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Super-Evil-DOOMMar 26, 2016

Well, this isn't good. The flaws far outweigh the qualities it has, and it feels like several stories are literally fighting to be told in the long run time. I was bored or turned off by bad performances for a large majority. JesseWell, this isn't good. The flaws far outweigh the qualities it has, and it feels like several stories are literally fighting to be told in the long run time. I was bored or turned off by bad performances for a large majority. Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor is easily one of the worst comic book movie villains we've ever had, to a point where I can't imagine a possible future Superman movie being at all watchable if he had any kind of important role to play in it. Henry Cavill is surprisingly wooden as Superman here (and has no distinction with his Clark Kent) and also still lacks any chemistry with Amy Adams, whose role as Lois Lane seems to be retained from Man of Steel as a forced love interest and sometimes plot device. Doomsday was terrible and even the climactic action loses steam when it becomes CGI pixels crashing into each other that you can hardly make out since it's not filmed well. Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman was passable (her acting hardly was, but the action worked) in her role, though with how small it is, I'd find it difficult to really screw up.

I think Zack Snyder is often, if not always ambitious with his movies. He puts a lot on the plate, and introduces ideas and concepts that are interesting to think about, but he never actually makes you think. He never really fully explores things in his films for the most part, and it ends up creating this pretentious, false depth the taps on ideas but hardly goes further. Ben Affleck's Batman isn't the best, but he's good, interesting, and certainly put in effort. Jeremy Irons' Alfred was great and I'd even say he could've been around more. Overall, watching this felt more like a chore than anything.… Expand

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TokyochuchuApr 18, 2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is overlong, messy, incoherent and overly dark. There is fun to be had here, though... After all, it does feature a scene with Batman smashing a toilet over Superman's head. But pushing (more like ramming)Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is overlong, messy, incoherent and overly dark. There is fun to be had here, though... After all, it does feature a scene with Batman smashing a toilet over Superman's head. But pushing (more like ramming) the Justice League into this film combined with a climax that does not fit the film's prior tone ultimately scuppers most of the good stuff. Ah... A disappointing effort.… Expand

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drumbunnyApr 2, 2016

Probably the worst superhero mvoie to date.
There is no emotional attachment to any of the characters, the whole movie is just a bunch of scenes thrown together with no flow.
Everything explodes over the top and of course there has to beProbably the worst superhero mvoie to date.
There is no emotional attachment to any of the characters, the whole movie is just a bunch of scenes thrown together with no flow.
Everything explodes over the top and of course there has to be the monster at the end which is very badly made imho.… Expand

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GoodlightApr 8, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Deranged sociopath Bruce Wayne, a man with so much money and power, murdering criminals can no longer quench his blood lust, sets the cornerstone for a new DC cinematic universe. When Wayne, played by Ben Afleck, suffers a PTSD fueled break from reality, he sets his sights on the man of steel; presumably to punish him for actions superman takes during one of Wayne’s nightmares (or are they visions?!). There was much concern, early in the films production that Ben Afleck wouldn’t be able to play, smartest man in the room, Batman. This concern however was artfully dodged by making the world’s greatest detective, an easily manipulated, short sighted thug.
These manipulations are carried out by the mysterious Alexander Luthor, a character so inscrutable, no one who has seen the movie can tell you exactly why he did anything, or why we should care one way or another about it.
Oh yeah, and some other superheros show up, and one of them dies, but it’s no one anyone really cares about yet, I think his name was Superman.… Expand

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ijy101Mar 28, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I say this movie makes little sense it's not because the story-line is confusing it's because the way it was edited and the order certain scenes were put in it's just bewildering. Confusion is not the only sin this movie commits, but it's a big one. Scenes that make little sense are just shoved in and sometimes never referred to again or explained at all so we have no idea what they mean (unless you're a hardcore comic buff) . Beyond the poor explanations given we still have no idea why most of the things that are happening happen, they just kind of do. The motivations are non sensible and ever changing. To add to that when we are given a character's motivation it just comes across as ridiculous. Really the whole movie comes across as dumb and I won't spoil anything for you but the big reason why Batman at the last second doesn't kill Superman is one of the most ill advised, ludicrous examples of bad writing I have ever had the misfortune of witnessing. The entire script is so dull and lifeless and while it tries to be epic and pompous it just comes across as bland. None of the characters really rise above their script either, Superman's character is completely uninteresting, Batman even ends up being kind of dull (though he's by far the best) and Lois Lane just might as well not be there, it wouldn't make much of a difference. Lex Luthor is easily the worst incarnation of the character ever written into existence. This goes beyond the casting of Jesse Eisenberg as Luthor, the character as written comes across as a combination of The Joker and Luthor and while at first it's kind of charming, after two and a half hours of it you just want to duck tape his mouth shut so you won't have to listen to him preach on about his daddy issues, or his weird hang up with god or whatever else he's prattling on about. Believe me, this movie is a catastrophe on every level, but there are parts of it that seem like they could be really interesting, but Lex goddamn Luthor steps in and ruins them. People are of course going to talk about the action and how could they not? It's Batman vs Superman so of course it's going to be an epic fight. And I guess yeah the fights are kind of cool, but they're really short and the CGI looks pretty bad for the most part. Doomsday looks awful and the way they mashed together the stories of The Dark Knight Returns and The Death of Superman could not have been done in a more awkward way. The worst part is though that they don't even understand the characters they're trying to develop. No one in the movie seems to give one **** about the civilian casualties and Superman is honestly kind of a horrible person in this. Batman is dark and brooding, check, but he's not much of a detective and he's certainly not a hero. For kids who are seeing this movie they are probably going to enjoy this, and to be honest I hope they do because I know how much I wanted this to be good being an adult, but being a kid who loved superheros I know how much I wanted to love every superhero movie I saw.

The truth of it is that we all wanted this movie to be so much more than it is, I could go on about this movie because there are so many things wrong with it, but the bottom line is that Zach Snyder doesn't understand Superman, Batman or the DC universe at all, this movie makes me miss Superman Returns, at least that movie made sense and had a good understanding of who Superman is supposed to be. Oh and Wonder Women turns out to be the best part of this whole thing and she's in it for all of 15 minutes (as Wonder Women and not just some strange women Bruce Wayne is flirting with). I'm not going to tell anyone not to see it, because you should, everyone should form their own opinion of it and to be honest I hope you like it more than I did because watching a movie like this should not feel like getting a tooth pulled out, but it did. Please, no more Zach Snyder Superman movies.… Expand

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BuddahMar 25, 2016

Zack Snyder who's previous movies built his reputation including 300, Watchmen, and Sucker Punch and thus landed him the Man of Steel gig. Not sure that was enough pedigree to land him the entire DC franchise whether it be as Director orZack Snyder who's previous movies built his reputation including 300, Watchmen, and Sucker Punch and thus landed him the Man of Steel gig. Not sure that was enough pedigree to land him the entire DC franchise whether it be as Director or Producer, yet someone had faith in him. Unlike 300 which was a breakthrough hit, his movies were highly criticized as missing their mark with the audience. I am one to give a man a chance, and felt you could not go wrong with such a great comic book heroes like Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. As I sat watching this movie, I was shocked how antsy I was feeling as boredom was slowly seeping in. Constant screen changes between the characters was annoying and never left me feeling like I was getting a chance to just let the movie pull me in. Anticipation to see something, anything happen.was causing me to get annoyed more and more as the movie went on.

This movie was simply boring until the point in which we finally have some time of battle going on. Everything up to that point, especially Lex Luthor and his hatred never manifests itself in the story telling. We are left to have empathy towards all the feelings everyone has because we know the history. In Man of Steel, Superman destroyed Metropolis as well as Gotham, so Batman has a grudge with an Alien who acts like a self-appointed savior of Earth. Bruce Wayne/Batman is rich, so he can spend any amount of money to build his tech, weapons and protective bat suit. Superman doesn't need anything but his powers because of the Earth's gravity makes him this way. Bruce Wayne is smart and this is what has always separated him in DC comic book lore from the other heroes. He is much like Iron Man is to Marvel, except he doesn't have something engineered to keep Mr. Wayne alive. So this movie is built around the premise that Bruce needs to take down Superman. Yet, he is way too intelligent to let his emotions play him this way, but we, the audience go along this journey and never really feel Bruce's angst towards Superman no matter how hard the movie wants us to feel it. Whether you blame the director or the actors, someone has to take the blame. Take a side, Team Superman or Team Batman. Not so easy when you know that both heroes are exactly that, heroes. You can't tell us to root against the two like they are presidential candidates or sports teams. Hard to make the audience believe that when you fill the movie with so much fluff that the time we get are two combatants together it is because one of the superheroes is blackmailed to do so.

I really believe this movie could have worked if we had some Marvel humor to lighten things up from time to time instead of the ultra serious tone this movie has. There is nothing funny about this movie and that makes it one big joke. Marvel knows their audience. They let us stay to the credits role away just to get a teaser to the next movie. How many people will stay to the end of the credits for this one? Don't. There is nothing, but movie credentials and unless you need to know the key grips and the music scores, then you are wasting your time. Much as I felt in watching a boring movie that should have been the greatest superhero movie of all time. As a kid I felt that DC was the stronger brand than Marvel, but that was all shattered last night. Snyder leaves me with no confidence for his upcoming DC movies like Justice League 1 & 2. If the people at Warner Bros. wants to save their franchise, take the keys out of Snyder's hands and let someone else take the helm. Calling JJ Abrams would be the place to start.… Expand

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NikolayGApr 15, 2016

The opening scene showing the origin of Batman, and the scenes with Gal Gadot are the ONLY reasons to watch this movie. That opening scene was beautiful for all of its four or so minutes. As for Gal Gadot, I never even liked Wonder Woman, butThe opening scene showing the origin of Batman, and the scenes with Gal Gadot are the ONLY reasons to watch this movie. That opening scene was beautiful for all of its four or so minutes. As for Gal Gadot, I never even liked Wonder Woman, but Gal Gadot is great. She's got old world poise, she can act, she's sexy and vicious. And her costume is toned down rather than having the stupid bright colors I've seen in the comics. Who ever woulda' "thunk" that the one actor in the movie I've never heard of would be the one to carry it? Problem is. She's not in that much of it, so by and large the film falls flat. I would buy a DVD of just her scenes, but never of this entire bloated, choppy, unnecessarily complicated movie which uses too much sketchy shorthand to convey events, leaving the narrative broken, and which also for all of its two and a half hours barely bothers to convey any character. These guys are flat even for a superhero movie.

I couldn't stand the Superman movie, so I turned it off before the climactic scene. So I didn't quite get the beginning of this film which takes place during that final battle from the Superman movie. As best as I can tell aliens invaded Earth (Kryptonians I think) and Superman fended them off. In the process people died; for some reason Batman blames Superman rather than the bad guys who attacked Earth. The reason he blames Superman is never explained.

This short paragraph contains a MILD SPOILER. Nothing serious. Very mild. It would probably be in the trailer if it was interesting enough to be. Later, Louis Lane (who inexplicably does not have black hair) is captured by bad guys in the middle east. Other bad guys show up and kill them. Then Superman appears and rescues Louis. Here again, for some unknown reason the public blames Superman for killing people in this scenario, even though I only saw bad guys killed, and they were killed by bullets shot by the other bad guys. I saw no civilian casualties anywhere.

If the idea of Superman being a threat were central to the plot, which it is, you think they would visually make the reason for this abundantly clear, but instead, we are left scratching our heads over how people could blame Superman for anything. But they do, and Batman decides he's going to battle Superman.

Most of the above you can get from the trailers (and the title). I won't spoil what happens in the fight between the two of them, but it has to do with some utterly inexplicable nonsense involving Lex Luthor. The only good thing about the final battle is that Gal Gadot shows up.

My recommendation: Wait until the movie is available for rental (and until the rental price goes down to a few bucks) and then rent it and fast forward to Gal Gadot's scenes. You might get 20 minutes or so. Not a lot but barely enough to make the rental worthwhile.… Expand

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SchizoTylerMar 31, 2016

Big chunks of this movie are Fan4stic levels of bad, in the case of Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor its even worse. The movie does have some moments that are pretty good, but overall I'd say this was a flop in my eyes. No major spoilers. MaybeBig chunks of this movie are Fan4stic levels of bad, in the case of Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor its even worse. The movie does have some moments that are pretty good, but overall I'd say this was a flop in my eyes. No major spoilers. Maybe minor ones, but nothing big or that wasn't already revealed in trailers.

