Not bad

Rating: 2/10 (13 June 2017)

(actually 6/10 just compensating for the way too high ratings)
I saw it today and overall it was pretty good, it wasn't a bad movie but wasn't the best. Zack Snyder's mark of bad dialogue and overall skill of making movies worse in general was clear.
Like most of DC's movies now, there is a lot of scenes and situations that don't make much sense. The most memorable for me was in the tower at the end where she is facing Ares. She reaches for Godkiller but it's not there, she left it impaling Luddendorf, making the viewer think this will create conflict. Then it cuts to a scene with Chris Pine, then back to WW jumping down now with Godkiller. So Ares just stood there and let her jump up and get her weapon?
A similar thing happened when she was fighting Ares on the runway, and Chris Pine came over and talked to her. Ares was just chilling there letting her talk?
Another annoying thing was the slow-mo. This effect can be used to good effect to let the viewer see an amazing movement that would be missed in normal speed. However, there is no point in using it on every.single.movement. WW in slow-mo, Amazonians in slow-mo, every bullet in slow-mo. It was ridiculous by the end.
With the casting, David Thewlis is a great actor and I do enjoy his work, but he just didn't seem the right fit for the God of War. You imagine Ares as being intimidating and imposing, not having a moustache, being rather slender, and being super-British.
Overall though, the story was tolerable, and the action was decent most of the time. Gal Gadot is also gorgeous which doesn't hurt, but it didn't feel they tried to over-sexualise her which was also good. It was still far better than Batman v Superman, and most DC movies, except the Dark Knight trilogy. Still leaps and bounds behind Logan, and Marvel still has the edge.