Saw a subtitled showing last night.
First, the CGI wasn't bad. In fact, it was actually pretty good. It only looked off for like 5 minutes during the opening credits and I adjusted to it pretty quickly (The only hiccup was that Whis looked a little janky for some reason). I can get behind animated Dragon Ball looking like this and all the pre-release complaining about it now seems even sillier to me than it did at the time.
Next, I loved what they did with the sound effects for hits here. Cipher mentioned in the podcast that the blows felt more impactful here than they have before and he wasn't exaggerating. I really felt every kick and punch here and it's all because the sound effects used made them feel hard and weighty.
I ended up liking the Gammas as I expected to since they're a fun duo; but I was surprised to find myself liking Dr. Hedo as well. His plucky enthusiasm for superheroes and his work made him endearing, and he seemed like a more competent and capable antagonist than Magenta. If he was actually evil he would be a serious threat like his grandfather.
With Cell Max, I actually found his mindless screaming a bit unsettling. It might be because I know what this character is supposed to be like so seeing him reduced to a screaming kaiju that's literally missing his brain makes him come off like he's been lobotomized. It's surprisingly effective considering he's just a mindless monster.
Piccolo indeed carries the film and they do so much fun stuff with him here. His relationship with Pan is endearing, I like that he doesn't know how to hold a smartphone because of how humorously weird it looks, him having to disguise himself to infiltrate the RRA base made for some great humor, I like how Orange Piccolo looks in action and how Piccolo didn't care to put any thought into the name, and I like how his dynamic with Gohan and Videl is that of a somewhat beleaguered relative they frequently ask for favors at this point. I also like how Karin and the RRA still think of him as Kami and Piccolo Daimao respectively and that Shenron respectfully refers to him by name. It shows that the legacies of those two characters still loom large over the current Piccolo.
As for Gohan: I like his hairstyle here, it might be my favorite look of his as an adult. I also appreciate that Gohan wasn't dressing up like Piccolo again of his own volition and that it was something Piccolo forced on him out of annoyance. It's also interesting that much like Goku, Gohan loves his family very much but is completely focused on his biology work to the point that he comes off as somewhat neglectful. Much is made of how different Gohan is from Goku so it's neat to see that he actually is like his dad in some respects. With Final Gohan, I'm still not fond of how big his hair looks but other than that I'm fine with the form. I surprisingly wasn't annoyed that they recycled his SSJ2 moment from the Cell arc as the scene they did it for was effective enough that doing it didn't feel like cheap nostalgia pandering this time.
Lastly:
All in all, the movie is great. Definitely better than Resurrection F and even better than Battle of Gods. I haven't seen Broly yet so I can't compare it to that, but based on what I know about Broly, I suspect I'm gonna end up liking SuperHero better when I finally get to it.