Giving it a 3/10 because the only thing even worth seeing in this movie is a few of the action sequences, and even those are sprinkled with disappointment.

Positives:
+Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman steals every scene she is in. She doesn't talk much, but she is smart, tough, and kind. The little bit she is in this movie has me excited for the upcoming WW movie, which I previously wasn't.
+Action sequences in the last 20 minutes of the movie are pretty good. A bit overboard on the CGI, but still good. It will look dated in a few years though I'm sure.
+All of the justice league actors do a fine job acting-wise. They embody their characters well, even if their script was garbage at times.
+Jeremy Irons is a great Alfred. Can't wait to see more of him in the Batman solo film.

Negatives:
-Batman straight up murders people, with guns even. No question about it. This is not Batman, this is Zack Snyder fan fiction.
-The plot is an absolute mess. They tried to do 4 movies in one and it just turned out a convoluted mess. Man of Steel 2, Doomsday, Dawn of Justice, and The Dark Knight Returns. It tries to do all four of those storylines at once and it all had to get gutted to fit into a single movie.
-Jesse Eisenberg is atrocious at "Alexander" Luthor. They make it a point to differentiate him from "Lex" Luthor. Jesse talks about his father as if he's dead though, so this is the Lex Luthor we get. Every single second he was on screen was cringeworthy.
-In the end we are led to believe that Lex masterminded the confrontation between Batman and Superman, but its more like things just happened that way and Lex took credit for it all.… Expand

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SpangleMar 27, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is hard to place my finger on what Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice truly is as a film. Before I begin tearing it apart scene-by-scene, let me state the positives. The acting is phenomenal. Jeremy Irons, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Laurence Fishburne, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg, and Amy Adams, are all very, very good here. The film's score is terrific. The sound in the film is great as well. IMAX is the best way to view this one and truly get the full sound experience. Additionally, it is greatly entertaining. Immediately after leaving the theater, I was tricked into thinking I liked it more than I did because the film truly feels epic and the film has the weight and entertainment level it desperately needed. It is a truly cinematic experience that needs to be experienced in theaters, even if I think the movie is bad. As with all Zack Snyder films, the film's look and feel is incredible. It looks gorgeous and really is a visual splendor. Finally, Superman's best scene here is when he lands in a crowd of people after saving a child in Juarez. The people all crowd around just to touch him. Brilliantly chill inducing scene.

Now the spoiler packed negatives. The film runs two and a half hours and is way overlong. There are so many filler scenes it is incredible. For example, the four dream sequences are idiotic. Having, I think, the Flash tell Batman in a dream that "Lois Lane is the key" is pointless and does nothing here. Plus, why is the Flash here already? Wonder Woman watches videos of the other Justice League members for nearly 3-5 minutes right before the climax of the damn movie. Is that some sick joke? It is almost like Zack Snyder has a blue balls fetish and figured his audience did too. The film opens with Batman's origin story, yet the audience already knows it and it is largely inconsequential (except for one stupid scene that needed to be reworked anyways). The entirety of the trial in the film can be cut out. The bombing at the capitol building is quickly forgotten and the throngs of people who hate Superman and thinks he needs to be brought to justice are swiftly forgotten when he dies and everybody loves him again in five seconds. The same happens with Batman. He hates Superman for the destruction he caused in Man of Steel, yet he finds out their mothers share the same name (yep) and that Superman is trying to save his mom from Lex Luther, so he decides to team up with him and become friends. What a serious cop out. There is a dream sequence in which Superman speaks with his dead father and it adds nothing to the movie. Also, Batman walks past the graffitied outfit of Robin here as he does in the trailer, but it has no point in the movie. He glances at it and moves on quite quickly.

Speaking of Lex Luther, Eisenberg does a great job, but I have no idea what his point is. He hates Superman and wants to get his hands on kryptonite to kill him for some reason. Oh and he wants him to fight Batman for....what? So that way the movie sells more tickets? Maybe to get rid of the only other person who would stop him, but I still have no idea why he hates Superman. Then he creates Doomsday, but has no way of controlling what he does and for some guy who is portrayed as being really smart, he is really dumb. Speaking of poorly constructed characters, what an abomination Lois Lane is. As with Man of Steel, she just follows the plot and almost dies repeatedly, only for Superman to save her. Just let her die at this point.

They kill Superman here, but let you know he's alive at the end because, well, how can you just kill Superman like that amirite? The plot keeps moving, but only begrudgingly. For a film that is too long, it really could have stood to be longer. The editing is incoherent and scenes are just thrown together because, well, why not. If this is really the version of the film we are getting and nothing will be cut, then something seriously needed to be added to give characters more depth and for me to just better understand what happened beneath all the Justice League hype up nonsense. Why does Lex Luther do anything here? The tragic answer is because he needs to in order for the rest of the movie to happen, even if it motivations are unclear.

Most egregiously, the religious symbolism is off the charts. There is literally a shot where Superman extends his arms and tilts his head like Christ on the cross. The the number of crucifixes is off the charts. This is no Superman. This is a Bible adaptation and Henry Cavill plays Jesus Christ. Seriously. Watch the movie and tell me otherwise.

Overall, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a mess. Incoherent noisy nonsense that demands a change in direction. Zack Snyder is clearly enthusiastic about the material, but has no idea how to realize his dream film here. Instead, we get this mish mash of, possibly, three different movies. Yep, seriously. That said, Gadot is so good that Wonder Woman will be a must watch in 2017. Disappointing, yet fun.… Expand

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ArcadianMonsterAug 6, 2016

Cant understand why people are defending this. Its a mess. Yet another batman origin story; unnecessary scenes trying to lay down connections to JL; awful villains; and the Martha thing.. ugh.

I find it confusing people giving this a 10Cant understand why people are defending this. Its a mess. Yet another batman origin story; unnecessary scenes trying to lay down connections to JL; awful villains; and the Martha thing.. ugh.

I find it confusing people giving this a 10 while still highlighting the fact it was poorly edited, poorly written, etc etc.

Best bit is wonder women by a clear distance, but I have absolutely no faith in them being able to produce a decent women women film. The Dark Knight is the gold standard, I think being I am being generous with a three for this.… Expand

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Cold-PhoenixApr 2, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only moment of the film that felt 'human' was when Wonder Woman turns to Louis Lane after a certain thing happens, it was the one moment that was well acted.

The rest of the film felt flat and monotone without a counterpoint, every character was brooding or crazy (even WW), there was no 'logic' to most of the story just excuses to get the two main characters annoyed at each other (which either character could have seen through if they spent 2 seconds thinking about it).

Poor character development (everyone is the same as they started off, by the end they just want to form a team).

Poor understanding of the characters (Batman using guns? the very thing that he never does, Batman doing plenty to killing to replace the killing of man of steel).

Set work was boring, nothing really going on visually other than the main characters.

The 'nightmare' scene makes no sense, why would Batman have a psychic vision?

Overall rather than a rollercoaster of emotions this felt like sitting on a train, just going from one plot point to another, while it looks fun it gets boring quickly.… Expand

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DalesworthMay 27, 2016

For every good aspect of BvS, there are two more awful aspects to counteract it. Despite excellent visuals and a few standout characters, the film suffers from an overstuffed plot, awful editing and very poor grasp of the source material. ItFor every good aspect of BvS, there are two more awful aspects to counteract it. Despite excellent visuals and a few standout characters, the film suffers from an overstuffed plot, awful editing and very poor grasp of the source material. It has an excellent score, but implements it awkwardly throughout many scenes. It has epic character moments brought down by gaping plot holes. It takes the first meeting between pop culture's two most iconic superheroes and squanders it with a story that comes across as bad fanfiction from an angst-ridden teenager. The amount of wasted potential here is truly astounding.… Expand

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GreykingMar 25, 2016

This movie is not for families, not for children, not even for true fans of comic books. While being a cinematic beauty, the story and motivations of the characters were straight trash. I can't even count the ways. But let me expound a fewThis movie is not for families, not for children, not even for true fans of comic books. While being a cinematic beauty, the story and motivations of the characters were straight trash. I can't even count the ways. But let me expound a few non spoilers. Batman is a murderer. Superman is a depressed mopey guy who needs a therapist and possibly Xanax. Wonder Woman is a pretty woman with an Israeli accent. Lex Luthor is the worst nonsensical version of Lex Luthor ever depicted on screen. The movie is long, dark, and joyless. Unlike the Heroes of the Marvel Universe who are having fun even when everything is going haywire the Heroes of the DC cinematic universe act like someone is forcing them to save the world. If you are really looking for a great Superman/Batman team up go dig up the animated film Superman & Batman: World's Finest.… Expand

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NathonasApr 3, 2016

The only good thing about this movie is the action scenes. Everything else sucks.

The plot is a giant mess. The dialogue is often cringeworthy. The pacing is bad, especially near the end of the film where things happen at lightning speed.The only good thing about this movie is the action scenes. Everything else sucks.

The plot is a giant mess. The dialogue is often cringeworthy. The pacing is bad, especially near the end of the film where things happen at lightning speed. The decisions of many characters make no sense.
Jesse Eisenberg is horribly miscast as Lex Luthor, and the Wonder Woman chick can't act.

This basically looks like a cheap action movie built solely to make money off the recent comic book movie craze.… Expand

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heinMar 25, 2016

They crammed too much into a single movie. So events that really should have taken at least another movie to take place all took place in this single movie. They needed to build up the character so you actually cared about them. You needed toThey crammed too much into a single movie. So events that really should have taken at least another movie to take place all took place in this single movie. They needed to build up the character so you actually cared about them. You needed to care about Superman.

The question I ask you is? Did you feel that Superman represented the best of humanity? Did you feel that Superman was humanity's hope? Did you feel his importance to humanity and earth? I am going to take a wild stab and say no, you did not feel any of that. You simply do not give a **** about Superman in this movie.

The greedy execs at DC and Warner were so busy setting up future movies they completely messed up this movie. They wanted to roll in major money like the other comic family but somehow didn't care how bad their first step was going to be. The franchise is already crumbling and they haven't even started.… Expand

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raporgiMar 28, 2016

don't believe the bogus perfect scores. this movie is an embarassing pile of @$$. the story makes no sense. Ben Afleck is fat and whiny while Henry acts like a stilted robot as superman. whatever story Snyder promised you its not there. Itsdon't believe the bogus perfect scores. this movie is an embarassing pile of @$$. the story makes no sense. Ben Afleck is fat and whiny while Henry acts like a stilted robot as superman. whatever story Snyder promised you its not there. Its basically The Dark Knight Returns comic spliced with elements from Injustice and Death of Superman with none of the good storytelling.… Expand

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moviecriticguyAug 24, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is complete **** The script and the direction were pathetic and it sucks for the screenwriters because they wrote Argo. Zack Snyder once again ruined what could have been a great superhero movie. Jesse Eisenberg was annoying as Lex Luther and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman was barely in the film. Henry Cavill did an ok job returning his role as Superman. Ben Affleck did do a good job as Batman though and his performance is what saved the movie. Everything else was average even the CGI. It's too bad that Ben Affleck was in another bad superhero movie, because he wanted to redeem himself from the atrocious Daredevil. Unfortunately, he got unlucky and it wasn't his fault.… Expand

