Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice - Doesn't deliver all it promised. But requires patience.

After taking Superman to his origins with MoS director Snyder and writer David Ayer begins DoJ from where MoS ended with Chris Nolan reduced to a much meagre role of Exec. Producer after co-writing MoS. The lack of a big name (and brain) lets you down only till the end of title credits as Ayer and Snyder take us through one of the most riveting Superhero movies recently. 

The plate is full with The Dark Knight (Ben Affleck), Man of Steel (again the Gillette Shaved and Brylcream-ed Henry Cavill) and the Wonder Woman and we are hooked right from scene one where we see Bruce Wayne alerting his office to evacuate after seeing Kryptonites take over earth and Superman is introduced to mankind. Their tussle starts from there and goes on to one of the brilliantly played out Superhero confrontations, both the initial and the final (the dialogues here are gonna be etched out for quite some time), culminating with a long drawn out climax (and I don't mean in a negative sense) that will either leave you wanting for more or will make you feel exhaustive and bored. There are a few blips but that is for later.

For long DC Comics has struggled to produce equally famous franchises compared to Marvel, leaving aside Batman (albeit the brain behind its success was Chris Nolan). A bland Watchmen led to series of successful  Superheroes getting reduced to TV series (Arrow, The Flash etc). In between came MoS that made people sit up and take notice Superman seriously, again credit to Nolan for the brilliant screenplay and though the movie was a big let down on several counts it made a mark and finally we got a Superman sans the red brief. DoJ is perhaps, may be finally, DC's answer to Marvel's domination on the Superhero circuit. The biggest plus being a layer by layer unrushed writing that lets you soak up the movie through the first 40 mins and then keeps delivering knockout punches one by one, a quality which Marvel has failed abysmally to extend over its franchises (apart from Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 1, Captain America 1 and more recently, Deadpool)

Casting is important in comic book adaptations. Snyder and co have managed to pull off a casting heist of sorts with Ben Affleck as Batman. Widely criticized during the reveal, Affleck slips into Bale's enormously big shoes with ease initially and makes the Bat Suit his own. However, this change and the screen filled with subplots and more superheroes leads to an identity crisis for the Batman. Between establishing Affleck as Batman and rebooting Batman himself, the character of Batman is lost and is reduced to a mere fighting machine. Massive changes from Nolan era, notably Alfred  Pennyworth, a rather disappointing Bat Mobile and a lot of CGI. Bad CGI. The movie that was in making for 2 years doesn't seem to have someone telling at some point of time what in the name of graphics they did. Henry Cavill does what he did best in MoS. Body. Kudos to him for beefing up for MoS, toning down for U.N.C.L.E. and back to Superman in DoJ. Amy Adams pops up during crucial periods for love and necessity and for being Lois Lane. She seems to have more role in future  Movie has strong base drawing up parallels between the history and loss of both protagonists and lining them up for cause and effect at the climax. With such cast we are spoilt for choice and then comes Jessee Eisenberg. He gets the best lines and how we longed for a mortal villain in comic books spin offs. And villainy we get. Bad ass villainy that brings Superman on his knees, the scene is one to remember.

Hans Zimmer needs no introduction. Junkie XL made a visually brilliant Fury Road even more ridiculously awesome with Techno sounds that will be spoken for years to come. And they both join hands here. The result: foot tapping and addictive BGM score, inspired more from Zimmers earlier scores from TDK series and MoS. Listen closely for Wonder Woman's intro.

DoJ has  already received lot of flak among critic. Don't mind the critics, for this franchise that has shown promise needs patience from its audience to let itself play out. Watch the colossal battle unwind in DoJ. There's nothing so bad in the movie that will disappoint you big time.