movie, nor a bad oneit's okaycorrect. Part of the reason might be because of the lack of focus on that "versus" part. Let me explain.
First, the plot: We all remember metropolis form man of steel right? Well Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) didn't forget that pile of ashes either, because he was there, and he saw Superman (Henry Cavill) create chaos. So batman ain't super happy about that, and doesn't like the fact that this "god" thinks he is above the laws and everything. So they'll fightbut you all saw the trailers right? OK, I don't need to explain the plot, because it is exactly what we've seen in the first trailer. (I feel so mean against that movie, sorry)
I'll continue with what I liked, because I liked quite a few things. Surprisingly, I liked Ben Affleck as Batman, he acted very well and we could easily understand the motivations in his character. I like Alfred (Jeremy Irons) a lot, a bit younger and fresher version. (I like me some change sometimes) The new bat cave, bat mobile were great. The suits were okay, I believe Batman looked a bit too big in them, especially the metal one.
The action was also great (For the most part). Regarding the fight between the God and the bat, it was extremely well choreographed and well shot. Thankfully no overly shaky cams. Everything that touches cinematography is good; I at least expected that, it delivered.
The first half, the set-up and everything is good for the most part. We see both batman and superman's motivations, we have glimpses at everything that is Batman, and we see the fear growing in some people of metropolis. But it is not all butterfly and goody-goody, because here's the biggest problem with this flick: The narrative!
Let's get the subplot of Lois Lane getting captured by ISIS (I know it's not them) and then doing stuff with the government, because it was pretty much useless.
Where do I start...? It didn't have to be that much about Lex Luthor for god sake! (I didn't really like him either; he annoyed me a bit sometimes) The movie is titled as a confrontation between two heroes, I totally understand and get the setup with Lex, he is essential to the plot I think. Lex Luthor is a nice catalyst, at the beginning, he seemed to be there to bring the two heroes to fight against each other. Sadly, we later realize he's pretty much the main villain, and that epic confrontation between Batman and Superman is less than 10 minutes long. Oh, how disappointed was I when I watched the two gladiators stop fighting after such a short amount of time.
We saw Batman grow hatred for Superman during the whole first part, didn't we deserve an epic finally at the end of the film, cumulating from all the lesser confrontations between the twos. No, we got Doomsday, CGI monster there to force them to join up. And that fight, too much heavy on CGI, it looked fake, I hated that.
Oh and Wonder woman was there, did I mention her? So was the flash, cyborg andAqua man. No, I'm exaggerating; Wonder Woman had a much bigger role than the three others. She looks great, but we all know she was shoe-horned in with everyone to set-up justice leagueto catch- up, maybe, on Marvel. Sadly, this Film forgets to be his own movie and opts on setting up other movies. They wanted to put too much in this flick, and it failed. They could have revealed Doomsday at the very end, we then would have wanted a follow-up focusing on him and maybe other heroes trying to take it down.
It was okay, it suffered from a lot. This lack of spotlight on the "versus" , this Lex Luthor heavy focusand the will of catching-up on the 8 years old Marvel cinematic universe. But is has redeeming qualities. THAT AQUAMAN CAMEO! (Just kidding) Ben Affleck, Jeremy IronsThe Batman universe in general was great. Superman was good. We had some action worthy of Zack Snyder. I could talk about why this movie worked in places and didn't in others for hours, but I can't here. Go see it if you're a fan. Don't bother and wait for DVD release if you don't care much.