A lot of people have started to see this film today. I watched it this morning and enjoyed it very much despite some mis-handling in the story and lost opportunities.
My condensed thoughts from the other thread:
That was my favorite superhero movie since the first Iron Man. Bad logic? Leaps and bounds. Snyder's lame filming style? Definitely. Powerful moments that kept reminding me of the past 20 years of Superman and Batman comics? Tons! It was just full of powerful moments and I loved that. I've also finally been able to appreciate Zimmer's Superman theme. I really disliked it in MoS but it is very poignant in this one. Batman's music feels a little Burton era esque but you hardly hear it. Wonder Woman gets some crazy electric guitar thing which I thought wouldn't make sense but it fits the Amazonian fierceness.
Comic book characters are really about a sense of aesthetics, style, themes, and powerful imagery. A lot of comic book films and TV shows don't have those moments. This film does for me, and Batman finally appears as I've always thought he should on the screen. Cavill finally starts living up to Chris Reeve's legacy. Wonder Woman was also well done. Some parts of it made me feel a little like it was an Alex Ross comic.
I think this film represented the characters much better than I expected. Batman is definitely a little older and I excused his behavior as simply being weathered and a little more psychopathic. You all saw in the trailer that this is post "Jason Todd" if you know what I mean. He even has a line where he says something to the effect of good guys don't stay that way forever and he's plagued with lunatic nightmares throughout...one of which actually feels like a DC "Crisis on Infinite Earths" style comic plot.
The plot and leaps of logic may not make sense at times but the dialogue is fast paced and sharp and doesn't linger long enough to be bad. I sense there was a missed opportunity to have the Batman vs Superman fight be actually be about something...something substantial; ideological, about their ideas of what justice should be, etc... but it turns into Batman going mad from all the carnage in the previous year and losing the control he's fought so hard to get his entire life - and Superman fighting because of damsel/family in distress syndrome.
One thing I didn't figure out from my viewing:
Thoughts on what's coming next?