Full disclosure... I love Man of Steel and BvS, I like Wonder Woman, and I can deal with Suicide Squad. Im in my 30s and have been looking forward to a live justice league movie for 20 years... I left this movie devastated. Not because it was completely rubbish, or had no redeeming qualities... but because it was a butchered mess, and I can only point the finger at Joss Whedon. The CGI that was GARBAGE! I can't get past the cutting/replacing of some beautiful scenes from the trailers that leave me asking 'why?' There were two things specifically that were INEXCUSABLE.

1. In a week where we saw some of the most absurd claims of sexism against Zack Snyder's depiction of the Amazons, I hear ZERO criticism of Joss Whedon's gratuitous and sexist directing/writing. This asshole who is held up as a beacon of male feminism found sticking Hulks face into Black Widows tits in Age of Ultron so funny he did it with Barry Allen and Wonder Woman (lets not even discuss his rape joke in that movie). And what must be the most embarrassing moment of the graceful and wonderful Dian Lane and Amy Adams respective careers, he makes the former talk about how "thirsty" the latter is? I WAS FUCKING APPALLED!!!

2. [spoiler] The total BOTCHING of the return of Superman. Instead of using the comic books, bringing a black suit (minor) and paying some professional respect to the DIRECTOR of the movie, what we saw was one of two slaps in his face. Both of these acts of professional misconduct relate to continuity. Ignoring the rising dirt at the end of BvS by just "digging him up", apart from being FUCKING STUPID was a big fuck you to that. Secondly and less importantly, was the appearance of Clark Kent without providing a single explanation of the "one of our own dead" headline in BvS. It literally takes 2 minutes of creative thought to think of a way to respect the past and still keep Justice League entertaining. That they couldnt even be bothered makes for a SHITTY narrative and pathetic levels of professionalism to a director who had to depart as a result of a personal tragedy. [/spoiler]

Those two things DISGUSTED me. I feel cheated out of what could have been a coherent
and epic trilogy whilst still allowing for a bright future. Fuck WB, Fuck Joss Whedon, Fuck Kevin Tsujihara.

To the things I like... The best individual story arc for the movie, that of Ray Fisher's Cyborg (DESPITE SOME AMAZING SCENES FROM THE TRAILERS THAT WERE CUT!). The scenes on Themyscira and in Atlantis are visually great and the battle between Superman and the rest of the Justice League, though cut short, was very cool.

I was not a fan of Danny Elfman's musical score, which was quite lazy and gave the movie a feeling of emptiness. This significantly contributed to the movie not feeling as epic as Man of Steel, BvS or Wonder Woman (regardless of how anyone might feel about those).

Ultimately what I am left with is a sense of wondering what I have missed out on as a result of the condensation of what was originally intended to be two movies into one, and the departure of the wonderful director, Zack Snyder (whose scenes are identifiable and undoubtedly the best moments in the movie), who couldn't complete his vision. The two hour run time which was enforced by Warner Bros executives also makes the movie feel a bit rushed and I hope we get to see a longer version on home video which will let the movie breathe a little.