Public apology for BvS delivers a plain superhero multi-origin story

Rating: 6/10 (18 November 2017)

It's like they wanted to apologize for all the things that were attacked in Batman vs Superman - too long of a movie, too much short & jumping-around scenes, too dark of a tone, too little Wonder Woman, superheroes fighting each other instead of super-villains... FWIW, I never thought these things needed an apology. It was a different take on the superhero movie. Sure, it didn't work out very well, but, it was at least interesting.
JL is not very interesting. It comes down to a multi-origin story for the 3 new superheroes, an extended Superman cameo and a very shallow continuation of Batman and WW story. It has quite a bit of humor, but it comes down to one-liners and short gags. There's only one or two exceptions, like the Aquaman monologue near the end. All the origin stories are simple and not interesting.
The forced shift from Batman to WW also does not work. This should be a Batman-centric story, he's using all he's got (or has left) to bring this team together, facing his mid-life crisis of sorts. Forcing WW as his "founding partner", because: feminism, doesn't work. Also, Batman- WW dynamic is weird. There are hints of him liking her, and hints of her soft spot for heroic men, yet it's very shallow and doesn't play well with other parts where it's more of a big brother - little sister kind of dynamic.
Add to the fact that Gal Gadot still doesn't fit that silly costume very well (can we have her back in the dress from BvS, please) and she's wearing it, like, all the time, the fact that all you need to revive Superman is a lot of voltage and that there's no obvious benefit from the League teaming up against Steppenwolf (why don't just let Superman deal with him), and you've got a story that feels pointless and aimless. About the only thing that would make sense is that it's setting up a DC Universe in which Batman will step back to just provide the money, WW would lead and everybody else better listen. But, we already have the WW movies for this kind of feminism/misandry trips.
And, yeah... don't listen to some silly comments about this movie. Very few Amazonians have bare midriffs, most wear full armor. Then they are surprised by Steppenwolf and go into battle as-is. So, they don't _choose_ to go to battle w/bare midriffs. Also, come on, this is all silly and make-believe, there's nothing real about Amazonians and thus there's nothing real about their armor or combat tactics. Not to mention that they're in Greece, so, you either go w/bare midriff or a lot of sweating.
A few brights spots are Amy Adam's performance and the plethora of Flash jokes and gags. Everything else is pretty plain.
Having said all that, as a way to pass the time with a few good jokes and simple story about some well-known superheroes, it's OK.