I am actually super hyped for the film. And I have no problem with Batman as we've seen him so far. He's on a mission to straight up murder Superman at the risk of his own life, putting his money where his mouth is. That's fine. It's moving forward after that which I am concerned given the way Batman's been written when interacting with the other DC heroes. Far too many instances of Batman being written as a *****ebag for my tastes, as well as far too many instances of contrivances to make him look goo while undermining the other DC heroes. To get the most out of these films WB has to be in the DC Super Hero business, not just The Batman business, other wise they may just close down the other productions and just do a Batfleck trilogy.
I agree that Batman is the crutch for WB mainly because of how successful he's been. I'm not too opposed to the idea that Batman is the cynic of the Justice League. He doesn't trust. That's his biggest problem. But, he still continues to be a team player. The characters around him, if done right, will change him.
With that aside, I never wanted the interlocking universe for these characters in the first place because no matter how much detail homework Snyder or whoever writes or directs Batman in any medium, the idea that Batman stands on equal footing with the rest of the Justice League has never worked for me. I like the fact that the DC characters are in their own separate universes away from others. From my limited experience with reading comics and research of opinions on the matter, it seems that most feel the same way.
And even with that caveat, there's no deny that I wanted to at least see the Trinity on screen at least once together, no matter how much they have to bend believably to do it. BATMAN v SUPERMAN might be our only shot at this so I'm going in hopeful that everything works because I think the set up of MAN OF STEEL (an alien invasion film that really emphasis the "alien" of Superman) is the perfect set for this type of story to be told.
I'll be frank, I care two craps about the JUSTICE LEAGUE films.
This is the one. If Snyder makes this film work to my satisfaction, minus the WONDER WOMAN film, I'm done with this genre.
I've gotten my fantastic Batman series (and two other great live action Batman films and an animated Batman trilogy to boot)
I've gotten my fantastic Superman movie
I've gotten my fantastic Spider-Man movie
A Trinity movie is the cherry. Depending on how Snyder ends this film (and I'm cross my damn fingers that this film, like BATMAN BEGINS and like MAN OF STEEL, has a true ending), the genre can go the way of the Western after March 25th for all I care.
I just don't think there's too many more interesting stories left to tell in this genre. Thanks to Marvel mostly, they've exhausted all avenues. And Hollywood looks even sillier by trying to copy them with all of these other franchises.