BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE is pretty good… until the end. Snyder has actually almost fixed his characterization mistakes with Superman, and this version seems to have grown into the role pretty well. This is perhaps the best Batman to ever appear on screen; very true to the comics. Wonder Woman is great, but underused.

Jesse Eisenberg plays a weird Joker/Riddler type character that is called Lex Luthor. This is a horrible mistake, the character is nothing like in the comics. He’s twitchy and psychotic, rather than cold and sociopathic. It’s a good character, but it’s the wrong character.

The ending just about ruins it all. It’s dramatic, and it’s emotional, but it doesn’t feel earned. The fact that Doomsday looks as fake as he did in that one trailer doesn’t help. The ending seems to try to adapt (or cram) a certain comic story arc (that I won’t spoil here) into just a few minutes, and it doesn’t feel earned. I wish that story was left for later in this movieverse; especially since the next film will likely undo it immediately.

Weird choices were made that hurt the movie, but I don’t hate it like many of the critics seem to.

C+

EDIT: Been thinking about this movie a lot, and the more I think, the more some things irk me. Grade may fall.

Still better than MoS by far.