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Justice League Review!
Oooooooh boy it’s finally here. We’ve been waiting decades for this film to be release and now Justice League is finally in theaters! The DCEU has probably become the most controversial piece of pop culture ever since Man of Steel hit theaters. I for one this the DCEU is technically 3/5. I loved Man of Steel, Wonder Woman, and the Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman. Suicide Squad and the theatrical cut of Batman v Superman are pretty mediocre. So DC films is still on my good side, but to have a film that’s introducing characters like Aquaman and Flash, who are my two favorites, to this universe, there was no way this film wasn’t going to not be my most anticipated film of the year. The trailers were amazing, but the drama behind the scenes of this movie were some I’ve never seen before! I’m not going to get into it because I’d be here all day, so if you don’t know about it, go find it somewhere else. I saw this movie yesterday, and I’m finally ready to share my thoughts on it. Was Justice League the step in the right direction for DC like Wonder Woman, or is this the nail in the coffin for the DCEU (even though Aquaman, Shazam, and Wonder Woman 2 are deep into production but whatever)? Also, I want to start with the bad because I think it’ll fit with the overall thoughts on the film, so let’s check it out!
Bad: Jesus Christ, the Warner Bros Executives are at it again. There was a mandate that this film had to be under 2 hours and that’s honestly the worst part of this movie for me, the film’s too short and the pacing is so odd! We don’t get enough time to develop certain characters, and most of the drama is devalued because it’s just gets cut to something else. There’s a lot of unnecessary scenes in this movie, and what’s worse is, they use these unnecessary scenes to take away time that could’ve given more screen time to heroes like Aquaman, who has the least amount to do in this movie which is super disappointing! Aquaman was so disappointing in this film, Jason Momoa does a great performance with the character, but there was not enough of him in the movie! Good thing his solo movie is the next to come out because he’s good, but he barely does anything. Anyways, there’s like a tiny subplot with a family, and they keep cutting to them throughout the movie so we don’t forget them when this one joke happens. Granted it’s a good joke, but that’s the only reason why this family is in the movie! Movie’s that are primarily an ensemble piece need it’s own time to flesh out how these characters interact with each other, but to have a limit to how much time they can interact and have this overarching plot going on too. The pacing in the first act is so rocky, we’re jumping around from all these different places and none of it flows well. This is a movie that I would die to have a director’s cut of, I think it would benefit just as much as Batman v Superman did. Besides this problem, every other negative is not as big of a deal to me. Some CGI is bad yes, but it’s not as bad as everyone’s saying it is. Steppenwolf and Superman’s upper lip are problems, but everything else seemed pretty good to me. It’s definitely not as bad as the Norway scenes in Thor: Ragnarok. Speaking of Steppenwolf, I’m actually kind of glad that this movie used a character like him as a “sacrificial lamb” to boost the heroes. I’m glad they didn’t waste Darkseid because like the Marvel movies, this movie totally shits on the villain to make the heroes awesome, which I’m 100% okay with because the heroes are amazing in this movie. Speaking of the heroes…
