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I can't believe Wonder Woman got 92%. It was one of the worst superhero movies I have ever seen. The dumbest story and the plot, the dumbest dialogue, subpar action and CGI, very mediocre acting. There are a few okay jokes in it, I admit, but that's about it.

Same with John Wick: Chapter 2. 90%, dumb as a bag of bricks.

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> I can't believe Wonder Woman got 92%. It was one of the worst superhero movies I have ever seen.

Not even having seen Wonder Woman, I can easily believe the 92% score—plenty of people I know who saw it, really loved it. If I saw it and didn't like it, maybe I would be surprised that so many of my friends liked it, but I still wouldn't be surprised that it got a high rating, because they did.

You have to take 15-20% off for issue movies. Wonder Woman ended up being a stealth one.

John Wick is respected as a "craft" movie because of its stuntwork and fight choreography. Same as Dunkirk and The Revenant, but those were appreciated on cinematography, etc.

So, yes, movies loved for their craftsmanship do tend to outperform the quality of their storytelling.

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