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It's like a sequel to a superhero origin movie that mostly delivers on the fan speculation and hype that developed after the first. Who's gonna be the villain, what other superheroes will cameo, what comics will be referenced etc.
The in-media-res opener definitely leaves the first act a little shaky, and it feels like the movie takes a little while to find its narrative footing until Lex becomes an established antagonistic presence with clear goals, but it quickly rights itself into focus.
What I liked primarily about the film is how unabashedly comic-book it is, and how rapidly it rattles off the notion of a thoroughly lived-in DC universe shared by globally recognised figures, that aren't just whispered in secret and eventually jigsawed together through flimsy post-credits scenes.
Time will obviously tell whether Gunn and his contemporaries can keep that ship afloat, or whether it will quickly crash and burn like Marvel's current trainwreck of a continuity. These massive franchises seem destined to capsize eventually unless there's a central creative unit directing everything. It's no surprise Marvel's recent miserable spate of crap films coincided with the wanton broadening of their projects and thinning of their oversight.