Good: The absolute best part of Justice League is the league itself. Every character is absolutely amazing in this movie, and that’s why I think Justice League truly succeeds. I’ll breakdown each character and why I love them so much. To start off, I’ll talk about Superman. Don’t worry, I won’t spoil anything but all I’m going to say is that THIS is the Superman the world wanted and, to be quite honest, needs right now. He was my favorite character in the movie, but as I said before, I’m won’t spoil why. The next character I liked was Cyborg. I was so iffy with Cyborg’s inclusion before I saw this film due to his design and that better characters could’ve taken this place. What I’ll say is Cyborg is very important to the plot and his CGI and design didn’t bother me once I saw it in action in the movie. Ray Fisher does an incredible performance as Cyborg and overall was such a welcomed surprise of the film for me. Next up is the Flash. Now I gotta say that I still prefer Grant Gustin’s Flash over this one, because this Flash does not act like Barry Allen, he acts as if he’s Wally West. I honestly believe they should’ve called this this Flash Wally West in the movie, because this Flash is really funny, but Barry Allen isn’t really a jokester in the comics. Next up is Wonder Woman. Not much is to be said about her because she’s just as good as she was in her movie, so if you’re going into this movie for Wonder Woman, you’ll like it. Next up is Batman, who is very different from how he was in Batman v Superman. Now I gotta be honest, I prefer the performance that Affleck gives in BvS, but this performance does feel the most Conroy-like than any other Batman. This Batman was a little too jokey for my liking, but I thought he was fine. Finally is Aquaman. Like I said before, Aquaman is awesome in this movie, but he barely does anything! You’ve basically seen everything cool he does in the trailers, which really sucks since he’s my second favorite superhero. Now the second best thing of this movie is the third act. If the entire movie was like the third act of this movie, it would be one of my favorite movies of all time. I swear, the third act is like 11/10, especially the last 30 minutes. It really gave me hope that the DCEU is finally over the hump of building a cinematic universe that films like the Amazing Spider-Man and the Dark Universe franchises failed and gave up on. I really hope that now since DC universe is finally established and perfect, that the studio executives will just let their directors do whatever they want in this universe.
Overall, Justice League is an incredible ensemble piece with some major pacing flaws. I went into this movie looking for these iconic characters to interact with each other and a reason as to why I should continue support the DCEU, and I believe it succeeded. It’s not my favorite movie, and definitely not one of my favorite comicbook movies, but it gives me hope that their future movies will be some of my favorite comicbook movies. I cannot wait for Aquaman, Wonder Woman 2, Flashpoint, and The Batman. I NEED a Man of Steel 2 now after seeing this movie, that’s a #1 priority for me. Justice League is a solid film that could really use and extended cut, but I got what I wanted going in, so I’m going to give Justice League a 8.75/10. If you’ve seen Justice League, let me know what you thought in the comments below!
Justice League Review!
Oooooooh boy it’s finally here. We’ve been waiting decades for this film to be release and now Justice League is finally in theaters! The DCEU has probably become the most controversial piece of pop culture ever since Man of Steel hit theaters. I for one this the DCEU is technically 3/5. I loved Man of Steel, Wonder Woman, and the Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman. Suicide Squad and the theatrical cut of Batman v Superman are pretty mediocre. So DC films is still on my good side, but to have a film that’s introducing characters like Aquaman and Flash, who are my two favorites, to this universe, there was no way this film wasn’t going to not be my most anticipated film of the year. The trailers were amazing, but the drama behind the scenes of this movie were some I’ve never seen before! I’m not going to get into it because I’d be here all day, so if you don’t know about it, go find it somewhere else. I saw this movie yesterday, and I’m finally ready to share my thoughts on it. Was Justice League the step in the right direction for DC like Wonder Woman, or is this the nail in the coffin for the DCEU (even though Aquaman, Shazam, and Wonder Woman 2 are deep into production but whatever)? Also, I want to start with the bad because I think it’ll fit with the overall thoughts on the film, so let’s check it out!
