I saw JL last night.
Now while lots of criticism could be had at the movie, I actually enjoyed it. I did go in know full well what all the flaws were, but I was determined to either "laugh with them, or laugh at them, but I'm laughing either way" and I laughed WITH them and AT on this one. A lot of the things people were nitpicking just weren't that noticeable in the flow of the movie. there were some funny parts, and couple of cool scenes, including some straight fan service that were kinda cool, even if one in particular didn't make much sense in the flow of things
(Superman catching up to The Flash for that road race in Russia after The Flash had already been running for a while and Supes was just a second ago doing something else). There was also some noticeable CG issues but I don't feel most of it took you out of the movie too much...
Supes lip, Steppenwolf, CG background of everything, Aquaman's surfing the demon thing down the building but hopping out full size over a tiny fence (WTF?), Steppenwolf... did I say that already!? and maybe a few editing errors....
Aquaman wasn't bad. That Dudebro attitude you see in the trailers is in the movie, but he was pretty cool I guess. Mera was also damn hot.
The Flash really wasn't as annoying as you thought he would be based on the trailers. His quirkiness fit the character in the context of the movie. He was actually kinda funny.
Cyborg wasn't nearly as energetic as you're used to seeing him on the Titans, but he was cool. I had no issue with him here. I could see him really lightening up in a future sequel. The scene posted in the other thread apparently had the CG fixed for the US release, as it no longer looked like a Snapchat filter. But I"m really glad they fixed his appearance in the movie at the very end.
Wonder Woman was fine. You can tell it was a Snyder production (vs a Patty Jenkins one) from the gratuitous butt shots and short Amazonian skirts, not to mention the over use of slow-mo to speed up action, but she had a few cool scenes.
Batman was ok. We finally got a bit of prep time Batman, and contingency plan Batman, but he wasn't fully prepared for everything, and not quite the Worlds Best Detective Batman either. Those are things I'm sure we'll see in the solo movie... assuming that ever happens.
Superman was alright. He wasn't in much of the movie till near the very end, but he was rightfully more powerful than everyone and they made sure you knew from the moment they brought him back. I LMAO at the "I see you" scene vs The Flash when he was fighting everyone.
Although his stache erase in the beginning was very noticeable.... Steppenwolf was like a videogame character since he was all CG, but really, I feel like this only bothers you if you are looking for things to hate. It wasn't that off putting considering most scenes he was in was all CG anyway. LOL
Now I certainly had a few issues with the movie, and noticed lots of the things pointed out, but nothing that would make me hate the movie. Now when I walked out of BvS after it was done, I was actually pissed off that I had to sit through that mess, and I don't know exactly every addition that Joss Whedon made, but I feel like if he hadn't stepped in and reshot about 20% of the character moments in this film... I might not have liked it as much as I did. It was actually a fun movie.
It wasn't on Thor: Ragnarok level of fun and funny, but it was certainly on that WW tier of enjoyable. I had a few LOL moments, and there were a few intense scenes, but honestly, anyone railing against this movie either hasn't seen it, just went in wanting to hate it, or was purposely trying to be overly critical of it and came out thinking it was cool to see who could dis it harder.
Not saying a lot of that criticism isn't justified, but as a general audience, we either aren't gonna notice lots of the things pointed out in a first viewing, or not gonna care even if we noticed it on a first viewing. (there were a few off putting CG scenes though.....)
I was also heavily drinking when I saw this so I may be more forgiving than some : : tl;dr
it really wasn't bad. I quite enjoyed it, and even though I wouldn't push anyone to go see it, I surely wouldn't dissuade them from seeing it either. It was FAR better than that mess BvS and SS.
pre-post edit: haha as I'm typing this out, I'm going back an editing in things I remember laughing AT about the movie, so excuse me if this post ends up a mess. lol
still tl: still dr
6.5/10 - Not as bad as all the critics make it out to be. actually pretty enjoyable movie.