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Aside from having an all-star cast who perform exactly how you expect them to, there are some absolutely beautiful and creative shots in this movie. It moves along briskly without any real dragging, the soundtrack was fun and it's just an overall good movie. I'm glad this was made, not only because it had some real-life, very underutilized characters in it, but because it's obvious this was more than a few peoples' passion project. You can tell some love went into it.

If you're curious or on the fence, I definitely suggest giving it a watch.

My husband really enjoys the show, I think it's 'meh'.

The story is fine, the production value is okay. It's another basic superhero show, but I do have some things that annoy me.

I, personally, found it difficult to connect with any of the characters despite the fact that I enjoy so many of the actors in other projects, so as a result, I didn't care about any of their drama. Everyone is just a bit more exaggerated than a normal person would be, so it irritates me. Besides, I've seen enough of the Holier-Than-Now father character, the Angry-At-Her-Parents daughter trope and the Son-Just-Trying-To-Prove-Himself.

And the constant flashbacks! In some episodes, it is, literally, a scene in the present and the next scene in the past for the whole of the episode.

But, again, my husband really enjoys it, so it's up to you whether or not you want to check it out. If it weren't for him more or less taking over the TV to watch it, I wouldn't have chosen to go further than two episodes.

The reviewers who've said this is an obvious self-flagellating, movie-referencing, over-the-top, wannabe-clever movie is right. The people who've said this has an awesome soundtrack and some fun moments are right, too.

There are bits and pieces that are absolutely god awful. I, personally, couldn't stand the constant narration or the fact that what she's saying is literally what she's doing on screen. So much of it came across as someone reading a book over the movie and it's constant. There's also an eight and a half minute exposition dump at the very beginning.

The main character is an evil Mary Sue, super rich, loves showing it off and bragging. The only time I enjoyed her at all were the scenes between her and the male lead, and even then it was only sometimes. A lot of their dialogue was nothing more than quickly spoken sentences and repeated phrases for a solid couple of minutes because that obviously equals comedy!

On the other side, it does have moments of actual fun, but they're few and far between. So, yeah, both sides are right, hence the middle-ground rating. I didn't mind it too much.