You typed out pretty much everything I would have said.

>I don't like that it mostly reminded me of Superman 3. A lot
>of its problems boil down to sequel-itis. More of everything
>does not a better movie make.
>
>I really appreciated that they set out to make a bright,
>colorful, dopey movie. Unfortunately, they also made a not
>particularly good one. However, I didn't think the first one
>was good either so this wasn't some fall from grace for me.
>
>I did really liked Gadot in the first film but here, without
>the woman-out-of-time element and relationship dynamics with
>Steve/chemistry with Pine she's just plain bad
>
>Wiig is great when she's not asked to stretch but when she's
>required to exude menace it's laughable.
>
>Pedro Pascal...well, he went for it.
>
>The story is a hot mess and elements, like the Ol' Girl's
>Golden Armor, feel particularly shoe-horned in.
>
>The action sequences were a mixed bag. The Themyscira opening
>was technically well-done and almost felt out of a better
>movie. The second action sequence in the Mall was marred by
>80s kid comedy-level acting. The desert sequence had some good
>moments but felt like it existed largely because another
>action beat was needed when that whole section of the film
>including that Arab shit (which also felt very 80's but not in
>a good way) could have been dropped. The White House sequence
>was solid but by that point the movie had fallen apart
>plotwise. The final sequence was whatever.
>
>Once it was made clear how Steve was brought back that pretty
>much ruined any of their scenes together because I was stuck
>on, "Wait, that's just some dude whose body/life was hijacked?
>That's fucked up."
>
>I was lukewarm on Jenkins being announced for a Star Wars
>project last week and I wonder how that'll play now that this
>has gotten the reviews/word-of-mouth it has gotten. I'm hoping
>that when paired w/ the Disney/Lucasfilm folks she can make
>something legitimately good. But the Star Wars folks have
>churned out some forgettable-to-bad shit with directors of her
>caliber. However, they do have a better track record than
>WB/DCEU. So I guess we'll see.
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