Atomic Blonde - Why oh why?

July must have been a month of the biggest disappointments for me, at the cinema. Dunkirk, Baby Driver and Atomic Blonde.

Atomic Blonde was probably the smallest disappointment of the 3, but still.
Here is what bugged me about it:

1. Not enough James McAvoy whose character had the most impact on the story it seemed

2. We knew virtually NOTHING about the main character. I mean I dont need a bible on each character, but even Wick at least showed us "he loved his wife and his puppy". Case closed, I would have been happy to take as little as that with Therons character.

3. I understand the appeal of 

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lesbian scenes including two hot women

 but it felt too forced and marketing-driven. 

4. The visuals looked like John Wick, its characters talked like those from John Wick but yet somehow it was feeding us a story as complicated as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, in its ambition? What the hell was that?

5. the ridiculous ending

6. Theron was not a strong enough action lead for me. I dont mean she didnt do her own stunts or stuff like that, I know she did a lot, but her on-screen presence didn't fit the part. Spy in Berlin during that time wouldn't have dressed and styled as her, as that would instantly get her noticed and killed. Again, I get it, its marketing, but you know, unlike Kingsman or Wick where there was this additional part of the world so their spies could have pulled off wearing what they did and acting like they did, this story was saying its in a normal world. So she just looked ridiculous to me most of the time, with her facial expressions, those hair and clothes.

7. I am all for female power, but when a 115 pound girl is wrestling with and punching a 230 pound guy, (or two!) it does look ridiculous no matter how much martial art and corkscrews you throw in there. Especially since the scenes didn't show her using flexibility or speed as much as pure "horsepower" often. Ugh.. 

8. useless  and story-breaking scenes from London, and a waste of John Goodman.

BUT - I am totally sold on the idea of crossing the Atomic Blonde and John Wick universes and have them meet. And I do believe in second chances so I hope for the best for the director as well as the sequel if it gets made.

What did you think?