It's a superhero movie, what did you expect?

Rating: 7/10 (8 September 2017)

I went in with low expectations, therefore I wasn't disappointed. However, if I were to have lent ear to all the reviews and commentaries, I would have been quite annoyed. This is NOT a good movie. I barely rate it average.
There were good parts in it, mainly the feminist aspects of the film. Diana is tough, but also a woman, with a strong personal and cultural desire to help, mend, love. Of course, it is taken to ridiculous heights and made completely worthless in the end, when she kills a bunch of people, but still, it was a refreshing, if badly implemented, point of view.
Other than that there is a lot of bad characterization, starting with the Amazons and Ares and ending with the three "sidekicks" that do almost nothing the entire movie. Even the villains are underused, in a movie that somehow managed to total over two hours. There are some scenes that should make the director cower in shame (see the "they don't know that" scene, ugh!) and some bad acting here and there.
Gal Gadot is beautiful, but not an extremely talented actress. She did her best, though. Chris Pine played Captain Kirk, complete with motorcycle and the scene where he stops, thinks a little, then rides another way, plus the obligatory self sacrifice scene. I think it was some sort of tribute, but that part wasn't good in Star Trek either.
Bottom line: you can watch it just like you would a Batman or Superman movie and expect just as much. "The savior of DC franchises" is no worse or better than the things people called disasters before. It is not fun, merely time consuming.