Only for the hardcore comic fans

Rating: 4/10 (11 April 2016)

Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice does more wrong than it does right.
I went into this movie with very low expectations. This was due to a few things, first being that I did not enjoy Man of Steel, nor have never been a big fan of director Zack Snyder. The second reason is that I had heard all the negative word of mouth about this movie. Even with my low expectations, I was disappointed by this movie.
Overall the cast performs pretty well, especially given the at times, horrendous dialogue. Ben Affleck particularly shines as a seasoned Bruce Wayne, who has changed his ways (for better or worse) after experiencing Superman's fight with General Zod. Henry Cavill does all he can with his flat dialogue and disappointingly flat character. The only other performance worth mentioned is Jessie Eisenburg as Lex Luthor. He brings an exciting new twist to the character, that gives you a "Mark Zuckerburg pushed over the edge" vibe. He was not the Lex Luthor that I grew up knowing, but it was refreshing to see a new take on the character.
This movie seemed to have many different plot lines going on at once, all of them feeling forced, and none of them being fulfilling. Many times characters acting without motivation or in ways the never would just to advance the plot. The worst incidence with occurs in a courtroom scene. When the courtroom blows up mid scene with Superman present, it is revealed that one of the witnesses had an explosive strapped to his wheelchair. The major issue with this is that Superman would have heard the bomb, or he would have heard the nervousness in this mans heartbeat. They write it off in one line from Superman, that he simply "wasn't paying attention." This is an unforgivable excuse to just push the story forward.
This movie is also filled with many forced, unnecessary moments. It is obvious how hard they are trying to hype up the other DC properties in anticipation for the Justice League. Wonder women does have some enjoyable moments in the movie, but ultimately she was not essential to the story being told. The bigger offensive is how aggressively The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg are thrown in our face. Each character is given a random cheesy introduction scene to let us know that they are coming. They aimed for the hype that was brought on by the after credits scene of Iron Man, but marvel did a much better job in a 30 second scene involving no new super heroes.
The fighting sequences were almost disappointing, especially the titular showdown of Batman V Superman. The only really enjoyable action in the movie was the Batman breaching scenes and the few moments we got to see Princess Diana in action. The other fighting scenes, including the climatic showdown with Doomsday, felt like nothing more than a few CGI blobs running around and exploding. The closest thing I can think to compare it to is the transformer franchise.
Overall Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice was a disappointment and a poorly made film, but die hard fans of DC comics will still find pleasure seeing all the big names on one screen.