Bad: Jesus Christ, the Warner Bros Executives are at it again. There was a mandate that this film had to be under 2 hours and that’s honestly the worst part of this movie for me, the film’s too short and the pacing is so odd! We don’t get enough time to develop certain characters, and most of the drama is devalued because it’s just gets cut to something else. There’s a lot of unnecessary scenes in this movie, and what’s worse is, they use these unnecessary scenes to take away time that could’ve given more screen time to heroes like Aquaman, who has the least amount to do in this movie which is super disappointing! Aquaman was so disappointing in this film, Jason Momoa does a great performance with the character, but there was not enough of him in the movie! Good thing his solo movie is the next to come out because he’s good, but he barely does anything. Anyways, there’s like a tiny subplot with a family, and they keep cutting to them throughout the movie so we don’t forget them when this one joke happens. Granted it’s a good joke, but that’s the only reason why this family is in the movie! Movie’s that are primarily an ensemble piece need it’s own time to flesh out how these characters interact with each other, but to have a limit to how much time they can interact and have this overarching plot going on too. The pacing in the first act is so rocky, we’re jumping around from all these different places and none of it flows well. This is a movie that I would die to have a director’s cut of, I think it would benefit just as much as Batman v Superman did. Besides this problem, every other negative is not as big of a deal to me. Some CGI is bad yes, but it’s not as bad as everyone’s saying it is. Steppenwolf and Superman’s upper lip are problems, but everything else seemed pretty good to me. It’s definitely not as bad as the Norway scenes in Thor: Ragnarok. Speaking of Steppenwolf, I’m actually kind of glad that this movie used a character like him as a “sacrificial lamb” to boost the heroes. I’m glad they didn’t waste Darkseid because like the Marvel movies, this movie totally shits on the villain to make the heroes awesome, which I’m 100% okay with because the heroes are amazing in this movie. Speaking of the heroes…
Good: The absolute best part of Justice League is the league itself. Every character is absolutely amazing in this movie, and that’s why I think Justice League truly succeeds. I’ll breakdown each character and why I love them so much. To start off, I’ll talk about Superman. Don’t worry, I won’t spoil anything but all I’m going to say is that THIS is the Superman the world wanted and, to be quite honest, needs right now. He was my favorite character in the movie, but as I said before, I’m won’t spoil why. The next character I liked was Cyborg. I was so iffy with Cyborg’s inclusion before I saw this film due to his design and that better characters could’ve taken this place. What I’ll say is Cyborg is very important to the plot and his CGI and design didn’t bother me once I saw it in action in the movie. Ray Fisher does an incredible performance as Cyborg and overall was such a welcomed surprise of the film for me. Next up is the Flash. Now I gotta say that I still prefer Grant Gustin’s Flash over this one, because this Flash does not act like Barry Allen, he acts as if he’s Wally West. I honestly believe they should’ve called this this Flash Wally West in the movie, because this Flash is really funny, but Barry Allen isn’t really a jokester in the comics. Next up is Wonder Woman. Not much is to be said about her because she’s just as good as she was in her movie, so if you’re going into this movie for Wonder Woman, you’ll like it. Next up is Batman, who is very different from how he was in Batman v Superman. Now I gotta be honest, I prefer the performance that Affleck gives in BvS, but this performance does feel the most Conroy-like than any other Batman. This Batman was a little too jokey for my liking, but I thought he was fine. Finally is Aquaman. Like I said before, Aquaman is awesome in this movie, but he barely does anything! You’ve basically seen everything cool he does in the trailers, which really sucks since he’s my second favorite superhero. Now the second best thing of this movie is the third act. If the entire movie was like the third act of this movie, it would be one of my favorite movies of all time. I swear, the third act is like 11/10, especially the last 30 minutes. It really gave me hope that the DCEU is finally over the hump of building a cinematic universe that films like the Amazing Spider-Man and the Dark Universe franchises failed and gave up on. I really hope that now since DC universe is finally established and perfect, that the studio executives will just let their directors do whatever they want in this universe.
Overall, Justice League is an incredible ensemble piece with some major pacing flaws. I went into this movie looking for these iconic characters to interact with each other and a reason as to why I should continue support the DCEU, and I believe it succeeded. It’s not my favorite movie, and definitely not one of my favorite comicbook movies, but it gives me hope that their future movies will be some of my favorite comicbook movies. I cannot wait for Aquaman, Wonder Woman 2, Flashpoint, and The Batman. I NEED a Man of Steel 2 now after seeing this movie, that’s a #1 priority for me. Justice League is a solid film that could really use and extended cut, but I got what I wanted going in, so I’m going to give Justice League a 8.75/10. If you’ve seen Justice League, let me know what you thought in the comments below!