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oDjentoMar 26, 2016

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is a mess of a movie to be honest, but it isn’t without a few good sequences are aspects that make it watchable. But to get to the point of this films problem, it is basically just an overlong film withBatman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is a mess of a movie to be honest, but it isn’t without a few good sequences are aspects that make it watchable. But to get to the point of this films problem, it is basically just an overlong film with little plot and no coherence to allow itself to be an extended advertisement as to what comes next.
We get a bunch of action sequences that are just badly edited and not really fun to watch. The fight with Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman fighting doomsday isn’t fun as you hardly understand who is attacking it, what damage they’re doing and due to the fact they get thrown around so much it becomes nauseating and frustrating to watch.
Despite those awful fight sequences, the redeemer of the movie is Batfleck as he plays Bruce Wayne with charm and instability. His take on the Dark Knight is so brutal that it feels fresh even after having Christian Bale do a good job a few years back. His fight sequences are well choreographed and well shot, with the desert sequence showing an awesome spinning shot around Batman taking endless soldiers, and then the warehouse scene in which Batman brutally stabs, shoots and punches people into the ground. One sequences that was still fairly enjoyable was the Batmobile sequence, but the Batmobile itself irritated me. It bounced around way too much that made it look like it was a darker take on a Herbie car due to how it flung around and bounced about. It looked like it belonged in an animated feature. Despite this, Batman was awesome in the film and I’m definitely excited to see a standalone Batman film now.
Returning to the negatives, the film has such a drawn out plot that could’ve been condensed into 30 minutes before getting to the fight sequences, It was as if Snyder wanted to do what he did to Watchmen but with no plot. Also, even though Batman V Super man is the title, they literally only fight once in the film and it lasts about 5 minutes maximum and is quite ‘meh’. Straight after that they team up and bros all around.
Also I don’t see the hype about Wonder Woman. She seemed pretty cool but with how badly the fight between Doomsday was I didn’t really get the ‘awe’ some other people got. Luckily Gal Gadot played her fine so I don’t have any problems per say with her but Lex Luthor was so miscast. Eisenberg did the best he could with his ability in this film but did not come across convincing at all. Starting every sentence with a high pitched screech doesn’t make you menacing, it makes you unbelievably annoying.
Another thing that annoyed me was the Superman fake out death… Twice! This was just awful writing here, we know Superman isn’t going to die so why pretend he gets blown up by a nuke and then pretend he’s dead at the end of the film (which by the way the ending pissed me off too). Like fair enough put one fake out death for maybe a younger audience who aren’t as familiar with Superman or the really gullible idiots who buy that kind of stuff but doing it twice? That’s just pathetic writing to add in a few more minutes of ‘emotion’.
All these things annoy me but only one gets deep under my skin. The film is just an advertisement.
This is due to Bruce Wayne obtaining LexCorp information and starts going through it. He stumbles across Wonder Womans file and then – cue the epic music – shots of the picture and then a slow zoom on Wayne’s shocked expression. Even the way all the people are lined up in that photo looks like their posing for a promotional poster. Then we move onto every other file on memory stick that Luthor somehow possesses. It shows Cyborg (in an experiment with a random cube with no explanation as to what it is), Flash (no real problems with this clip just this segment makes me not enjoy it) and Aquaman (now I love Jason Momoa after Khal Drogo but the way he slowly comes towards the camera and looks at it looks like he is posing for a promotional). Now this did not give me any excitement, it actually made me sigh. If we are going to get a sneak-peak into the future DC films I’d rather they be little easter eggs, not a whole section that’s a montage of each character with music that makes everyone realise what’s happening. It was so in my face and pissed me right off.
There is then at the end of the film Bruce Wayne roughly says [to Wonder Woman] “we must find the rest of them (Justice League) so they can fight with us” to which Wonder Woman replies fight what and Bruce says “something, I’ve got a feeling”. That’s such a **** reason for him to want to find them and did not make me hyped at the end of the film.
Overall the film is messy, cluttered and too much of an advertisement for me to really enjoy. Batman is great in the film though and additionaly I must say people can’t complain about this film not having jokes like marvel films. It’s not a Marvel film and DC are known for being darker.
But still to summarise, Batman V Superman is a film made for hype but with little substance and hardly any polish to it.… Expand

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supermann234Oct 5, 2017

Ok, so lets talk about how horrible this movie is. Just hear how little the background music is. How do you expect to make a good movie out of this? Also, Zack Synder has yet to introduced the characters properly before even making theOk, so lets talk about how horrible this movie is. Just hear how little the background music is. How do you expect to make a good movie out of this? Also, Zack Synder has yet to introduced the characters properly before even making the trinity appear together in this movie. And, that's not all. Batman kills. This film also spends time showing how the world doesn't appreciate Superman (similar to Man of Steel), which is definitely not the case in the comics, where majority of the world trusts Superman. Another indication that Zack Synder clearly doesn't understand the characters. Next, why Batman stop short of killing Superman because of that 'Martha' scene? Why? It is also a very weak plot tool to stop the 2 heroes from fighting. What's worse? Killing off Superman. There were many comics produced before DC decided to kill off Superman. Zack Synder seriously went too quick with killing off Superman. While I wanted 'The Death of Superman' story arc to be in the DCEU, I didn't expect it to happen this quick. The runtime is also too long. Its 2 and a half hours long and I was literally quite bored in between. There's also only one primary villain who soesn't even have the potential to take on the 3 heroes. Enough! I could go on and on the whole day talking about how trashy this movie is, but I'm sick of reviewing this movie.What's the only good thing about this movie? It's the first movie to show the trinity together. Well actually there's one more. Jesse Eisenberg really played a good Lex Luthor. He is really evil as Lex Luthor and it's sad to see him in such a horrible garbage. Honestly, with that much horrible stuff in this movie, I wonder how the (insert bad word here) fans even like this movie. Perhaps its just crazy DC fanboys who deep down know how horrible this movie is but purposely gave this movie a good rating because they hated on Marvel so much that they wanted the DCEU to beat the MCU, and/or Batman fanboys who thought the movie is good just because Batman beat Superman.

That said, I never lose hope until the director himself decides to give up. Looking forward to the Justice League movie which is coming soon! Hopefully Zack Synder does a better job this time round.… Expand

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FraggyMuffinApr 9, 2016

I honestly can't understand why everyone is scoring this movie to high so much so that it made me think are these genuine reviews? Anyway upon reflection i really can't think what the actual plot of the movie was and i'm not sure what theI honestly can't understand why everyone is scoring this movie to high so much so that it made me think are these genuine reviews? Anyway upon reflection i really can't think what the actual plot of the movie was and i'm not sure what the motivations of the main characters are. The first 2/3rds of the film is slow and boring with no clear story to follow. The last third the film goes into over drive in the action department. Gone of the days when films had a compelling story and understandable character motives to follow. If you really love super hero movies maybe there is something here for you but otherwise this is a terrible movie one that will be watched once and be forgotten.… Expand

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GustkorkApr 27, 2016

The movie wasn't made for fans, its really unloyal to its source material, the essence of every character was changed (but superman but that doesn't mean it could save the movie). The most feared thing that was Ben Affleck has batman wasn'tThe movie wasn't made for fans, its really unloyal to its source material, the essence of every character was changed (but superman but that doesn't mean it could save the movie). The most feared thing that was Ben Affleck has batman wasn't by far one of the bad things in the movie, he acted nice, but he did a nice job in a horrible movie... With no spoilers in my review i must say that if you truly are a fan of super hero movies, don't expend your money with this, even more if you are a die hard fan of batman which was written in a completely inaccurate way, considering its source material and character essence. And i didn't even wanted to comment about the ridiculous riddler/joker/facebook boy luthor with suicidal tendencies and daddy issues, but it got me so pissed...… Expand

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Smash_RedRyuMay 4, 2016

I can't give this movie a good review, on one hand, I like it a lot more than Man of Steel. Mostly due to Batman, Wonder Woman and Alfred. Things like jesse eisenberg almost single handedly ruined the movie for me. I like and hate more of it,I can't give this movie a good review, on one hand, I like it a lot more than Man of Steel. Mostly due to Batman, Wonder Woman and Alfred. Things like jesse eisenberg almost single handedly ruined the movie for me. I like and hate more of it, the hate really ruins it for me.

In addition to this a lot of it is assumed or non nonsensical story telling. It deserved better.… Expand

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KaprawiecMar 30, 2016

The 3 is for beautifull Gal Gadot, shes the sole reason I stayed in the cinema to the end of the movie. Shes really superhot. But then I could just spend that time to search her on redtube or something ;) Because rest of the movie was justThe 3 is for beautifull Gal Gadot, shes the sole reason I stayed in the cinema to the end of the movie. Shes really superhot. But then I could just spend that time to search her on redtube or something ;) Because rest of the movie was just ridiculous, boring, dragged piece of crap with lots of unimportand and just plain dumb things. Lex made Doomsday with his blood? WTF? And... wait what? Whats Doomsday doing in Batman vs Superman? I was hoping, that the main event will be Bat fighting Sup, not teaming up against Doomsday - this would be cool standalone story. They made Batman some really fcked up psycho who kills people without remorse, and inted to kill Sup just because MAYBE he can go nuts (thats how the Villians thinks in comics) and in the end he lets him live, because he mentioned his mothers name. W T F !
And we are watching dream inside of a dream - this is Inception or what? Most of the dialogues was uninspired and plain boring. Just save Your time and go do something else. Anything will be fine. If You really have to go - focus on Gal, she really is wonder-woman :D

P.S. There are hundreds of fake account ratings who give this crap scores 9-10. This movie really is bad, and this form of marketing just make me hate this even more… Expand

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ProsmoothApr 1, 2016

Good news. If you like Batman and Superman--they are both in this movie. Bad news. You're not going to recognize either one of them--unless you already saw Batman as a psychotic Donald Trump, and Superman as a whiny emo loser.

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TributeManApr 4, 2016

Batman v Idiot

Najnowszy film Zacka Snydera nie odbiega jakością od jego poprzednich. Kompletne nie zrozumienie postaci, ogromne luki w scenariuszu i beznadziejne dialogi. To wszystko składa się na gówno jakim jest Batman v Superman.Batman v Idiot

Najnowszy film Zacka Snydera nie odbiega jakością od jego poprzednich. Kompletne nie zrozumienie postaci, ogromne luki w scenariuszu i beznadziejne dialogi. To wszystko składa się na gówno jakim jest Batman v Superman. Plusy? Walka Batmana z Supermenem wyglądała super, no i oczywiście zdjęcia są świetne. Szkoda tylko, że kompletnie nie pasują do całości. A mogło być tak pięknie...… Expand

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TheOreoFillingApr 1, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm a huge DC fan, I read the comics, I buy every animated movie that comes out the day of release, I have DC comic book character prints all over my apartment, I have a poster of the Justice league in my office where different groups call themselves different marvel teams such as the avengers, and X-Force. I'm a minority in the office and defend DC frequently. I even flew to Seattle to watch it with my brother. Nobody wanted this to be an amazing success more than me.

From the critics perspective I have a film studies minor from college, I spend and embaressing amount of time watching and reading about film. So From a critics perspective I feel I have a good understanding of where they're coming from.

Putting it simply, this movie is just bad. As the art of film goes its far too disjointed and confusing. The story has no continuity. They spend so much time setting up great ideas like challenging superman's authority by the government, Which is a fantastic idea, but right as it gets interesting and Superman is meeting with the senator. Boom, screw this storyline lets kill everyone and then never mention it again. Essentially making the first third of the movie a waste of time.

As a comic book fan I understand that they are setting up Injustice and darkseid and the nods to flashpoint paradox, death of superman, dark knight returns, death in the family. When flash comes to warn batman, it seems like it would be a bigger deal, but almost immediately after it happens its brushed under the rug, and forgotten. Batman's motivations to kill superman are completely thick headed. He fly's into a blind rage and wants to kill him without even talking to him. Then changes his mind when all the adrenaline is pumping and seconds away from killing superman because Superman has a mother. Despite how you think Batman should be, this is just not how someone described as the worlds greatest detective would act. He would act after carefully calculating his position and objective in the long run. Maybe, I don't know, talk to Superman and find out his intentions, but if Batman's fears were realized and superman really could rule or destroy the planet (which is obviously the case because the Flash tried to warn Batman of this exact future, but Batman ignores this highly unusual event), Superman would do these things regardless of his earth mother/family/friends, especially if lois died.

Luthor's motivations are unclear. I know why he hates superman in the comics, but the movie starts and Lex just hates him, Why? He just does. The world then just conveniently allows for all his plans to proceed. The kryptonian ship just gives him command because the plot requires it to happen. Batman just stupidly falls into line to fight Superman because the plot requires it. The creation of doomsday happened because the plot demanded it. Just throw some blood on zod and you get a doomsday, of course! The senator stands in Lex's way and he kills her without even the slightest difficulty. With all the terrorism these days, they had not preventative measures? His entire plan, falls into place because the plot needs it to happen.

