What on Earth am I missing here?

Rating: 5/10 (5 June 2017)

Seriously, am I just an absolute idiot or is everybody raving about it simply because it's the first superhero movie with a woman in the lead role? Don't get me wrong I don't mind that fact at all, it's just I don't get why this movie is getting praised so hard at all!
The good stuff right here: Gal Gadot is great as Wonder Woman. She is likable, heroic and even funny when she needs to be. I also like Chris Pine's character, he was a charming fellow. The romance between the two also really worked well for the film. It felt way better paced than most of the romances in these superhero movies. Furthermore, I think most of the humor in the movie worked well too! It's got that fish out of water element and manages to keep it funny despite the fact that we've seen it all before.
Just about everything aside from this was either average or outright awful. The whole plot about stopping World War 1, and something about some German super weapon, was so boring it nearly put me to sleep during the expository scenes. Add to this a pair of comically bad villains including a German officer and a painfully underdeveloped female scientist and you've got a plot that is as dull and predictable as it is unoriginal.
And for the love of God, who is in charge of these VFX!? They look absolutely horrible! There's seriously not a single CGI shot in this movie that doesn't stick out like a sore-thumb. This problem was particularly bad during the final fight scene, which made me feel like I was watching one of the Matrix sequels or something.
The action is directed with some serious lack of taste too. The angles are hard to make out at times and the choppy editing goes by way too quickly. There's also a lot of that stupid slow-fast-mo crap where they keep switching in and out of slow motion. It made me feel like I was watching 300, which is weird because this movie actually WASN'T directed by Zack Snyder.
So seriously I really don't get it. Is it a competent film with decent characters and a beginning, middle and an end? Yes, but is that really all it takes? Just because the past DC movies have been awful they get a pass immediately when they make a somewhat watchable film? I'm seriously just baffled and confused here. I dunno, hard to recommend this one very strongly. An improvement for sure, but still very far from grace...