Batman V Superman: 13 Biggest Blunders Zack Snyder Makes That Completely Ruin It

9. It Can't Craft An Ensemble

Between a villain, two main heroes, a side heroine and a handful of key supporting characters, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice has an ensemble that just about rivals The Avengers in terms of size. And, all the seeding of future projects and "first time ever on screen" hype aside, it's the handling of the cast that hammers home just how much weaker than Joss Whedon's Marvel parallel this is.

There are three main character threads - Bruce, Lex and Clark - that are cut between in the first hour or so, but they each progress seemingly at random meaning that while there's balance, there's no coherence. Playing any plot by itself would reveal a jagged narrative with logic leaps and assumptions galore, while the key moments of interaction are messy. Bruce and Clark meet at a party, giving a chance for a verbal sparring match, but there's so much else going on with the characters that it doesn't gel, while the first encounter between the duo in their costumes comes out of nowhere and is over before the impact of what's going on can sink in.

Everything feels disconnected, like two or three different movies have been edited alongside each other; Wonder Woman is in the background of all this and her scenes not interacting with Bruce Wayne could happen just about any time. Justice League has a lot of issues to fix, but this is the biggest.