Disgrace to Superheroes!

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2016)

I loved Man of Steel, was overjoyed at Ben Affleck being cast as The Dark Knight, and have always been appreciative of Zack Snyder's skill and film-making technique. So therefore it breaks my heart to say that BvS is a disaster. Horrendous storytelling, with two pea-brained superheroes manipulated by an evil genius (an insufferable Jesse Eisenberg) and fighting for no reason at all. Superman can kill Batman with one stare, and therefore all that Kryptonite gloves and spears and armour is so, so stupid. This film has destroyed Batman's reputation for me, despite a pretty good performance by Affleck. The aforementioned fight is a generic CGI brawl, which ends in the stupidest way possible! Seriously, you need to watch it to believe it. The climactic battle is even worse, and though Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman has some terrific moments (two, I counted), nothing works. The ending too, is depressingly predictable. Am I really supposed to be excited for the Justice League movie after this monstrosity?