Originally Posted by
AlexanderLuthor
Half of the audience clapped when it was over. Critics might hate it, but in my little corner of the world the people who saw it really liked it, including me. This was a superhero movie that explored what if this was all real way beyond what any other superhero flick has done. I'll start with the cons:
(1) This was a bit of a Crazy Quilt of really cool scenes and good ideas that didn't get sewn together just perfectly. There needed to be some cuts (get rid of the Holly Hunter subplot for instance... she could have been a nameless, faceless Senator) and more transition added in its place (like having Luthor make it clear to someone he was setting Superman up).
(2) Holy dream sequences, Batman. Audiences are ok if you do that once, but 3 times is just too much and confusing. A couple of those should have been cut.
(3) Which leads me to no post-credit scenes. The JL Easter Eggs and the Parademon dream should have been post-credit scenes.
(4) Jesse Eisenberg was miscast. I get they were trying to make him like Elon Musk with a lot of crazy...but IMHO Luthor needed more gravitas.
Positives:
(1) The way Snyder shows superhero physics is amazing. The movie looked incredible, the CGI looked incredible and the choreography was great. It was like living in a comic book
(2) Affleck as Batman. I think that film gets fast-tracked. He was the best Batman to date IMHO. Cavill, Gadot, Irons, Fishbone, Adams were all solid - pretty good acting throughout
(3) Awesome introduction to Wonder Woman. That movie is going to be huge
(4) Realism - this movie cuts to the core of what if this all was real
All in all, so much better than I was expecting after reading the doom and gloom. Walking into the theatre I was pretty convinced that Snyder would be done on these properties. Now I think that would be a shame. However, he HAS to get a screenwriter who will reign in the sub-plots and tell a flowing, cohesive story