Top marks for concept but zero for a bloated and incoherent execution

Rating: 1/10 (23 November 2017)

Zack Snyder's re-imagined Superhero farce fails on almost every count and leaves one with a horrible taste in the mouth - like waiting far too long in a greasy restaurant for a meal only to be served a stodgy plate of crap which bloats and causes heaving.
The film's concept isn't at fault. All the ideas and the angle which Snyder went for are highly interesting and very fresh, but they are barely touched apon and what we get is nothing short of an incoherent mess which thinks far too much of itself without doing any actual work to have substance.
The film's pace and structure is incredibly choppy. Just when something looks to get interesting the film cuts to some dreary flashback or some other drab scene and doesn't give the last one a chance to fully realise itself. This is further hindered by the script which his woefully dull.
The cast however, are fantastic. Henry Cavill oozes warmth and his accent is flawless, but he's never given a chance to shine as he chews his way trough the sawdust and water flavoured dialogue while sporting a permanently ruffled brow. In interviews the man is charming and a delight but all of that is lost as Snyder directs him to constantly be moody and depressed with very little explanation as to why. Having him bleat about in a suit which looks like a basketball dipped in oil as well as a horribly washed out colour grading makes the character visually hard to connect with too.
The film also has an absolutely unbearable amount of hand-held camera-work which makes it look like some rough £200 indie film, but then suddenly explodes in a mess of non stop Michael Bay style CGI, only nowhere near as good looking.
I wanted to like this film so much and after the wonderful trailer (still in my top 3 trailers of all time) I was so excited to see it, but unfortunately the film has none of the optimism or glory of that trailer and we're left with a splat of stuff on screen which is poorly stitched together with no real meat on its bones to buff up the clothes that it's wearing.
Top marks for its ideas, but ideas are nothing in a terrible film and in film making terms, this is a terrible film.