Most of the movie is just throwing stuff to make fans happy, and set up other movies. The only motivation was money. True, they need to make money for the production and the a financial return, but does that have to be the only motivation? We can't make something that will be remembered? No true love for comics like Ryan Reynolds Deadpool? Just money... The tie ins for the other characters were entirely forced so they could set up the other movies. They didn't support the plot at all. Even Wonder Woman's inclusion was only there because they needed help to fight doomsday, she never explained what she was doing there she left the world of man, and now she's back, just because. Gal did a GREAT job in the roll but the character shouldn't have been there. She was just there because fans' want to see the holy trinity on screen. Killing Superman was completely wasted, everyone hates him in this world and killing him off now means nothing. People could have started hating him, and then over several movies start to love him and at the height of his popularity, then you kill him, and gather all the justice league, the whole world to mourn him just like in the comic. So when he comes back its far more memorable and we see why we love him so much. Maybe having the JL struggle to kill off darkseid, and when all seems lost, THEN bring him back as a symbol of hope. Killing him now is just to appease fans. Then the movie ends and everyone can rest assured because he didn't really die. With all Zack's CONSTANT Jesus symbolism you'd think superman's sacrifice would mean more. Why not have it end with everyone thinking he's dead, just like the comic."DID THEY REALLY KILL HIM OFF!" People would be dying to see the next film.

In the end, events of the film would all be avoided if someone listened to Superman for more than 5 seconds...… Expand

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tegApr 29, 2016

Sadly, i have to say this movie did not live up to expectations.

Pros - ehh batman and superman are in it? cons - TERRIBLE dialogue, plot holes everywhere, not enough action, and lex luthor was ridiculously awful (it's like the actorSadly, i have to say this movie did not live up to expectations.

Pros - ehh batman and superman are in it?

cons - TERRIBLE dialogue, plot holes everywhere, not enough action, and lex luthor was ridiculously awful (it's like the actor tried being heath ledger's joker half the time, and a genius the other half).

Zack Snyder - you have said time and time again you didn't make this movie for critics, but for fans. Well, I'm a fan of Batman Vs. Superman, and I have to say, you did a pretty garbage job.… Expand

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damien_k98Mar 28, 2016

The Good:
Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot, Jeremy Irons, & Jesse Eisenberg
The Score was great Action scenes were great The Bad: The movie was a massive mess, there were transition to scenes that dealed with other subplots, it just popsThe Good:
Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot, Jeremy Irons, & Jesse Eisenberg
The Score was great
Action scenes were great
The Bad:
The movie was a massive mess, there were transition to scenes that dealed with other subplots, it just pops up and your confused on how you got there
Movie was overlong and bloated
Lacks any sense of humor or fun(The final trailer was misleading)
Some dialogue issues
Spends too much time setting up the DCU rather than being it's own movie
Doomsday looks like Abomination from Hulk
The movie refused to end(Like Return of the King)
CGI is all over the place
The Batman V Superman fight was 4 minutes tops and the reason for the end of the fight was stupid
The reason Superman wanted to fight Batman was stupid
Verdict:
Batman V Superman is a terrible entry in DC's new Cinematic Universe, it tends to rush to the Justice League movie and set up the spin-offs with some mixed results. Zack Snyder wastes the potential of the story with a variety of unnecessary subplots.
Grade: 3/10 F… Expand

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ErzengelMar 7, 2017

If you asked me years ago if I'd like to see a Batman versus Superman movie, I would have been very excited about it. What I saw when I watched this movie, was the most bloated, joyless and tedious comic book movie. I've heard all theIf you asked me years ago if I'd like to see a Batman versus Superman movie, I would have been very excited about it. What I saw when I watched this movie, was the most bloated, joyless and tedious comic book movie. I've heard all the support about it, it's different or it's a new interpretation. I didn't enjoy the interpretation. I didn't think it was deep and poignant. It is only helped that there have been worse Batman and Superman movies. I was entirely disappointed and have very little hope towards Justice League.… Expand

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QuietGiantMar 25, 2016

I've been a fan of the genre and the director for quite a while, even the polarizing Man of Steel. With that I can say: what a mess...Jumbled, incoherent, illogical, poorly written and directed. I removed as much expectation as possible goingI've been a fan of the genre and the director for quite a while, even the polarizing Man of Steel. With that I can say: what a mess...Jumbled, incoherent, illogical, poorly written and directed. I removed as much expectation as possible going in and was ready to absorb each creative decision with an open mind and still I could barely find a single facet to approve of by the end. Even the cameos of (hopefully) better things to come were poorly handled. I am so curious as to what the hell happened for everything to go so wrong. Altogether a colossal disappointment for me.

P.S.: No after credits sequence, if you were wondering.… Expand

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JesterDavidMar 25, 2016

It's just not a good movie. It's actually rather a mess.
So much of the first half is needless and doesn't advance the story, with Batman not needing the additional motivation and all the questions raised by people being forgotten when theIt's just not a good movie. It's actually rather a mess.
So much of the first half is needless and doesn't advance the story, with Batman not needing the additional motivation and all the questions raised by people being forgotten when the punching begins. Everything Batman does in the first 2/3rds is pretty much irrelevant. There are giant plot holes. Massive really.

You could conceivably cut the whole thing down to a sleek, concise, and driven 90-minutes.

And, hilariously, in reaction to the response to the destruction of Metropolis, they lampshade the lack of bystanders in the area of the big fight not once, but three times.… Expand

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mazewaxieMar 26, 2016

This movie is really bad. As a lot of people thought, it kinda sucks. I mean, there are some pretty good fight scenes, but the movie in his whole is really bad.

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beto102Mar 27, 2016

Only fanboys would like this. Slow and short fights, the ending was just a giant mess. I had a great amount of expectations for this movie but I ended up really disappointed.

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tomtinMar 26, 2016

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Where to start? The whole fight between Batman and Superman was less then 5 minutes and 90% of the fight was in the trailers already, the longggg build up with the pointless bullet plot was boring, it was just a mess. Affleck isSPOILERS

Where to start? The whole fight between Batman and Superman was less then 5 minutes and 90% of the fight was in the trailers already, the longggg build up with the pointless bullet plot was boring, it was just a mess. Affleck is one amazing Batman, have to give credit where its due, but Cavill is still a horribly wooden Superman, and surely I dont need to mention how painfully awful the new Luthor is, i actually turned my head away in the cinema to avoid the cringe he provides to the story. The setting up for other films was so lazily done and stupid, did Lex design there logos too in this universe lol? Speaking of stupid, Lois Lane gets saved like three times during the film, she is so irritating and pointless. The final act with Doomsday, the disgusting ugly troll was just filled with CGI explosions, nothing about it made sense, from how he became real to why they even used him in the first place, such a wasted opportunity if you know what he looks like and can do in the comics. He has a second form where he does nothing new and pebbles come from his back too, so theres that. Superman does 'die' and what a dreadful mistake to make, killing him off this early is beyond idiotic for obvious reasons, but we all know he isnt going to stay dead which means using the death of Superman for another film in the future is going to have no emotional impact whatsoever. Overall the film is a rushed mess, there was some nice cinematography and as i said before Batfleck is great but all this film did was waste my money, biggest disapointment in years.… Expand

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PanchogulApr 25, 2022

Es irónico que actualmente la gente defienda esta película y a Ben Affleck como Batman solo para hacer menos a The Batman cuando en su momento criticaban a más no poder el trabajo de Affleck y Snyder, en lo personal es aburrida y sosa, tantoEs irónico que actualmente la gente defienda esta película y a Ben Affleck como Batman solo para hacer menos a The Batman cuando en su momento criticaban a más no poder el trabajo de Affleck y Snyder, en lo personal es aburrida y sosa, tanto su versión teatral como la extendida.… Expand

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yosemiteMar 27, 2016

Where to begin. I have to ask myself who this movie was made for. The Trekies, the Harry Potter cult, the people who sleep on the side walk when a new I Phone is introduced ? I went to the late Saturday night showing so the theater wasWhere to begin. I have to ask myself who this movie was made for. The Trekies, the Harry Potter cult, the people who sleep on the side walk when a new I Phone is introduced ? I went to the late Saturday night showing so the theater was filled with harmless mutants wearing Superman and Batman gear. The talk in the lobby suggested these fans see the characters as REAL super heroes. O.K., they paid their $15. They're entitled. The film itself wasted a huge budget. The first 1/2 of the movie was somewhat confusing. The plot was made clear in the 2nd half. Cavill not the right guy for his part but Ben and Wonder Woman were just right . The action scenes were over done.
To wrap it up, if you are just as enthusiastic about comic book characters as you were as a kid, you will probably like it. If you enjoy some (a little) subtlety, you won't because the action scenes are over done. The same story with another director might have been better. As an aside, we went out for pizza before the movie and that was great… Expand

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FuturedirectorApr 7, 2016

Btaman vs Superman shows the audeince the beginning of the real sotry that fans love, that has been handed incorrectly with the time, and that's what makes this film one of the bests of the year. But the thrilling plot isn't the same as theBtaman vs Superman shows the audeince the beginning of the real sotry that fans love, that has been handed incorrectly with the time, and that's what makes this film one of the bests of the year. But the thrilling plot isn't the same as the boring story-telling and simple charcaters. It also doesn't promise to be a great movie as fans saw. This is not Batman vs Superman. It is not even a real SUPERHERO film. But fans will incorrectly love this piece of rubbish.… Expand

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FolderMathMar 27, 2016

I just have an overall feel of disappointment after watching this movie. Very disappointed with Zack Snyder, just as a person. Like, what the hell? I thought Batman's whole shtick was that he never killed anybody, and here he is in thisI just have an overall feel of disappointment after watching this movie. Very disappointed with Zack Snyder, just as a person. Like, what the hell? I thought Batman's whole shtick was that he never killed anybody, and here he is in this movie, killing dudes left and right. Jeez.… Expand

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Mellow_Online4Apr 10, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most anticipated movie of the year has currently turned into one of the worst movie of the year for me. I wasn't really expecting much from a movie called "Batman V Superman" but I was expecting something.

The biggest problem I have is the plot. The plot doesn't know when to stick with something or when it should drop something. It feels like I'm watching multiple episodes of a Superman TV show with the odd cut to Batman. I literally couldn't keep a straight face while watching this movie, I was laughing through it. I kept on thinking of the Room when I was watching this because there are so many scenes that go nowhere. The movie is 2 hours 30 mins and for about 2 hours it's trying to get us to understand this story and get immersed in it and they only got me immersed in this plot line was in the 1 hour 50 mins mark. I was only starting to get immersed in it as they were busy cutting it off. I'm still questioning a few of the scenes that were in this movie as well. There's a scene when Superman is talking to Lois while she's in the bathtub for some reason. There's this whole story where it's supposed to show that the public are starting to fear Superman because they're not sure how they can control a God but that didn't seem to go anywhere and it was also cut off around the point I was getting immersed in it and for the rest of the movie, it felt like it had been completely forgotten. So the majority of the film feels like it was a complete waste of time and felt like it went nowhere or if it was intending to go somewhere, I fail to see where it was going. However, I have a different opinion of the last 40 mins of the film. This is where I'm going to get into spoiler territory. The actual fight between Batman and Superman only lasts 5 mins and it happens as the film is nearing it's 2 hour mark. The fight was well staged however and it was well thought out. Batman defeats Superman by using kryptonite weapons to bring Superman down to Batman's ability and Batman brings him down from there. That was an intelligent way for that fight to go. However just as Batman is about to kill Superman, he finds out Superman's mother has the same first name as his so they decide to work together to bring down Lex Luthor. Yes that's the actual reason Batman and Superman team up. Their mother has the same first name. I'm not joking. It isn't the same mother or anything, it's just that their mother has the same first name. That's one of the stupidest reasons I've heard for someone wanting to be my friend. "Hey, we have the same amount of armpit hair, want to be friends?" Then they go on this mission to stop Lex Luthor and save Superman's mother. They save the mother successfully however, Lex Luthor has unleashed Doomsday upon Batman and Superman and they learn he can only be stopped by kryptonite. The only kryptonite weapon Batman has left is a spear, which left in Gotham. Superman goes back to Gotham, saves Louis again (because obviously we haven't see that enough times), takes the kryptonite spear stabs Doomsday killing Doomsday and then Superman dies. I wasn't entirely sure why Superman died. He wasn't hit by the kryptonite (Batman scraped him across the cheek with it and he didn't die then) he was just near it. Superman has a funeral and obviously they had to leave it open for a sequel so Batman says to Wonder Woman "Get the others ready" Wonder woman responds with "how do you know something else will happen?" Batman says "I have a feeling." That segment of dialogue gets my "dreaming of the money" award, when a writer was too busy thinking of the amount of money he was going to be paid for something, he forgot he still had to write a piece of dialogue that was good.

