First off I went in forgetting about everything I might of read about the critics and had a fresh head,
I came out the cinema about 4 hours ago and had a lot to think about since leaving
There was a lot I liked but also a lot that f*cked me off
I thought the film started great, loved the introduction to batman (he looked scary in the corner of the ceiling when the officer is in front of him)
And I loved seeing the other side to the end of man of steel through Wayne's eyes, can really understand why batman sees him as a huge threat even if it's 1% as he says and on how hellbent he is on killing him.
I thought irons was great as Alfred. Very different to what we are used to. Loved that.
Glad Costner got a little scene too
I loved that batman was angrier than normal, and although a lot will disagree and usually i don't like the idea but batman actually killing people was quality for me whether it was a grenade, neck snap, bullet and other things but only because of his anger and rage since the superman incident at the end of man of steel and he's older now and why not after 20 years lol
I see it as enough is enough
I really enjoyed the scene at Lex's party with superman knowing straight away who batman is and the introduction of wonder woman.
I thought gal was good and I preferred her as Diana but not so much wonder woman (she looked f*cking hot though
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I enjoyed lex at times, sometimes not so much but i serioulsy can't understand the confusion people had with him being Lex's son. (I don't mean on here I mean people complaining about Jesse outside of this website). Now granted I opened a spoiler by accident and read it but I actully forgot about that earlier and he mentions it twice when you first meet him. So I'm confused why people didn't pick up on that lol
Superman was one of my biggest issues, I really enjoyed man of steel but something wasn't right about him in this. I know batman is a bit more central to the story and focus in this film and as a welcome to the new universe I liked that, but superman was different and I don't mean character development (he's screaming about Martha when batman has his size 14s in his neck was the worst acting ever)
I also thought some of the CGI was really bad in this especially doomsday. He really looked shite. Like an Orc in the first process of visual effects.
Also some the fighting with superman was dodgy and too quick plus where most of this was at night it made it harder to see, man of steel had a lot of day time scenes and looked a lot better and clearer and still managed to keep it moody and darker in a way.
The scene where he saves lois from being pushed looked so bad and then some dodgy birds eye view
Also darkseids flying minions in the knightmare are looked so shabby
Now I love the tone of the film and it being dark in that sense but the films visuals were far too dark. Maybe it was my cinema screen but it made some of the fights hard to see what was going on.
The knightmare, I liked the scenes (apart from the flying things) especially when angry superman turns up and just burns through the rebels but I hated the fact batman is pretty mush having a preminition or vision. That makes O sense to me and is stupid. Why do that.
I'd prefered if it was literally a messed up dream. But considering lex at the end says he's coming and has learned about other alien planets and species we know it's a preminition.
I did like the time travel bit with flash, very different for a batman film but why directly after the preminition?
Does that mean the future justice league are tapping into Bruce's subconscious or purely coincidental timing?
Also he warns batman that lois is the key and basically assemble a team
Was Lois the key at the end when batman is about to kill superman becasue she turns up and explains who Martha is stopping batman killing him and understanding they are fighting the same cause or is this for another film in the future?
That lost me
Wasn't sure if that's why he backed off because he's listening to his vision what flash said and listend to her about his mum.
Also find it hilarious both their mums are Martha! I didn't know that, I actually laughed out loud lol
And then all of a sudden batmans his mate lol happend so quickly!
Silly
I get batman is a little psychotic and thought I have a chance to save a Martha but that was funny.
But I do like that batman is darker and more broody,
I know it's a vision but I loved the fact batman was actully shooting people, that never happens and it was like well I'm here, there's a lot of you, the end of the world is near and im angry, **** it your getting shot lol brilliant
And then whacking them over the head with the gun.
His fighting was awesome
Even out of the vision he was killing people, superman killed zod so I like they have both killed.
Also batman branding people was quality lol
The best fight was when he's rescuing supes ma. That was awesome (although when he throws that box with his grapple it was a it strange)
I think this is the best film for batmans gadgets. They were awesome. He definatly liked guns in this one, a sniper esque gun for the tracking dart and a grenade launcher esque kryptonite blaster. Very cool
His suits were cool too but I think I prefer the Nolan suits. Not sure yet
I liked his batmobile but it seemed extremely strong, hated the scene when he's coming back from supes stoping him and he uses the road to dive into the bat cave. Another example of dodgy CGI
I did love the batwing though.
Also love batmans traps for superman at the end. Love how he was happy with the sound wave one
The little smirk was awesome but I also loved the fear in him a few minutes after when the kryptonite has worn off and he steps back kind of cowering from him. Never seen that side of batman (maybe a little in the bane fight in rises) also same with superman when he was weak.
I thought Aquaman looked ridiculous but the flash scene was cool. But the cyborg one stole the show. Out the 3,
Cool that the photo includes the cast of the wonder woman film too
I didn't like the whole bit how lex made doomsday, I thought the final fight was cr*p, hard to see and rushed. That annoyed me
Also the only way to save his mum is to kill batman? He's superman I thought he can hear stuff? I know lex didn't know where she was but none of that made sense to me!
But I really hated that superman dies even though he hasn't. That p*seed me off for some reason and I agree with you
@tridon about Zacks reasons for it. It's lazy. Plus how is he not going to be there when batman goes looking, it's going to take a while to find everyone and convince them anyway and he wakes up pretty much as everyone's waking away lol don't get it
Oh
@Flash (and noodles when you finally watch it) I actually thought the death scene was going to be supes mum or lois, not actually him. Glad I didn't continue reading lol
Oh and why is metropolis so close to Gotham? That bit where you can see the Batlight, I thought they was far away, it looked cool but again didn't make sense.
That deleted scene
@thewoe was 44 seconds, why couldn't they just keep it in?!? Lol
I get lex knows about everything about other aliens/ planets and he asked for that but why cut that out.
There's more but I've forgotten lol
I did really like affleck as batman and Bruce Wayne though, he's my favourite Bruce Wayne but I can't choose out of him or bale as batman (especially bale from batman begins)
I'm looking more forward to the uncut now and I'll just wait and watch that
Sorry on how long that is but I'm being honest, half of it was really awesome and half was very bad. It's a hard one and that don't make a great film all the way through but it definately needs a second watch. Plus it is a lot to take in