To be fair, the majority of people from the SIlver Age are pretty dull, that's just how comics were. Who can say something about Ray Palmer's personality? Barry was given a starting point in the Silver Age with being easygoing, slow, and late to everything, but still incredibly goodhearted. This has been expanded on since his return in the modern age.
CW Barry suffers from "CW-itis", where anything and everything he does has to cause drama. If you're looking for comic-accurate portrayals, CW is the wrong place.
DCEU Barry (from what I've heard, I haven't seen JL yet) is Barry done half correctly. They got his place in the League correct, as he's the average dude given powers and forced to fight among gods. It seems, however, that this was taken to the extreme, and he was made into a neurotic child. Hopefully we'll see Barry grow into something more similar to his comic self, but movies and media have a fear of creating any speedster who's not the jokey, "too fast for the world" cliché.
Barry definitely is not a boring character. His entire life he's been a normal guy, and then he's suddenly given these amazing, almost godly powers. He doesn't view himself as a god, however, and still views himself as an awkward dude thrust among gods, and is just trying to do the best that he can. He's honestly full of so many juxtapositions like that, it does make for an interesting character. If anything, I'd compare him more to Spider-Man than Superman and Captain America.
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