That was me just explaining the last half hour of this movie and it's the most exhausting thing I've ever had to type up. It was like that for the whole 2 hours and 30 mins and I can't think of any better way to explain it than to type up a segment of the film, which I've just done.

If you're going there to see action then you aren't going to be disappointed, but for people like me that aren't satisfied with just seeing action and want something more from the films you see, this is definitely a skip.… Expand

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carloscharlesMar 25, 2016

is a reasonable film, many things do not make sense, it's a stalling, excessive slow-motion, the story is long and boring, it is a very depressing movie, dc comics played his best characters in the film and left many loose ends

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rentalspace04Mar 25, 2016

Full disclosure: I'm a big comics fan. I mostly read Marvel, but I love Batman (cliche, I know) as well as some other DC stuff. Also, I wasn't a fan of Man of Steel, but I liked Watchmen and 300 for the most part, so I go into this wanting itFull disclosure: I'm a big comics fan. I mostly read Marvel, but I love Batman (cliche, I know) as well as some other DC stuff. Also, I wasn't a fan of Man of Steel, but I liked Watchmen and 300 for the most part, so I go into this wanting it to be good, and not thinking that Zack Snyder is the worst director in the history of world.
Probably the biggest criticism I've heard is along the lines of the Man of Steel neck-snap: that Batman kills people. You can say what you want about it not being "true to the characters", but it's clear the source material is no more than a basis for the characters as they are presented.
I don't begrudge the movie that. In fact, part of me likes the balls they show trying to do something different, trying to reinterpret the characters, so the fact that Batman kills people, or that Superman's defining character traits are violent and selfish, really have no bearing on my opinion about this movie. My problem with BvS is a much simpler one: it's a bad movie.
The script is bad, bordering on terrible, both from a story perspective and regarding dialogue. Half of the subplots are completely unnecessary and only serve to clutter the 2.5 hour runtime, and almost all of what moved the plot forward was some combination of boring, contrived, illogical (for the character, not from a viewer's perspective) and unbelievable.
The editing is just as bad as the script. It makes scene transitions (if you can call them that) off-putting at best.
Much like Man of Steel, it really tries to be more than just a blockbuster movie, with themes and motifs (it's actually hilarious to watch for the horses through the movie). The religious symbolism from Man of Steel is back and in much greater volume, as if there wasn't already enough. I think this is the thing that makes me hate it the most. It tries to be "better" than the average superhero movie, to be "art", whatever that means, only to come off as arrogant, ham-fisted nonsense.
On the plus side, the cinematography is stunning (regardless of some spotty CGI at points). Most of the action is pretty good, as are the costumes. Almost all of the performances are better than the script: Affleck, Gadot and Eisenberg, especially, do as well as could be hoped with the roles they were given (Lex Luthor had an especially stupid role, so kudos to him). There were certainly moments I liked, but most of it was boring or just plain bad.… Expand

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hreggianiMar 28, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie is not good. Not at all. As a fan os Zack Snyder I enjoyed the way the photography and direction. The actors are good and play their role very well. However, the script is terrible. They just were more preoccupied with making big scenes and making the film like something huge than the conversations or giving actual reasons for each chacracter doing what they did. The scene that ends the battle between Batman and Superman is absolutely ridiculous. They were fighting each other and BATMAN just stops and feels sorry for superman because their mother have the same name? And Louis appearing in the middle of their fight was even worse. There are a lot of terrible scenes and conversations because they just did not care of making a movie that is well connected but only cared about big fight scenes and easter eggs so the comic fans would enjoy the references no one else does.… Expand

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CalebHoNov 19, 2017

A convoluted mess with so many sub-plots and a lot of holes to go along with them. So many dreams, so many unnecessary scenes, and so many dumb dialogues. Seriously, who approved this mess of a mess?

And by the time THAT scene comes along,A convoluted mess with so many sub-plots and a lot of holes to go along with them. So many dreams, so many unnecessary scenes, and so many dumb dialogues. Seriously, who approved this mess of a mess?

And by the time THAT scene comes along, you know, the one that totally takes us for fools, I gave up. How can a movie with such a dumb premise ever be good to some people, I seriously can't comprehend. Avoid this like the plague. And oh, Batman looks fat and goofy and Superman looks flat and wooden, and that seems to be the least of its problems.… Expand

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crixus_peteMar 29, 2016

i didn´t like "man of steel" that much. it was too dark for a superman movie. it was without any humor. and the story was not told in a very elegant way. it was a mess. but THIS one is the bigger MESS! the story makes NO sense. for example:i didn´t like "man of steel" that much. it was too dark for a superman movie. it was without any humor. and the story was not told in a very elegant way. it was a mess. but THIS one is the bigger MESS! the story makes NO sense. for example: clark kent - a journalist- does NOT know one of the richest persons of the world BRUCE WAYNE..check the trailer. it´s already in the trailer. gotham city -all of a sudden- is directly next to metropolis. and there are even bigger and worse plotholes...but i don´t want to spoil. i watched that CGI-mess in vienna, apollo, IMAX. i liked ben affleck as batman. jeremy irons as alfred was great...the rest of the cast was ?confused?...i think most of the problems of this movie is zak snyders incompetent storytelling. i was soo hoping for this movie and was soo disappointed.… Expand

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ccualumniApr 2, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The script for this movie was awful, the casting seemed wrong and this could be one of the worst superhero movies of all time.
I realize that it is fictional, but the story had too many holes in it. Superman was wanted due to killing 1 terrorist that was holding a gun to their head. Batman wanted to build a weapon to prevent Superman from destroying the world. Batman killed 10-20 people trying to get the weapon, so I guess some lives are expendable. Some of Batman's fight scenes reminded me of a 1970's karate movie and were pathetic.
The movie wasn't all bad, but I recommend waiting for it to come out on DVD.… Expand

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MovieMasterEddyApr 6, 2016

‘Batman v Superman’ ... v Fun?

What an adversarial time this is. Hulk Hogan versus Gawker. “The People v. O. J. Simpson.” Bernie versus Hillary. Trump versus Everybody. And now Batman versus Superman. One of these things is not like the‘Batman v Superman’ ... v Fun?

What an adversarial time this is. Hulk Hogan versus Gawker. “The People v. O. J. Simpson.” Bernie versus Hillary. Trump versus Everybody. And now Batman versus Superman. One of these things is not like the others, I know. Two of the most famous good guys in pop culture can’t really be enemies, can they? The Gotham Bat and the Man of Steel inhabit the same intellectual-property universe, and the fight between them is, depending on how you look at it, either a diabolical stunt cooked up by Lex Luthor or a cynical cash grab engineered by DC and Warner Brothers.

Still, these two founding figures of the modern comic-book cosmos, whose paths have sometimes crossed over the years, display some potentially interesting contrasts of temperament and background. Superman is an immigrant, a working journalist, an idealist and a devoted participant in a long-running office romance. Batman is an alienated rich kid, a perpetual bachelor with a dark view of human nature. He has no natural ability to leap a tall building in a single bound, and so must rely on intelligence, ingenuity and a limitless fortune.

In “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” when Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) looks at a television screen and sees a child trapped in a burning building halfway around the world, he strips down and flies away to rescue her. When Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) discovers sexual predators or human traffickers, he suits up and brands their flesh with his winged bat logo.

A diverting entertainment might have been made about the rivalry between these two muscle-bound paladins — a bromance or a buddy comedy, an album of duets. “Batman v Superman,” directed by Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen,” “Sucker Punch,” “Man of Steel”), is none of those things. It is about as diverting as having a porcelain sink broken over your head (one of the more amusing things that happens onscreen). In keeping with current business imperatives, what Mr. Snyder has concocted is less a free-standing film than the opening argument in a very long trial. Its two-and-a-half-hour running time — not so much a “dawn” as an entire morning spent watching the clock in anticipation of lunchtime — is peppered with teasers for coming sequels. You may have heard a rumor that Wonder Woman shows up, or caught sight of her in a trailer for the film. And here she is, played by Gal Gadot.

The character arrives in full, vintage costume a bit late (we’ve seen her in evening wear already), in time to join the climactic battle, which features a giant anthropomorphic slime monster and is a sludgy, noisy, chaotic mess. Even more than what has come before. The studio has, in the usual way, begged and bullied critics not to reveal plot points, and I wouldn’t dream of denying you the thrill of discovering just how overstuffed and preposterous a movie narrative can be.

So I won’t say anything about the trip Lois Lane (Amy Adams) takes to Washington, or about the senator from Kentucky (Holly Hunter) who holds hearings there, or about Lois and Clark’s boss (Laurence Fishburne), except insofar as I am glad to acknowledge the professionalism of the supporting cast. Jesse Eisenberg, as a tech-twerpy Lex Luthor, certainly earned some money. I’d prefer to talk about the images and — so help me — the Themes.

Intellectual pretension, long an occupational hazard in the superhero business, has been elevated to a creative principle. Christopher Nolan is partly to blame. His “Dark Knight” entries in the Batman saga raised the genre’s allegorical stakes and dialed down the humor to an all-but-imperceptible whisper. Still, Mr. Nolan’s filmmaking skill — above all the coherence of his inky, cruel vision of Gotham City and environs — enabled those movies to carry at least some of their self-assigned thematic weight.

Mr. Snyder, for his part, deploys signifiers of importance without having anything much to say. Yes, there is a lot of talk (mostly stuffed into poor Mr. Eisenberg’s mouth) about Good and Evil and God and Man, and there is also a lot of religious symbolism. (Note the crucifixes dotting the landscape near the end.) There are murky shadows and muddy nightscapes, all redolent not just of ordinary danger but of metaphysical darkness. There is Mr. Affleck’s existential brooding and the stoic dimple on Mr. Cavill’s chin.

The rest of the population — or the digitally created simulacra thereof — is required only to die en masse, to cower in terror, and to watch in wide-eyed, worshipful gratitude. That is just what this movie expects of you: acquiescence. It wants you to believe that it’s on your side.

Don’t be fooled!… Expand

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JadeGreenApr 3, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. DC still figuring out how to make Superhero movies, but they are getting better.

Maybe I've just been spoiled by marvel. Marvel seems to have these kinds of movies pretty figured out. Making a good superhero movie is pretty difficult if I do say so myself. You have to make it a little light heated and goofy, but also know when to take yourself seriously. If you go too goofy, then the movie just comes off as goofy. If you try to make it too serious and gritty you get... this. You also have to take the comic material and stay true to it, while also making it accessible so that a wider audience can enjoy it while still appealing to the comic fans. I don't know much about comics but they seemed to get a lot of that stuff right.

-First two acts are pretty slow and we see stuff that we've seen before. (The movie literally starts with a different perspective on the climax of Man of Steel.) Third act is one big action sequence that, while entertaining, doesn't seem to take a break.

-Couple of pretty pointless nightmare sequences and really loud jump-scare about halfway through (don't know if it was just the theater I saw it at or what.)

-They very vaguely hint at other DC superheroes. (The Flash, Wonderwoman, Aquaman, I forget the rest) but don't give much substance on them outside of batman looking at files on them. It's painfully obvious that they're trying to play catch up to Marvel at this point. Wonderwoman also comes in at the very end of the movie with almost no buildup/exposition as to why she's there.

-Too heavy handed on the 'Superman is Jesus' theme they established in Man of Steel. MoS handled this nicely. It made its point without getting in the way of their own story too much, and I understand if they want to try something different with superman and put in a little symbolism. But this movie is becomes a bit too noticeable and kind of bothersome.

+Lex Luthor was pretty much the only enjoyable character. He didn't get as much screen time as I would have liked. He seemed to stutter a lot and was really awkward and 'twitchy' is a good way of putting it, but he was also an intimidating villain. He was the only one who actually felt like a comic book character and I wish they would have spent some time on HIS backstory rather than Batman's. I'm really glad they set him up for appearing in more movies, so there is hope for the future with these movies...

