Ok.
Let's jump in shall we.
This movie was a garbled mess, and misses a key opportunity to correct a major issue with Man of Steel and instead doubles down on the stupidity.
I can abide plot holes and continuity errors, what I can't abide is just poor decision making in terms of scene construction and artistic choices.
Sure I could attack this movie on the plot inconsistencies, lack of plot or character development and the rather bizarre character of Lex Luthor but ultimately this movie didn't work because at its core it was corporate diarrhea.
The only thing I actually want to address because it is so destructive to these movies (and movies in general nowadays) is the use gratuitous amounts of destruction.
Man of Steels end battle was ultimately boring, the guys threw each other through so many buildings and layers of concrete I eventually started falling asleep.
There was a unique opportunity they introduced in which they addressed this wanton destruction, only to not only double down but extend this stupidity.
The end fight scene ends up going on for so long, is so repetitive and uninteresting that I actually started laughing this time, I just couldn't believe that they thought a fight scene like this was a good idea after the absolutely pathetic battle between Batman and Superman that amounted to nothing.
Filmmakers need to understand that scenes that involve alot of destruction need to have weight, they need to have grit, they need to be grounded, if you push it too far you break the suspension of disbelief and you end up just making the whole thing boring.
I don't need to reference Batman Vs. Superman to illustrate this point, here's a real clear cut example:
Independence day... Times Up:
Compare that much more grounded and engaging scene that focuses on characters, even if brief extras, in a very difficult and more believable situation, to this ****ing nonsense from 0:33:
That is the Burj Khalifa crashing into London :roll:
You can't just put splodey crap all over the screen and expect us to be STUNNED!
In the same way, if you're going to construct a scene where two characters endlessly throw eachother around like ragdolls through entire cities worth of concerete and it doesn't effect them whatsoever, you have made a massive, fundamental, creative mistake that completely ****s up your movie.
