There's plenty to like and plenty to dislike, IMO. There are some plot holes (or rather, unexplained motivations rather than actual holes), the dialogue is hit-and-miss, and I personally agree that Lex Luthor is awful in it. Badly written and badly acted. I also find Lois Lane pretty annoying... but that said, I have found EVERY live-action version of Lois Lane annoying
. There are also some pacing / editing issues.
If you can overlook that, though...
- All three of the main characters (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman) are IMO really well done, interesting, versions of the characters. Not here for the "Boo hoo that's not my Batman / Superman!" fanboys... neither of them are supposed to be the "classic" characters in the middle of their careers. You have essentially a "newbie" Superman who is still figuring it out, and a middle-aged Batman who has been around for two decades and is all but worn out emotionally. Do we really want to see yet-another "origin story" or "mid-career" Batman?? There have been loads... I want to see a batman who has been fighting for half of his life, is in many ways stronger than ever, but is close to giving up... and that's what's on offer.
- The action scenes are top tier, and beat anything Marvel has done hands down.
- People have a problem with the fact that it's all very dark verging on melancholy, and complain that it doesn't have the "fun moments" or "funny bits" that Marvel scatters throughout their films. This is actually a positive for me, though. I enjoy it in Marvel films but... we already HAVE Marvel films for that. I personally have little interest in seeing "A Marvel movie with DC heroes" - I like that the tone is completely different.
Also some people complain that it's too long but...
. I like long movies. The longer the better
. I'd actually have made it half an hour longer... would solve a lot of the pacing / jumpy scene transition issues.
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Originally Posted by Dezzy
It's not a perfect film, Jessie Eisenberg is woeful
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I read a review the other day that lauded Eisenberg as one of the only good parts of the film
... I can only assume they went to the wrong movie.