+The actual fight of Superman and Batman (the ratings trap this movie was sold on) was pretty intense and well done. It almost feels like a letdown when Doomsday shows up and the heroes begin to team up. But the more I think about it, this movie didn't need doomsday. Lex Luthor getting batman and superman to fight one another was a good enough plot setup and it didn't need Doomsday to up the ante.… Expand

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LoafyApr 10, 2016

Honestly, Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice was disappointing. The story a had major problems it was all over the place. Too many things happening at once was the issue. The problem with Zack Synder is that he cant balance out visuals andHonestly, Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice was disappointing. The story a had major problems it was all over the place. Too many things happening at once was the issue. The problem with Zack Synder is that he cant balance out visuals and rich storyline. One thing for sure was the visuals were amazing in this movie. Ben affleck is amazing in this movie and so was henry cavill. though there wasnt much of Batman vs Superman it was more of the dawn of Justice part of the movie.… Expand

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ArthurKoutzApr 16, 2016

A total mix up of story, pretty much screwing the dark knight trilogy, under parr CGI, terrible introduction of characters, great fight scene but terrible ending, LOADS of plot holes.
This is Batman V Superman.
Not good enough for a $250A total mix up of story, pretty much screwing the dark knight trilogy, under parr CGI, terrible introduction of characters, great fight scene but terrible ending, LOADS of plot holes.
This is Batman V Superman.
Not good enough for a $250 million dollar budget.
Not good enough for DC.… Expand

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Antgiog1202Apr 30, 2016

I've only seen this film once; but it's enough to realize how much of a disappointment Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was. It starts out brilliantly and very compelling. As soon as the climax makes it's appearence, the film disintegratesI've only seen this film once; but it's enough to realize how much of a disappointment Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was. It starts out brilliantly and very compelling. As soon as the climax makes it's appearence, the film disintegrates like it was blown out of a fire. It's lazy writing is a huge example of that; it doesnt't have a balanced storyline. Lets just say that the entire movie was a setup for a sequel -- that's how bad the writing was.

The film does have some positive factors. Ben Affleck portrayal as Bruce Wayne/Batman was excellent. He truely demonstrated that his Daredevil performance has been forgotten and demolished. Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman was fine. Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman was fine.

This is a good-looking film; but not a good film in general.

Rating: 3/10

A+ = 10
A = 9
A- = 8
B+ = 7
B = 6
B- = 5
C+ = 4
C = 3
C- = 2.5
D+ = 2
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dremerMay 3, 2016

I can't believe I agree with the professional "critics" for once. This movie is a piece of **** The Dark Knight trilogy set a high standard and this movie fails to meet any of it: horrible acting, horrible writing, horrible directing,I can't believe I agree with the professional "critics" for once. This movie is a piece of **** The Dark Knight trilogy set a high standard and this movie fails to meet any of it: horrible acting, horrible writing, horrible directing, horrible dialogue.… Expand

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GalligaMay 8, 2016

Terrible terrible film. The fanboys can try to claim this movie is misunderstood and too complex for the majority but the cold hard truth is it's just a bad film. There is no way this film deserves anything more than a 5. Fanboys keepTerrible terrible film. The fanboys can try to claim this movie is misunderstood and too complex for the majority but the cold hard truth is it's just a bad film. There is no way this film deserves anything more than a 5. Fanboys keep comparing this film to Marvel saying people don't like it because it's not kiddie. No people don't like it because it's a complete waste of time. Furthermore I don't get this rhetoric of Marvel being kiddie. The only reason DC seems darker is because the only successful film franchise they have revolves around their darkest hero, that being Batman. Had they had a Green Lantern, Flash etc franchise it would not be nearly as dark. The majority of DC cartoons have catered to younger audiences. All the current DC tv shows on television are light hearted and cater to teenagers (Flash, Supergirl, Arrow) and the darkest comic book show on the tele is currently Daredevil. So this arguement of DC being dark needs to stop. Apparently people are confusing them with Dark Horse. DC has never been dark, Batman is dark. There's a difference. But back to this film everyone on full damage control giving this film 10s should be ashamed of themselves.… Expand

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KiyoMay 13, 2016

I liked man of steel, I had faith in Mr. Snyder, I thought all this massive destruction was setting up Sup as a character. Zach turns out to be a complete moron, I thought he can handle these beloved characters but he simply cant. Batman isI liked man of steel, I had faith in Mr. Snyder, I thought all this massive destruction was setting up Sup as a character. Zach turns out to be a complete moron, I thought he can handle these beloved characters but he simply cant. Batman is not a murderer, he does not use guns and he puts peoples lives in jeopardy to get what he wants, and what he wants is not even logical, we had a talented cast gone to waste due to this ass wipe ruining the movies. Zach Snyder needs to be removed,… Expand

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HTGamerJun 5, 2017

Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice is a total mess of a film. It tries too hard to include as many things and characters and story arcs as possible in one movie. In fact, it's too much, and the end result is too bad.

You got Batman andBatman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice is a total mess of a film. It tries too hard to include as many things and characters and story arcs as possible in one movie. In fact, it's too much, and the end result is too bad.

You got Batman and Superman fighting each other because they have been set up by Lex Luthor to do so, but the first 120 minutes of the movie's 150 are spent in boring speeches, court hearings, insignificant sub-plots and our heroes enjoying themselves in numerous galas. Oh, in the end we have Lex Luthor combining his blood and General Zod's dead body inside the alien spaceship from Man of Steel in order to create Doomsday, completely ravaging the villain's origin as established in the DC comics.

Henry Cavill is decent enough to portray Superman but Ben Affleck doesn't make a great Batman, while Jesse Eisenberg reduces Lex Luthor to a neurotic 30-year-old-spoilt-kid with tons of money who thinks he can do whatever he wants. On the other hand Gal Gadot seriously impresses as Wonder Woman in her relatively short appearance.

All in all Batman v Superman is a bad movie.… Expand

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ExcesJun 7, 2016

Where do I start with this ditch hole of a movie . this movie is pure chaotic chaos of what it is suppose to be, but first lets get the only good things out of the way. Now the movies cinematography is very good for a super hero movie one ofWhere do I start with this ditch hole of a movie . this movie is pure chaotic chaos of what it is suppose to be, but first lets get the only good things out of the way. Now the movies cinematography is very good for a super hero movie one of the best considering this movie is 80% CGI. Zack snider knows how to direct CG environments very well and makes it all come together. The music is also very good. Batman does what we expect batman to do, Ben Affleck is the best batman so far. Alfred and Perry White in this movie are also really good characters with personality and actually look like they need to be in this movie. Okay now the bad stuff. This movie has so many characters the movie can do so good without them. superman has nothing to do but people in this whole movie his character is boring, Clark Kent is also boring. Lois Lane is boring, Wonder woman this movie can do without. the senator is pointless since her motivation makes no difference. And Lex Luthor is in the wrong movie. Jesse Eisenburg is clearly doing a horrible job as Lex Luthor AND HIS ACTING IS VERY CRINGY. This movie is clearly trying to set up all other of the DCCU movies to come. For example the useless dream scene where batman goes into some sort of Earth 2 and it had the flying demons from Darksied's planet is completely out of place in this movie. 3 out of 10… Expand

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justinrocajonesNov 8, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where to start? a few good action sequences do not a coherent story make - much like the derided MoS. Which is unfortunate, as you'd have thought Snyder and WB would have learned their lesson, or at least taken note of the things people (very vocally) found wrong with that movie. The plot in BvS at times is so thin as to beggar belief, relying on such flimsy plot points that you need to re-watch the movie just to figure out what they actually were, and the re-watch again just to make sure they were as **** as you thought they were. Which is a terrible waste - of time for you, of opportunity for WB/DC.

I literally hate Henry Cavill as Superman, with his one dimensional performance, Snyders horrible colouring that makes him look more like a character out of TWD than anything else, the horrible shiny suit, his over-bulked appearance, and that freaky dimple on his chin. The fact that they shoe-horned Lex Luthor, the Dark Knight Returns story and Doomsday (the death of Superman) into one movie - 3 major, major plot lines - just leaves my jaw having open. The fact that Doomsday is the worse CGI creation since jar jar binks is just another kick in the teeth to those who ever hoped to see these characters done justice on the big screen.

The sheer illogicality of the story is at times mind blowing. I won't go over all the times that you will very likely turn to whoever you're watching the movie with, a puzzled look on your face, just to make sure you saw what you think you saw, but suffice to say it makes less sense than a jigsaw puzzle of an incomplete scene with half the pieces missing.

Lois Lane and Lex Luthor are not even worth mentioning - suffice to say Amy Adams and Jesse Eisenberg are not the best choices, as great as those 2 might be in other roles.

I don't mind a dark tone - in fact i think at times it works well, in certain contexts. Not here, and not all the time, but once in awhile. But the biggest failing of this movie is not the dark tone, as so many love to point out, but the the shoddy, borderline incompetent storytelling and the humourless execution. There is very little to endear this movie to either fans or casual viewers alike.… Expand

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Gene21Nov 27, 2016

Man where do I start? This movie spends of its time building up the encounter between the two heros, and when it finally happens its very lackluster. Half the time I was bored or just plain uninterested. Which is a shame because I was reallyMan where do I start? This movie spends of its time building up the encounter between the two heros, and when it finally happens its very lackluster. Half the time I was bored or just plain uninterested. Which is a shame because I was really looking forward to this movie. No offense to Ben Afflick but he SHOULD NOT be playing Batman. He doesn't capture Batman nearly as well as Bale and I never really bought in. Cavil and Adams were alright.
I give this movie a three and not a zero because although I was disappointed and felt as if I had just wasted 2 1/2 hours, it looks like effort was put into the film (even though it sucked ass).… Expand

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TobyAMBJan 2, 2017

Decided to give Batman vs Superman another go. Still an over stylistic modern noir with some seriously questionable casting, a nonsensical plot and absolutely no substance to speak of. A 10 hour long Affleck vanity project with a vaguelyDecided to give Batman vs Superman another go. Still an over stylistic modern noir with some seriously questionable casting, a nonsensical plot and absolutely no substance to speak of. A 10 hour long Affleck vanity project with a vaguely religious undertone that will be curing insomnia (permanently) for generations.… Expand

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mikemcadams55Mar 26, 2017

If you enjoy the idea of a sociopathic hobo that stole Batman's gadgets and costume and becomes a literal murderer as much as Zack Snyder's definition of "Superman" from "Man of Steel", than THIS is the movie for YOU! A Batman/SupermanIf you enjoy the idea of a sociopathic hobo that stole Batman's gadgets and costume and becomes a literal murderer as much as Zack Snyder's definition of "Superman" from "Man of Steel", than THIS is the movie for YOU! A Batman/Superman battle that takes place for about 10-15 minutes towards the end of a 2.5 hour run-time, this film was absolute garbage. To be fair though, Zack Snyder is critically acclaimed for his other amazing outings, like "Sucker Punch"...I mean, wait... nevermind. This film franchise looks to be a complete mess and a waste of studio money that seems like it was literally written by a hundred psychotic monkeys typing on typewriters (when in fact, it was influenced by hack-writer Frank Miller...). I would rather have paid the cost of a ticket to see the actors/actresses of this film play celebrity poker with each other than to see them work on this film. They were all better than this. Such a disappointment.… Expand

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blahblah2063Feb 17, 2017

First of all, this review does not contain spoilers - the reason being that I simply did not understand the movie.

The movie is composed of beautifully gritty images with lots of colors. I generally like colors in movies, so at this point IFirst of all, this review does not contain spoilers - the reason being that I simply did not understand the movie.

The movie is composed of beautifully gritty images with lots of colors. I generally like colors in movies, so at this point I would give it a perfect 11. However, I did not understand the motivation behind the actions of Batman, Superman, Luthor, the manuscript writers, the directors and producers, so my total score lands on 3.

Was this movie made by combining lots of different superhero movie trailers? That would explain the time travel scene with Batman.

The giant cave monster from Lord of the Rings makes a cameo in the last 20 minutes, was this included in error?… Expand

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robertoiglesiasApr 6, 2021

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1osz9GKvpiHpIw94I7976PMhEyruzG3P4HnE6T68iW0g/edit?usp=sharing

This explains my problems with the Ultimate edition.

