Well, I'm always happy to eat crow... even if it's more a mouthful of feathers than the whole bird.
Just finished watching it and there was definitely some good in it.
The Good:
I actually liked Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman
A LOT more than I expected. I think for as much as Aquaman is made fun of he was actually really cool in this.
CG Cyborg wasn't as bad as I expected either. I was glad at the end scene though.
I didn't think Affleck was as bad as some people described. He's doing the Bruce Wayne that's been Batman for 20 years. The Bruce Wayne that had practically lost his way by BvS, was the reason Superman was killed and the world lost hope, and was given some redemption in this movie. I think if the film does well and the critics don't tear this movie apart like BvS he might stick around. If he doesn't see a future in the role then, yeah, I see him ditching out. Which would be super-lame given that this movie actually gives some traction to the franchise.
Wonder Woman was awesome but I appreciated that, given the success of her solo film, they didn't push her too far in front. There was a pretty good balance of characters in this movie.
Some of the dialogue was pretty cool... mainly the scene where they're discussing whether to bring Superman back.
The end race scene was also awesome. "If I win, you're off the team." DAMN!!
The resurrection scene was cool. I would have rather it have been something closer to the comics. But... whatever. I guess it worked. I think it's funny that the Kryptonian ship is still parked in the middle of the city... but I guess that's more realistic than Star Labs having it picked up or taken apart and put back together in another location.
The Bad:
No mention of Apokolips or Darkseid? I thought that's where the mother boxes come from. I didn't get the impression that this character was the same one from the comics. He was pretty one-dimensional. Not indication of being a real leader. The parademons were hardly being led by him... evident at the end. They were mindless minions that were drawn to fear. What's the point of a franchise if you don't create some connective tissue. Seems like this was written with no long game in mind like the Marvel films.
The Ugly:
I don't know what to put into the ugly in all honest.
Probably the worst part of this movie was... the marketing.
The story didn't have a huge amount of depth. There's a world ending force. It can't be fought with regular people. We need a team of supers... including the dead one. But that's almost every comic movie in some way or another.
The CG wasn't horrible... but toward the end in the area being torn up, it was a little much. In all honesty, it was no more distracting than Guardians of the Galaxy.
How about this for the ugly... the Bat-Bulge!!