Ok I posted my non spoiler review in the other threads.
The things I was mislead on:
Batman's killing. First off atleast one person said he did the branding with intention to kill, or atleast made it seem that way. Ya'll were lying or not understanding. It's the first time it's he's seen the result of it, Aflred makes a comment about Bruce turning cruel. Batman seems mostly apathetic about it, but it's not like he was actively aware of it killing criminals already, or it didn't give that confirmation.
Yes he did kill, on purpose. It wasn't execution style. It was mostly a part of his fighting style. It sucks, I can only assume he started doing it after the Joker was in jail (assumedly after he killed Jason Todd). We don't really know. at this point. It's kind of goofy because he IS aiming at their tires but for whatever reason that makes the car explode.
Here is what we do know. Batman is inspired by Superman ("there are good men"), it's fairly obvious at the end when Batman chooses not to brand Lex that he's given up on his killing spree. A central theme in this movie was Batman's cynicism. He believes the world is such shit (you can hear it in his speech to Clark about what's he's learned about the world) that no men are good, at the least one with so much power. That was part of Lex's primary motivation as well, he didn't want to acknowledge there was a god that was both powerful and good, which is what Superman was. He wanted to force Superman to kill, to prove that he wasn't good.
The movie is humorless. Maybe in the format you're accustomed to, but there were a few jokes/gags. Granny's Tea was one of them, Bruce/Aflred's exchanges, Gadot's dialogue, there were a few more like Perry as well, but it's far from humorless. There was atleast 5 different occasions where the audience laughed, at least at my screening.
No hope! Ok I'm not going to lie, there are some powerful, dark scenes in the movie, namely the bombing. But it felt like the central theme being pounded into our head was "the world is shit", up until WW I would say the movie is dark. Which she comes in, the movie starts making plays. In what should be the darkest scene with Superman dying is one of the lightest. Showing his sacrifice shows that there are Good Men in the world, there is hope. The reaction to his death pulled a few heart strings for me. The audience was legit surprised. I think the movie ended on a much more positive note with Batman refusing to kill Luthor and a more positive outlook on life. I know some kids were so happy (going by their squeals) to see the dirt move at the end, it was adorable.
The things I don't like:
The knightmare scene. It's a cool stand alone sequence, but in the context of the movie it just screws up patience. Ghost Barry is also dumb, I hate ezra miller's weird mustache. It was dumb, they should have disregarded Flash's part and just left the knightmare sequence as an end credit treat.
Pa's speech. There's nothing wrong with the speech itself, just there's very little reason for Superman to be hallucinating an imaginary chat with his father. Why not just extend Martha's scene and have her relay the story? Dumb.
Lots of little scenes with important plot elements. The plot was fine, just a little too much too quick, I can see how it would be easy to get lost if not paying attention for even 30 seconds.
Luthor is just a little too dramatic. I like Eisenberg's performance. I like that he's kind of socially inept nerd. It's a fresh take, I'd like to see the character transform into a buffer, more confident Lex after he leaves prison. He builds up a stronger facade. Less allusions would be helpful as well.
The first 90 minutes is a little dry. I can't help but feel another action scene would have been nice. Maybe it's just the bad taste the knightmare scene left in my mouth.
Oh he broke the camera with the trident.
Such edge.
Not as edgy as most of these one line comments you've been throwing around.