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iFoundMyCookieJun 29, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At first I thought that Man of Steel would be the weakest of the DCEU and was excited for BvS. Then the movie came out. An incoherent mess with terrible characterization, godawful cgi during the final battle, and one of the worst portrayals of a villain. Jessie Eisenberg's Luther is closer to Jim Carrey's riddler than Lex Luthor. Batman straight up kills people, which makes me ask how any of his villains are still alive. Superman mopes the entire movie, and the fight everyone waited for ended after five minutes because Superman said "Martha." All in all, this would have been the worst superhero movie of 2016 had suicide squad not been released. Zack Snyder needs to be fired before he ruins the rest of the DCEU.… Expand

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Dragonfly44Jan 21, 2019

They finally did it. They ruined batman. They somehow managed to make a movie about Batman and Superman fighting horrible. It’s baffling really

Rating - 35%

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Ej_mupasOct 31, 2017

Okay, this movie had millions of people disappointed! The hype of this movie was really at the top but didn't make up to expectations. You can't really understand the movie but some of it was good. The fight scenes between Batman and SupermanOkay, this movie had millions of people disappointed! The hype of this movie was really at the top but didn't make up to expectations. You can't really understand the movie but some of it was good. The fight scenes between Batman and Superman and against doomsday!… Expand

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Smashbomb999999Feb 9, 2018

Im interested as to how anyone could've given this movie anything above a 5, aside being generous.

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hardcorekiddJul 30, 2018

It's been nearly two years since Superman's (Henry Cavill) colossal battle with Zod (Michael Shannon) devastated the city of Metropolis. The loss of life and collateral damage left many feeling angry and helpless, including crime-fightingIt's been nearly two years since Superman's (Henry Cavill) colossal battle with Zod (Michael Shannon) devastated the city of Metropolis. The loss of life and collateral damage left many feeling angry and helpless, including crime-fighting billionaire Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck). Convinced that Superman is now a threat to humanity, Batman embarks on a personal vendetta to end his reign on Earth, while the conniving Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) launches his own crusade against the Man of Steel. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice smothers a potentially powerful story -- and some of America's most iconic superheroes -- in a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action. I'll give Batman vs Superman Dawn of Justice a C-.… Expand

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lazapanFeb 16, 2018

I was soooo excited when this movie was announced. Went to see it twice in theaters cuz I couldn't accept how truly awful it was the first time I saw it. Just bad, bad filmmaking all around and that third act was complete garbage. WonderI was soooo excited when this movie was announced. Went to see it twice in theaters cuz I couldn't accept how truly awful it was the first time I saw it. Just bad, bad filmmaking all around and that third act was complete garbage. Wonder Woman was great but so unnecessary to the movie.… Expand

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GeorgeCross23Feb 26, 2018

Batman V Superman is such a mess. They had everything going for them, it didn't matter that Man of Steel was a mess, they could've fixed it, but they had to cram in Doomsday, they had to cut out essential scenes and Zac Snyder ruined a greatBatman V Superman is such a mess. They had everything going for them, it didn't matter that Man of Steel was a mess, they could've fixed it, but they had to cram in Doomsday, they had to cut out essential scenes and Zac Snyder ruined a great idea once again.… Expand

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LivingTribunalApr 23, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst movies in DC history. Quotes:
Superman: I have to save Martha!
Batman: Why did you say that name?
Lois: It's his mother's name.
Batman: I don't want to fight. I don't want to fight with every people whose mother's name are Martha even though they are the biggest threat in the world.(made up)
Is this a real batman? Every people who expected more than 'Batman Begins' or maybe just better than 'Constantine', they completely failed. People, we got faked by all trailers.… Expand

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hejtyjaaOct 11, 2018

If i could unsee one movie to experience it again it would be Dawn of Justice just to remember how much and for what i hate Warner Bros.

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BrunoVn00Mar 30, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I haven't seen a superhero movie this convoluted, unfocused and boring before. What should've been the greatest superhero crossover that every superhero and comic book fan waited for their entire life ended up being a mess of a movie. Really, a superhero movie about the fight between Batman and Superman shouldn't have been hard to do, but it seems that director Zack Snyder just made an unnecessarily hard work. My review contains spoilers, but I think it doesn't matter because the trailers gave the ENTIRE movie, ALL the spoilers, they just needed to show the death of Superman too, but I still indicate this contains spoilers, even if I don't need to.
I'll start with the bad.

The Bad:
-DC just wasted too many good storylines with potential in their SECOND installment of their attempt to compete with the MCU, they wasted the Dark Knight returns story, they wasted a Batman vs Superman movie, they wasted the Death of Superman, oh my GOD. Just imagine if after Iron Man, Marvel released Civil War, that introduces Captain America, Bucky, Spider-Man and all the other characters and Zemo creates the Red Hulk from Iron Monger's dead body and Cap and Iron Man team up to fight it and Iron Man dies at the end sacrificing himself, don't you think that sounds convoluted? Wasn't this movie called "Batman v Superman"? Then why do the trailers showed that they end up teaming up with Wonder Woman to fight Doomsday!? Such a misleading title then.
-This is just made to promote the DCEU, people payed to see a two and a half hour long ad for the DCEU, with unnecesary cameos of characters (don't worry this is also a problem some MCU movies also have) just to set up future movies.
-The movie is overall just boring. It has a non-sensical plot, bland acting by most of the actors (specially from Henry Cavill) and I guess I can't blame them because the cast has actually talented actors but the material they have to work with is so awful.
-Just like with Man of Steel, Superman's personality is just so boring, and he is not a superhero, he's barely shown actually saving people, isn't that the point of a superhero movie? Showing the superhero doing heroic stuff? He couldn't even save his own mother, Batman did, I just hate this version of Superman. Making him not cracking a single smile or joke doesn't make him "realistic", it just makes him a bad character.
-Why not just make this an adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns? Just without the death of Batman.
-Jesse Eissenberg as Lex Luthor.
-Martha.

The good, I think:
-This Batman is just so cool. I think the best scenes of the movie are with Batman which makes me think that if this was a standalone Batman reboot, it would've been SO much better, the warehouse fight is just the best scene of the movie, hands down. Ben Affleck's acting as the dark knight is amazing,and fits the role, too bad he was wasted in Justice League.
-Even though the "Batman vs Superman" scene is very short for a two and a half hour movie, I think it's actually very cool, it's a moment in cinematic comic book history, it's obviously ruined by the laughable Martha thing.
-The cinematography, by that I mean the color palette...I liked it. Zack Snyder tries to make this movie look dark (even though this doesn't fit Superman's character) and he actually did a good job in that regard, proving that he's a visual guy, not a good director.

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PhilipBlakeMay 10, 2019

Then first why the hell on earth Bruce Wayne's parents are portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Loren Cohan is beyond me. Well Snyder is fan of Walking Dead that's fine, but please keep that for yourself that's not even a funny cameo and thatThen first why the hell on earth Bruce Wayne's parents are portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Loren Cohan is beyond me. Well Snyder is fan of Walking Dead that's fine, but please keep that for yourself that's not even a funny cameo and that does not make any sense. Same about Batman cast, Ben Affleck? I mean seriously? Even after all this Daredevil mess? Wes Bentley would be a good Batman but anyway in all this joke of a movie that's better for his career he wasn't cast. But if the movie only missed at this point, that would not be a huge mistake. The entire film was a total mess, just as Man of Steel was. No plot, ridiculous and cliché characters, pretty pathetic original score by overestimate Hans Zimmer and his fellow pal Tom Holkenborg, awful color treatment as for Man of Steel, boring CGI action and unscripted action sequences made this a total moron crap. Both Warner and Snyder definitely lose where Buena Vista literally lead on the market with the Marvel Universe. There's some good elements at some point but overwhelmed with high octane blockbuster action as it was a Dwayne Johnson movie or another Fast and Furious entry. I loved many pictures directed by Snyder before, his reboot on Dawn of the Dead was really fresh and Watchmen is definitely awesome, but since Man of Steel his filmography was utterly useless. I've keep ratings like 0 or 1 for Asylum productions but I've definitely got more nice moments on Sharknado 3 than this awful crap. I still can't believe this movie wasn't rated poorly as it deserved. Barely anything is unlikeable and a poor attempt to make some money against the Buena Vista unstoppable machinery.… Expand

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MahmusOct 21, 2020

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice suffers from a lack of believable motivations for any of the characters.

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kian83kingMar 1, 2020

Even if people understand Zack Snyder's movies and don't consider Martha scene and the Batman who kills and ..., it's still an awful movie. The film editing is really awful. The cast are quite average (except for Ben Affleck) but Lex LutherEven if people understand Zack Snyder's movies and don't consider Martha scene and the Batman who kills and ..., it's still an awful movie. The film editing is really awful. The cast are quite average (except for Ben Affleck) but Lex Luther is junk. Both in characterization and acting. The script is very weak. The final twenty minutes of the movie, Superman's funeral, is really over. Superman's death was completely wrong in this movie. Superman was killed in comics after many years while he had the right characterization and it made everyone cry. But Snyder killed him in his second film with an awful characterization and no one cried for him. Then you say we don't understand Zack Snyder? Have you ever read a comic book ??? If you had read, you would have known how he insulted the background of the character. He just stole their names and made a story from himself for them. Superman in comics is actually a sign of hope. But Snyder confused him with Christ… Expand

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Luke98Jun 22, 2020

One of the worst cinecomics I've ever seen and perhaps among the worst films in recent years

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Rodrigo_Jun 23, 2020

The story and motivations of the characters are ridiculous even within the DC universe, the fight between the 2 is also ridiculous and bland in total darkness ...

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Cementer200Sep 22, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice is a mediocre mass. it good ideas like batman and humanity questioning superman methods of saving humanity and superman questioning batman's methods of keeping Gotham safe. but how these ideas are executed are is horrible. the one thing I did love about this is how superman sacrifice himself at the end to save all of humanity by killing doomsday the music playing makes the screen a whole lot better.… Expand

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gerardomandoloSep 14, 2021

This was one of the movies that I expected too much in 2016 and what a disappointment I was when I saw it.
Years passed and I still find it a disappointment.

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jorgeperalta00Sep 15, 2021

This movie lost all my respect when I saw the scene Martha... I never felt so sorry to see a scene from a superhero movie.

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IzaroCalSep 18, 2021

Esta película sin duda es una de las peores del género y aun existe personas que la catalogan como obra maestra.. en serio que se fuma esa gente?

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roselenaperaltaSep 25, 2021

Fue un gran error de Warner Bros en contratar a Zack Snyder para dirigir esta pelicula.

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AdamWalker-Sep 26, 2021

Terrible.
The only good thing are the action scenes there, everything else is very boring and pretentious.

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DarkwingSchmuckMar 13, 2022

Batman v Superman is a dumb movie that thinks it's smart. Poorly paced, and messily edited, the majority of the film is tediously boring -- presented with all of the excitement of a 24-hour cable news station. Its themes are juvenile, asBatman v Superman is a dumb movie that thinks it's smart. Poorly paced, and messily edited, the majority of the film is tediously boring -- presented with all of the excitement of a 24-hour cable news station. Its themes are juvenile, as subtle as a jackhammer, and its characters are unlikable broods. For good measure, they shoved in as many out of place nods to future films (that may or may not even be made) as they could, while the climax is your typical mindless battle against a giant CGI monster.… Expand

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alerikandersonApr 26, 2023

This for me was very messy and was confusing for a D-SHE-E-U movie and not very memorable and funny.

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ChiIIaoiAug 6, 2023

Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro filme:
filme ruim, agora só escrever pra passar dos 75 caracteres.

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JacobMar 25, 2016

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is the result of a studio wanting to be Marvel but not having the knowledge or patience to do it themselves. The result is a hideous ugly monster that rivals Luther’s Doomsday. Perhaps by taking someBatman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is the result of a studio wanting to be Marvel but not having the knowledge or patience to do it themselves. The result is a hideous ugly monster that rivals Luther’s Doomsday. Perhaps by taking some patience and providing a standalone Batman movie, a Superman sequel with Lex Luther, and then make this movie removing the Wonder Woman & JL references this could’ve been tolerable with a shortened run time and more unfocused story. Instead, we have one of the worst comic book movies ever made. One can only hope that either the other DC Movies are great and Snyder’s merely the annoying family member we have to put up with every once and a while or that the franchise dies due to poor reception.… Expand

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MoviebuffreviewMar 25, 2016

I wanted to love Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. So badly. Although my expectations were low, I hoped for the best, and all I wanted to do was to have fun.

I underestimated this movie. I underestimated how bad it would really be.I wanted to love Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. So badly. Although my expectations were low, I hoped for the best, and all I wanted to do was to have fun.

I underestimated this movie. I underestimated how bad it would really be.

