Unsurprisingly dull

Rating: 5/10 (12 May 2019)

I don't know what it is about the DCEU, while they seem like they're on an upturn with a couple of the recent movies for the most part they're just that interesting. Of course all the issues that came with this production pretty much means that nothing good could really come of it.
Two directors, massive re-shoots that changed the plot halfway through. lousy special effects and a bloated budget pretty much meant that this would never make a profit.
Supposedly Zack Snyder was fired from the production halfway through and they brought in Joss Wheadon to continue. But that's just creating a mosaic of different styles and tones. You can tell where the Joss Wheadon bits are and where the Zack Snyder bits are. The tone is completely different which makes the movie feel disjointed and trying to tell two stories.
The FX ranged from good to absolutely terrible. Superman's upper lip? It looked awful considering they had to digitally remove his mustache. Now you'd figure a big FX company could do it but it made it look all weird. The worst part about it is that some amateurs on youtube actually managed to do it and make it look more natural. The main bad guy Steppenwolf? He looked like a cartoon. And I'm sorry but the Flash when he ran looked derpy as all hell. When the show on the CW actually does a better job of this you know your FX are messed up.
The characters ranged from good to bad. Henry Cavill as Superman is good. Gal Godot as Wonder Woman really works. Jason Momoa as Aquaman shows that he can be a badass character even if he's more dude bro than King of the Sea. And the new guy as Cyborg? Not bad. I'd like to see more of what he can do. But Affleck as Batman? I don't get it. He does a good Bruce Wayne which is one half of the character but as the dark knight he just feels wrong. And then there's the elephant in the room namely the guy that plays the Flash. What happened? They turned a light hearted character into a Jewish guy with Aspergers or something. But the running and the derpy look on his face I just couldn't take him seriously in the role.
And honestly they're trying to tell too much story all at once. While Marvel took their time to introduce all these characters DC just rushed the whole thing in a vain attempt to catch up. And that's all they've been doing is playing catch up ever since they started.
Supposedly there's a Zack Snyder workprint out there that I'd really like to see to see if it's an improvement over what we got. But I doubt it will ever see the light of day.
Hopefully DC has learned from their mistakes and will start pumping out the hits but I feel it's a little too late. We're nearing peak super hero saturation now. It won't be very long before people are just sick of it. With luck DC will make a couple more good movies before that happens.