Gadot is drop dead gorgeous, and I always liked Chris Pine’s mischievous attitude...but it was a SJW fest and the writing was bad. The cinematography was great. But the script must have had 20 hands in it. And the director was shooting all of the different re-writes.
Agreed for the most part. I personally didn't think Wiig was terrible, though I didn't think her character was very cohesive and I understand other people have trouble seeing past her as a comic actor. There were just so many parts and aspects to the movie that seemed lazy and amateurish (the costumes didn't even feel like 80's clothes except in the most superficial of ways, like they were all at an 80's party and some people didn't want to look too uncool), and like you mentioned, they had plenty of budget to get it right the first time and after the shooting wrapped, plenty of time for reshoots or editing to improve it.
I think the studio knew pretty early on they had a turd on their hands and were hoping that a summer blockbuster marketing plan leaning heavily on girl power and friendly media critics afraid to speak out against girl power to keep people from turning against the movie.
That’s funny about the clothes. As someone who was in their 20’s in the eighties I turned to my wife said said, everyone dressing in the 80’s was not a stereo type: My jeans and polo shorts are not that different.