I will sit through Rose Red in tv which is 6 hours long this movie was 2.5 hours and it was on dvr so I could fast forward through the commercials and still barely made through in one sitting. It has some some interesting philosophies built into it. That being said I feel like the Batman universe (not one movie, or show or comic but the entire Batman collection) already kinda did this. There were points that reminded me of Klarion which ain't technically Batman but my first introduction to him was Batman th animated serious from the 90s. There were points that reminded me of Darkseid which is technically Superman based but shows up a lot with Justice League, Young Justice and Titans (Teen Titans) which are Batman formed groups. Some even reminded me of Ray's Al Ghul, which is solely Batman universe. There was a scene that seemed reminiscent of the "Luke I am your father" scene. It felt like it stole aspects from different existing story lines and groups of storylines. Despite feeling I unoriginal it felt without the cgi it was nothing. The opening scene was over the top cgi to draw you in and honestly my reaction was if you're going to green screen the whole movie I don't want to watch it. I am not saying the acting was bad merely that they did not rely enough on the acting to make it worth much. Certain aspects of the storyline felt rushed because they cut dialog and character development to add cgi action scenes. I watched other Disney Marvel movies and stopped because I felt they were shallow in terms of characters, character development and storyline, the only reason I watched this is because I heard it was different and more of what I wanted in terms of complexity. Honestly maybe a bit but in the end I felt it still favored special effects over the characters and storyline. In the end I don't care about the characters or what happens next in the story and that's where it failed - I don't want to see the sequel because I don't care.