Batman v Superman introduces a semi-interesting Batman, presents a few cool visuals, and the story itself has some ideas in it that have potential. However, the script itself is a mess, being one of the worst screenplays in terms of structure that I have seen in recent memory. The movie has about seven storylines going on all at once, none of which tie together in any cohesive way, and none of which get enough screen time to be developed or interesting. Here, characters feel empty and shallow. Ideas are silenced by explosions. Potential future storylines are wasted.

After enjoying Man of Steel, and being a fan of the genre, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is one of the biggest letdowns in cinematic history. It's messy, tonally confused, often times unintentionally funny, and every bit as much boring.

When the film was first announced at Comic-Con a few years ago, the sheer epic nature of the announcement had me in giddy tears. Now, I am practically in tears once again. But not for the reasons that I had hoped.… Expand

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BriciovhMar 28, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The worst Batman since George Clooney's.
There are MANY elements that make it a bad movie but I'm just gonna focus con Batman.
1. Batman doesn't shoot!!! : They fill the movie with Batman depictions shooting fireguns, either in a dream, or with kriptonite bullets, or from an enemy's hand to shoot another bad guy. Batman swore to never use fire weapons because that's hoy he los his parents. Destroyed the image of Batman.
2. Batman doesn't kill for killing: Stabbing enemies, exploding things, putting thousands of people in danger just to get what he wants... Really???
3. Reason to kill Superman: stupid!: "If there's 1% chance he is the enemy, I must kill him" that's what he says when he decides to kill Superman. Besides he knows that Joker is a serious enemy and has tons of opportunities to kill him, he doesn't. BECAUSE BATMAN DOESN'T KILL, he just neutralizes dangerous people, put them behind the bars and MOVES ON!
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gamewizard65Apr 10, 2016

Whoever thought that Jesse Eisenberg would make a good Lex Luther had to be either on some really bad drugs or out of their friggin mind. I guess a third assumption could be that Jesse Eisenberg blackmailed someone, thus letting him portrayWhoever thought that Jesse Eisenberg would make a good Lex Luther had to be either on some really bad drugs or out of their friggin mind. I guess a third assumption could be that Jesse Eisenberg blackmailed someone, thus letting him portray one of Superman's ultimate villians. Jesse Eisenberg, as far as I'm concerned ruins the entire movie. Does this mean, Jesse Eisenberg will be casted as Lex Luther in future DC comic movies? If so, I will not watch any movie he is casted as Lex Luther, or any other role, for that matter. What were they thinking? Superman has never trusted Lex Luther in any other movie, comic, ect., therefore he would not have trusted him in this film. What a joke. This movie, overall is a slap in the face to die hard DC fans. Its a shame that Ben Afflecks wonderful performance as Batman/Bruce Wayne was squandered in this piece of sh!t movie.… Expand

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vangoatAug 2, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finally saw this movie and it was every bit as awful as I though it would be. Lets start with the good. It's beautiful. Alright moving along the dialogue in this movie in almost every scene is awful its like a child scripted it. Superman is a cardboard cutout. I gotta say I like the look and idea of the older Batman and Affleck does a good job but isn't as convincing at a beat up old batman as Bales last portrayal. This is storyline flaw not acting flaw. We should have seen him wearing thin in a backstory as opposed to another story of his beginnings (everyone knows how batmans parents died). Superman is a boring mopey goth kid and I never connected to him because of his 1 dimension. Wonder woman was awesome but random.

I still don't understand why everyone is against superman...he was protecting the city from Zod? Would they have preferred Zod doing as he pleases? My single biggest plot issue is when Superman bends at the knee to a terrorist (Lex Luthor). Yes you read that right. Superman was originally created as a symbol of the american way seriously ...the irony being he's an alien, but all aspire to be good of person as this "man" who always has a grasp on his morals and his powers. But America does not negotiate with terrorists nor do we do what they tell us too...the thought that Superman would is stupid, really stupid. Oh so Superman can save Lois multiple times from around the world because he hears her but can't save his mom from being kidnapped...thats a serious inconsistency.

Luther wasn't as annoying as I thought he would be but he also wasn't good. He will be forgotten. The problem with him and all of the main characters is they have no depth. A great villain with depth is Kingpin from the Daredevil series, he's incredible and as evil as he is you come to an understanding of his decisions because of how we are presented his story. Where none of these characters are given that depth.

Bottom line this movie is one of the worst superhero movies Ive seen in a long time. Its not the actors fault, they did decently, but the writing and plot is awful, truly dumb.… Expand

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AlphaRebelAug 9, 2016

While the extended BR release might have the content needed to make sense of the the plot unfortunately the cinematic cut is a right incoherent mess that's oddly edited and has some frankly appalling acting. (a strangely bad performance fromWhile the extended BR release might have the content needed to make sense of the the plot unfortunately the cinematic cut is a right incoherent mess that's oddly edited and has some frankly appalling acting. (a strangely bad performance from Jesse Eisenberg which can only really be put down to his performance being guided by the director in that way. )… Expand

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kuehnauMar 31, 2016

Movies such as 'Freddy V Jason" in the past has shown that movies in this genre can be good. They may not always be award winning, but done properly, they can be decent films to watch, a kind of fan service to the people who have made theirMovies such as 'Freddy V Jason" in the past has shown that movies in this genre can be good. They may not always be award winning, but done properly, they can be decent films to watch, a kind of fan service to the people who have made their franchises popular for years.

Batman V Superman is slow, tedious and full of exposition. This isn't the way a super hero movie should be done. Super Hero shows, cartoons, movies and comics are supposed to be heavy on action and light on plot.

I don't know what the writer(s) or producer(s) thought when making this movie, but a movie about Batman fighting Superman is boring. In what universe would this ever be acceptable? The movie is more about the politics surrounding heroes then the heroes themselves and that's just sad.

Then there is the amount of messing around of classic cannon comic history they do that just ruins the movie even more. Back is the goofy voice for Batman when he is suited up, Lex looks like a fair skinned ginger in his late 20's and don't even get me started on Doomsday. This is all a huge joke and an insult to fans.

I didn't pay to see this movie and I'm glad I didn't, I would have wanted a damn refund. If they managed to do a proper Deadpool film, why haven't they been able to do a proper Batman OR Superman movie in the last 3 decades?!… Expand

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FireOccatorJun 21, 2016

The soundtrack is the only good thing about the movie. The storyline is in chaos and the characters are butchered to the point of this not even qualifying as the DC universe. Also the character motivations are in chaos and the characters justThe soundtrack is the only good thing about the movie. The storyline is in chaos and the characters are butchered to the point of this not even qualifying as the DC universe. Also the character motivations are in chaos and the characters just do what the plot demands them to do. And finally, the camera has a low FoV, with a camera shake, and the color filters are oversaturated to the point of obscuring the image.… Expand

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foxgroveMar 28, 2016

The unbelievable premise of pitting the caped crusader against the almost indestructible super god turns out to be the least of this movie’s problems. From its filmic origins as a campy, low budget, half hour television series of the sixtiesThe unbelievable premise of pitting the caped crusader against the almost indestructible super god turns out to be the least of this movie’s problems. From its filmic origins as a campy, low budget, half hour television series of the sixties that was full of fun villains, the Batman Franchise has come a long way. This, however, has to be the worst instalment since the character was re-imagined.
Continuing with the dark themes, both literally and aesthetically, in stark contrast to the very colourful and cheesy TV entries for the Bat, or even the Christopher Reeve Superman incarnation of the 70’s and 80’s for that matter, the current look is the film’s biggest asset. It is without question the visuals in effects and Art-Direction that are its mainstay. Neither can salvage the mess (and I’m not talking about the destruction of the city) that purports to be a story and screenplay. Lines like ‘That means nothing’ or ‘It’s not clear what just happened’ succinctly encapsulate one’s understanding of indecipherable writing. The result is a disjointed behemoth of a movie costing millions that is boring, boring, boring!
Those going to eyeball a lengthy and impressive dual between the two superheroes are sure going to be disappointed by the meow offered here in place of a roar!
As has become common place now actors of repute like Holly Hunter, Diane Lane and Kevin Costner join up for the pay check, but add little to the end result. Only Jesse Eisenberg as the conniving Lex Luthor brings some colour to the dark, but even he struggles with the convolutions of the plot.
The ending offers up a major surprise, but it also presents us with a moralistically phoney soliloquy about how wonderful the human race is. Please!!!
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maliwMar 29, 2016

Loud, ugly, tasteless, poorly written, Batman v Superman is the definition of a modern blockbuster. Somehow even worse than Man of Steel, a tall order indeed, this assault on your senses incarnate can appease only millennials high on sugar rush.

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CarribeanDeanApr 28, 2016

very poorly made. most parts make no sense at all. It was just a big jumble of scenes and sequences, very boring dialogue very boring fights. Action scenes were as put together by a child. Gal Gadot was excellent probably the only positivevery poorly made. most parts make no sense at all. It was just a big jumble of scenes and sequences, very boring dialogue very boring fights. Action scenes were as put together by a child. Gal Gadot was excellent probably the only positive thing I can say.… Expand

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travellynJan 10, 2017

While i Can't fault the action and a whole new different lex Luther and Ben a flecks new bat man approach the film simply let down by its attempt to do to much at one introduce the new batman as well as Wonder Woman and set up later moviesWhile i Can't fault the action and a whole new different lex Luther and Ben a flecks new bat man approach the film simply let down by its attempt to do to much at one introduce the new batman as well as Wonder Woman and set up later movies and at the same time show us supermans progression since man of steal and trying to give us a big climax that doesn't go the brilliant way it could of… Expand

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ZenzukaiJun 29, 2016

Such a bad movie. Worst super hero movie I have ever seen. Acting was bland and dull, action was the only point of the movie. Worst batman ever, I actually started disliking batman the character by the end. He is literally the only batmanSuch a bad movie. Worst super hero movie I have ever seen. Acting was bland and dull, action was the only point of the movie. Worst batman ever, I actually started disliking batman the character by the end. He is literally the only batman I could think of that I thought 'that guy needs to think things through a bit more'. Batman is supposed to be a genius, not a complete idiot.… Expand

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ahnehnoisMar 25, 2016

For all its controversial casting choices, it isn't Ben Affleck or Gal Godot that drags this movie down, it's Jesse Eisenberg's ridiculous Lex Luthor. His pointless yammering represents the film as a whole; it has a few good moments and playsFor all its controversial casting choices, it isn't Ben Affleck or Gal Godot that drags this movie down, it's Jesse Eisenberg's ridiculous Lex Luthor. His pointless yammering represents the film as a whole; it has a few good moments and plays with a few interesting ideas, but there's no there there. The real blame for this mess, though, lies on the people who made it.

The movie suffers from the excess of characters usually reserved for the third, bad film of a superhero trilogy. Did a movie about Batman vs Superman really need Lex Luthor? Probably not. Did it need a CGI wasteland with Doomsday at the center? Definitely not. And while this was a passable Wonder Woman, the forced inclusion of Superman's wife and mother, both dithering about pointlessly with cringeworthy dialogue, is unlikely to placate whatever portion of people looked at a BvS movie and thought to themselves "this needs more women". The excess of characters leaves little time for the movie's central conflict, with Batman's one-note rage coming off as hollow.

Even more time is wasted on CGI fakery (whereas the smart blockbusters, Batman movies included, go hard for real locations and practical effects), and the hallmark of lazy writing: excessive dream sequences. And for all the stakes this movie purports to have, the ham-handed introduction of the Justice League leaves little doubt in the viewer's mind that regardless of how many explosions we see, everyone will be back for the next movie. Except, possibly, the audience.… Expand

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ScienceAdvisorJul 4, 2016

Even the "dirctor's cut" is disjointed garbage. Everyone is insipidly supid until the script depicts otherwise. Zack is the Michael Bay of AAA movies, apparently. Too many short-attnetion-span jevuiniles are attracted to this kind ofEven the "dirctor's cut" is disjointed garbage. Everyone is insipidly supid until the script depicts otherwise. Zack is the Michael Bay of AAA movies, apparently. Too many short-attnetion-span jevuiniles are attracted to this kind of diatribe. Good thing I rely on rentals, not cinema costs with the modern level of production values (regardless of costs). Total garbage, with Batman killing endless criminals, and Superman being aloof until abosultely critical. WonderWoman, Flash, and WonderWoman were nothing more than adverts for upcoming spin-offs. Screw that.… Expand

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