But alternatively, would it be received even better if people had not already seen the basic structure and plot points of the movie?
If it was everyone's first time seeing Steppenwolf chase the Amazon motherbox, the fight underneath Gotham harbor and Flash superspeeding around.
The first time seeing Superman side-eyeing Flash in slow motion during the fight at the monument.
Most of the detracting comments had a lot of "already seen everything important in the movie before".
While it can be uplifting to see how much better it was from the old one, I think it might have been even better to have seen the entire thing fresh and new with no previous knowledge.