Me looking at my watch, wishing I had a Walkman.

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2016)

This is Zack Snyder's best film, which is either saying a lot or very little considering that I hold none of his movies in high esteem. The first 45 minutes of this film are fantastic. Probably the best filmmaking Snyder will ever do in his career. It had me intrigued from its first scene to its excellent opening credit sequence to about the part where Doctor Manhatten fakes sex with silk specter (did he?) by using copies of himself. After that ridiculous scene, the film started to drip with cheese and couldn't seem to take itself seriously anymore even while dealing with serious themes. It would have been fine - if the film was adept at dark comedy, but Snyder seems to be inept when it comes to that type of subtle filmmaking. In fact, Snyder never really seems to tap into his characters, or tell a good story. He is all about the heavy themes, but the themes he presents would have hit harder without him hammering them in. Snyder is far too on the nose for this film to resonate. Also, why do none of Snyder's films have any semblance of character development? It's like he is playing with action figures but can't figure out anything meaningful for them to say before they throw down. A mediocre film that could have been a great film if Snyder added more nuance to his vision. Hell, maybe this film will be seen as a masterpiece in twenty years time when people are given a new perspective that I have yet to see out of. The movie had lots of potential, but got lost in its ambitions. 6 out of 10 for what could have been...