Great idea for a thread! I enjoyed the film a lot and I'm tired of all that hate and bashing this film gets.
There's really a lot of things I liked.
As I've said before, I just think a lot of scenes there were actually really iconic, both visually and meaning-wise.
Superman descending before the senate. The woman rising her hand towards Superman floating in the air with Sun in his back. All the people touching Superman after he saves the girl. Fantastic moments!
And I have to say, I really like Superman being conflicted. Not saying he should not have some brighter moments or anything, but I love how he searches for answers to how he should act in this world! IT IS GREAT!
And I loved this search is presented through action and non-action scenes.
I loved Superman hearing what Alfred calls to the Bruce, acting like nothing's happening while knowing everything.
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I loved the scariness of Batman. The first scene with him, when he's under the ceiling, he was scary as hell!!! And his ferocity when he fights, man, his fights were truly awesome!
I loved how he was portrayed while fighting Doomsday. He used all his usual tactics, like grapple gun, just to save his life and get to more safe place, to appear later out of the dark with kryptonite shell in his gun! Loved that!
I liked that Batman was craftsman, detective, crime-fighter, all those stuff from the comics.
And I really liked that Snyder was not shy and showed that creepy post-nuke Superman. It was really shocking to see Superman like that in contrast with so handsome Cavill!
I liked those moments, where Bats started to feel, he got Superman, that he now fights equal, he can now beat him, and those moments when Supes started taking his power back.
t: I really liked how the fight was constructed. And how was Bruce enjoying breaking columns with Superman on the rope!
I loved that Doomsday was really what he's supposed to be. Something deadly even to Superman. Not just enemy to bash, he really was a weapon to destroy Superman, even story-wise.
Bruce and Diana had such a great chemistry! And Wonder Woman was splendid, Gal did not disappoint.
And Lois and Supes too. The moment he flies to battle Batman and things he says, really emotional...
Lex as a character and Jesse as Lex, just phenomenal! Maybe the best villain after Heaths' Joker...
The skyscraper scene with Lex, Lois and Superman was fabulous!
The senate scene, of course!
I liked the dialogues in this film a lot too. Meaningful, interesting, revealing inner life of the characters.
Actors were excellent (despite the Batfleck, Jesse as Lex and Gal as WW scepticism, they were all fantastic), even the support. Fishburne, Lane, Hunter, Irons, etc...
I can't wait to see the rest of JL in action. Scene with Flash buying milk was so hilarious.
Despite the criticism I thought the script was fantastic. To me, it felt like a comics, with good pacing and it felt like it connects all the things together nicely. I really did not have problems understanding continuity or anything.
I liked that Knightmare stuff is something vague, something to be explored in future films.
Visually and design-wise, just sensational.
And the soundtrack, man, that Wonder Woman theme! To be honest, I was so pleasantly shocked by what they did with it. I was expecting something totally different, but what Hans and Tom have done, although very unconventional, worked amazingly well! I love that theme!
Batman theme is brooding and Superman's theme from Man of Steel is pure gold. Lex's theme was sooo good too, mad and crazy yet presice.
Well, as you can see, I really loved the film. I don't understand majority of the criticism. I went to see it without reading any of reviews and I enjoyed it a huge deal!
