Overrated, to say the least

Rating: 3/10 (27 December 2017)

Following the release of Wonder Woman, DC had released three god awful films, these being: Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad. Compared to these movies, Wonder Woman is a breath of fresh air.
Of course, taking previous movies into account, this isn't saying much.
Wonder Woman is receiving high praise and sits at a generous 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Many critics are giving this movie points for having a female director and lead. But looking at this film objectively, it is at best, a sub par summer blockbuster.
The action wasn't good. The directing was often confusing and seemed like it was being edited by a slightly experienced film student. The CGI was overused and straight-up bad, at some points. A lot of the fight scenes looked very animated and very out-of-place for a movie set in a tonally gritty and realistic WWI. A lot of the action scenes could've used more simple, better shot fight scenes with more practical effects, especially considering how seriously this movie liked to take itself at times.
Gal Gadot delivers a flat performance as Wonder Woman. She plays the role of 'fish out of water' quite well, but whenever a dramatic scene demands that she emote, her lackluster performance shows. Chris Pine is also in this movie and plays the role of the love interest. Romantic scenes involving him and Gal feel genuine and are probably the best part of this suck-fest.
The troop of misfits that they take to war with them is composed of probably the worst actors in a blockbuster superhero film. Not much to say about them, quite honestly. They suck.
The villain of this movie is completely uninspired. Ares has no other motivation other than "END HUMANITY!!!", which is beating on the dead horse that all villains in every superhero movie ever just want to dominate/destroy the world. Nothing interesting there. The other villains are two Nazi scientists, Ludendorff and Doctor Poison (try to guess what her shtick is). Ludendorff is a German general who wants to make a poisonous gas with Dr. Poison. Dr. Poison also wants to make a poisonous gas.
That's it.
Apparently, these two villains were set up to show that humans aren't one way or the other, but are very complex, and that each villain has their own moral compass that justifies their evilness. Except, in the final act of this movie, the film completely destroys this point.
The final act of this movie is probably the worst and the biggest reason I didn't enjoy this movie. All throughout the movie, Chris Pine is trying to explain to Wonder Woman that humans aren't so one-dimensional, and that destroying Ares won't fix humanity. This is an interesting idea, one that a lot of superhero movies don't seem to fixate on. Killing a certain entity won't solve all the problems in the world. Humans are complex and do things for reasons other than "some bad guy is making us do it". I thought that this would've ended up being a learning experience for Wonder Woman and would've built her character, bringing her naivety down a peg.
But, no.
Killing. Ares. Ends. World. War. One.
And just like that, any sort of message or value this movie could have had is all cut down and destroyed in one swift motion.
*Sigh*