Tecnicinismo Let me start by saying that I tought that Man Of Steel was actually a pretty good movie. I'm all into the Christian imagery and the Superman-Jesus parallel concept. I believe that was "smart" if I dare to say the word.But oh boy, do they miss the mark with this one. Let's start with the good stuff or at least, the "tollerable". Ben Affleck as Batman is OK-ish, but then again, the writers had like 10 min or so to develop his character so lets shoe in the same old rehersal story of him loosing his parents, but let's make it in slow motion so it looks dramatic even tought we'd seen this story a thousand times. Screw interesting character development, maybe people don't know who Batman is, right? From here it just goes downhill in the worst way possible. Lex Luthor is just a Joker copy-paste and not a good one, in short, he's like Jim Carrey playing the Riddle, except he's Jesse Eisenberg. Everything he does on screen is dumb, but everything he does off screen is genius. And by the end of the film you're just left there wondering how he did everything but it doesn't matter because he makes Christian analogy, so it must be good, right? We'll review his "plan" later, I put it in bunny ears because all of it is off screen because we must have a reason for Batman wanting to punch Superman in the face. So Batman is (justifiable) angry with Superman because he destroyed a whole city district while trying to save the world. That's okay, I hope we explore deeply the inner conflict with all the people who lost their house, jobs and families in Metropolis, maybe an insurrection perhaps?. Oh no, there's a guy in a Wheelchair... Oh and an african lady who is scared of Superman... I guess... that's all the consequences there is for unsupervised godlike power. But don't worry guys, we just handcuffed Superman and we will put him on TRIAL so we can hear him say he's sorry. Not for long because the whole court blew up. How? We don't know, but it must have been Lex Luthor because he said a pee joke to the judge. Meanwhile Batman is killing people with guns in a scene that's factually kinda cool. Because turns out that Lex Luthor is doing shady stuff. We'll go to a party to steal all his information. Because conveniently, Luthor has his super computer in his party summer house... behind a glass door... without a key... with no guards.... with a convenient usb port so you can steal the whole hard drive or what have you... You can also get away with it by saying you tought it was the Bathroom too.Moments like what I described are all over the movie, and they're so many because on top this movie is painfully long, and yet it seems like nothing happens or makes sense whatsoever. Flash appears trough a portal and he's yelling something that will matter in Justice League I guess, Batman has a dream where Superman is evil and some bug minion things are flying, wonder woman joins the fight against a poorly made CGI monster which is the biological son of Lex Luthor and General Zod from the last movie. Then Superman dies, like Jesus Christ, get it? But don't be scared, Justice League is released after Suicide Squad.Pathetic, insulting, idiotic and completely boring.

tomr-28618 This was probably one of my most anticipated movies so far and leaving the cinema back when I first saw it I couldn't really formulate my opinion on it properly.This review will be about the Ultimate Edition of the film...Let's start with the negatives and get them out of the way first. Lex Luthor was a very odd character and felt very out of place due to how he was written and performed.Doomsday was atrocious to say the least, the creation of doomsday was clever using general zods body but he felt crammed in and messed up the tone, as well as looking pretty bad.Wonder Woman, again was crammed in.The Justice league set up was bad and rushed.The is messy due to the action being spaced out until the end where it just goes overboard. The editing itself also is jolting mainly in the first act.The Batman and Superman conflict was way too quickly resolved and the entire movie should have been built mostly around this with world building for the future DC movies being less and also more subtle. The film just felt too big for it's own good and tried to do too much at once.The only interesting character in the film was Batman, the rest were just okay or bland.Now for the positives... Batman as mentioned was interesting to watch and Ben Affleck gives a great performance. He felt fresh and different whilst still having the classic batman feel. Probably my second favourite on screen Batman after Christian Bale.The acting overall was good to great, with the exception of Jesse Eisenberg (although I do think he usually is a good actor).The Action scenes such as the warehouse scene and the dream scene were great. They were well filmed and we'll choreographed. The warehouse scene was so detailed and intricate giving it a great visceral feel. The dream fight being one shot also made it stand out and was visually impressive.Speaking of visuals, the film looks very good in terms of cinematography and most of the visuals, besides Doomsday and some other small elementsThe choice to progress Man of Steels story in this way by having the end battle from that film tie into batman and Lex Luthor character motivations, as well was as the overall story concerning Superman's place on Earth was clever and interesting. Most of the music for this film was very good although not as memorable as the Dark Knight trilogies soundtrack for example. The worst piece on this soundtrack would have to be Lex Luthors theme which does fit the tone of his character but as mentioned he feels out of place and therefore this piece does and it feels a bit silly in comparison to the rest of the music such as Batman's theme.Overall the positives do outway the negatives but it is still a conflicting film to watch as there is so much that could have been done better such as tightening the script to focus more on Batman and Superman's conflict and forget about the Doomsday and Lex Luthor stuff. Also having a Batman vs Superman movie might have worked more at the end of the DC cinematic universe as there would be no need for the world building at that point. Still the film is somewhat enjoyable and I do recommend the Ultimate Edition as the plot is more cohesive but it does still feel to busy and messy a lot of the time.

mitsubishizero The over-hyped movie that just didn't deliver. The movie had potential and it just fell flat on it's face. Just like Man of Steel I feel the tone's too serious and uneven. The choices some the characters make are so unreasonable. Probably the worst crime of this movie is the casting of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. I'm beating a dead horse here but his presence is so out of place. His role is more akin to the Joker than a calm, collected criminal mastermind. If anything maybe he should've been the Joker in the Suicide Squad (though that's a different story). Gal Gadot has an uneven presence. She's probably the only good thing in this movie along with the titular showdown we were all waiting for.Speaking of the showdown, the events leading to it just don't make since. This virtually all has to do with Clark's mother's name "Martha" (which's a weak plot device). While in the comics it's made clear why Superman is always in the sights of Luthor and why he and Batman clash from time to time, this movie tries to cram everything in rather than let it develop as a series like Marvel (that is if they done it right.) Luthor should've been happy about Superman's presence as he could've used him as a cash cow rather than see him as a threat. Another thing that doesn't make sense is the creation of Doomsday and his demise. How Doomsday came to be is a little mystifying as he was created by Luthor and Zod's DNA. With that being said he should appear more human rather than a monster. Also, the way Superman killed it was a little more over the top. I don't think Superman had to sacrifice himself in the climax. Overall, it's needless to say the movie was a lame disappointment. The pacing was very uneven, the actors weren't really bad but their chemistry just doesn't work (that and their motives) and while the fight scenes were great the motives behind it just didn't make since at all.

aorourke-78837 Superman would crush Batman! All Superman would have to do is fly hundreds of feet about Batman and either blast him with his heat vision, freeze him with his artic breath, or drop a building on him. Superman could just as earlily fly faster than a freaking bulliet pick Batman up and fly him into space and defeat him that way. So many ways to crush the bat! Drives me crazy that people argue that Batman could or would win.