Keeping in mind that this film has obviously gutted many of the bells and whistles that make reading a Rowling work such a pleasure for millions, as a movie — viewing it solely as
a standalone cinematic work, rather than a mere adaptation — it's probably the most successful of the series thus far.
As in Iron Man 2, there's a sense that Dawn of Justice (as that subtitle implies) is a bridging device, a platform to launch a bigger
cinematic universe, and as such it might
work better when viewed as part of a 10 - film collection than it does as a
standalone.