A mess but not as bad as people make it out to be

Rating: 6/10 (8 January 2017)

This movie is a mess. It had a troubled production. Scenes have been cut and re-cut and then re-cut again. The story structure is not great and the exposition is nauseatingly blunt. The movie just writes parts of the story on the screen and then characters occasionally just explain what's happening or who someone is.
And it is insultingly dumb, in every meaning of this word. I do not even know where best to begin. The movie is about a gang of people, most of whom don't have superpowers, fighting an incredible magic evil, but the movie also establishes that superman exists, so that makes no sense. The movie shows a bunch of pillars get destroyed in a subway but in one of the following scenes the same columns are only damaged. People will constantly blurt out unnecessary exposition or explanations, as if this movie was for mentally disabled. A screen in a government control room at one point shows the destruction of satellites and remote facilities from perfect angles, as if there are cameramen at each location filming at just the right moment.
However, the actors all do a good job, including the ones you wouldn't think were good actors. The strange look of the new Joker doesn't work for The Joker, just like everyone thought it wouldn't, but it does fit this specific character in this specific movie. The story, although simple and poorly put together, does make some basic sense. The movie looks cool.
It is essentially a dumb super-hero movie with style. It is harmless enough to run at an evening party.