This commits the same sin as Iron Man 2 and Star Wars 1: for some reason the film-makers think we want to see congressional hearings and lots of talk, talk, talk. It's at least 45 minutes longer than it needs to be thanks to ponderous conversations and slow motion shots accompanied by swelling orchestral soundtracks. The Superman = God metaphor is belaboured and the plot has far too many "What the?" moments.
I saw this with my wife (who loved Man of Steel) and she was looking at her watch throughout. I couldn't blame her. The worst sin is that we really didn't care about the characters. *SPOILERS* I should not be thinking "Lex Luthor has a point." Batman and Superman are dangerous. Batman straight up murders people. With guns! He must have gotten over childhood trauma as his trademark code against killing is nowhere in evidence. I thought, okay, that was just a dream sequence, but they he later pulls out the heavy artillery and kills goons with their own weaponry. Why doesn't he just carry a sidearm? The prophetic dreams are obvious tie-ins to a sequel as well as clues here and there (a giant Omega symbol on the ground alluding to Darkseid for example), but there is no point setting up a sequel unless the current movie inspires viewers to see it.
I saw this with my wife (who loved Man of Steel) and she was looking at her watch throughout. I couldn't blame her. The worst sin is that we really didn't care about the characters. *SPOILERS* I should not be thinking "Lex Luthor has a point." Batman and Superman are dangerous. Batman straight up murders people. With guns! He must have gotten over childhood trauma as his trademark code against killing is nowhere in evidence. I thought, okay, that was just a dream sequence, but they he later pulls out the heavy artillery and kills goons with their own weaponry. Why doesn't he just carry a sidearm? The prophetic dreams are obvious tie-ins to a sequel as well as clues here and there (a giant Omega symbol on the ground alluding to Darkseid for example), but there is no point setting up a sequel unless the current movie inspires viewers to see it.