So, Justice League is an interesting movie for the DCEU, because after the disappointing
critical response to the darker first three entries and then the amazing one to the much
lighter Wonder Woman, this movie has to now take those other characters and fit them into
this new DC world.
Plus lots of reshoots with a different director, and this being DC's answer to the Avengers,
this movie has a lot riding on it.
So, now that it's arrived let's talk about it.
*clip* And as usual, first part of this review will
be no spoilers, and then later on I'll get into the spoilers after a big warning.
So nothing will be ruined for you.
So, this movie has received a pretty bad critical receptions ofar.
Not as bad as some, but not very good either.
And do I agree with it?
Well brace yourselves cuz this is gonna be one of those rare BHL disagrees with what
most people think about a movie videos.
Normally I'm pretty in line with what most people think, but with Justice League, I actually
quite enjoyed it.
It's not perfect by a long stretch, but fro a lot of reasons, including some pretty
subjective and personal ones which we'll get into later, I had a good fun time with
this.
But let's start with the main stuff.
Firstly, the cast and characters.
It's a bit of a mixed bag, but for the most part, pretty great.
I still really like Affleck as Batman, and this version of Batman is great.
There are some moments where he has one-liners, like Whedon Tony Stark type one-liners, which
is weird coming from Batman, but if you took those few out, this is exactly how I wanna
see Batman in this world.
Gal Gadot isn't as good as she was in Wonder Woman, but she's still pretty great.
I really liked Ezra Miller as Barry Allen, he's very charismatic and he's clearly
giving it his all.
Personally, I don't think the lines he was given were that funny...but we'll get into
that more later.
I did like his performance though, and he did sell some of those lines.
Jeremy Iron is still great as Alfred, Jason Momoa is good as Aquaman, I guess, though
he wasn't the stand out that I was hoping he would be here.
His character just didn't get much to do, I didn't really get a sense for him except
the movie really wanted you to think he was a badass.
Like, look he's drinking beer in slow mo with rock music, and he's a bit of a rebel
and a skeptic, but that's about it.
And Ray Fisher was fine as Cyborg, though I didn't really like his character.
We'll get into it more in the negatives, but his character was weird and didn't make
a ton of sense sometimes.
There are other talented actors who are in this movie for like 2 seconds, Amy Adams,
Diane Lane, Billy Crudup, Amber Heard, JK Simmons, they're good but they really do
not have much to do.
Especially Simmons, I was hoping there'd be more of him but you've basically seen
all of him from the film in the trailers.
Also if you're wondering what I thought of the other League member who returns here,
we'll talk about that in the spoiler section.
Really, with the core team, although a few times it felt a tad forced, I did enjoy the
interactions between them.
Like the chemistry here is pretty solid.
As far as action and visual effects, when they're great, they're really great.
And when they're bad they're pretty awful.
Like some action is really cool, especially The Flash's stuff, I just love that kind
of super speed stuff.
But sometimes with other action it gets a little slow mo-y and too CGI, like these DC
movies have done so far.
And with the visual effects, again, there are some that are incredible, and then there
are some that are insanely bad.
Especially some green screen, I get that they had to reshoot some of this, but my god, what
is this.
Anyway, this is supposed to be the good stuff.
This movie takes a very sharp turn with the DC universe, this feels like a totally different
world than the one we saw a little over a year ago in BvS.
Batman doesn't kill, he doesn't use machine guns, and generally the world is so much lighter
and much more MCU-style kid friendly.
It feels much more like the DC world that I know and love from especially the animated
shows and some of the comics, which I really enjoyed.
I know some people love the way darker stuff, but personally I felt like this fit much better
especially with all these new characters being introduced.
Generally, because this world is so much lighter and more colorful and all that, this movie
is a lot more fun than the others.
And that's what I can say about this, overall it is a fun time.
It's not an amazing work of art, it's just an easy to watch enjoyable movie.
It does feel a little cluttered sometimes cuz this was effectively made by 2 different
people, and those styles do clash a little bit sometimes, like if you're looking for
it you can definitely see the stuff that's more Snyder and the stuff that's more Whedon,
but it's not insanely distracting.
The fun still sticks out for the most part.
Also, quick little thing, I really loved the music, a lot of it is just the standard superhero
movie music we get these days, but sometimes when it's a version of an old superhero
theme, that just added a lot to this feeling more like a proper DC world and I don't
know, I guess I haven't really seen something like that before and I thought that was cool.
Now, one of the main reasons that I liked this movie more than just oh yeah it's a
decent fun time is a much more personal reason that I don't think as many people can relate
to, so this part is more just me explaining why I liked this movie a little more than
most people probably will.
Like I've said a million times on this channel, I grew up watching the Justice League and
Justice League Unlimited animated shows and I love them, some of my favorite pieces of
entertainment ever.
And with this movie, this is gonna be a positive for some people and a negative for some people,
but for me I enjoyed it, it really felt like that world.
That world from the Justice League cartoon.
It felt like a really long, live action episode of the Justice League cartoon, and as someone
who loves that and just these DC characters in general, I kind of loved that.
From dialogue to action to pacing to how characters act to sound effects, this feels a bit like
a cartoon, and it just reminded me of that show that I liked that part.
Now it does make the movie a little weird, cuz while all that works great for a cartoon,
for an actual film, it can be a little strange.
Like there are some very cheesy lines and the pacing is kind of off.
So I totally get why people won't really gravitate to this.
But I just thought it was super cool to see.
Maybe I'm a bit of a hypocrite, because that dream sequence in BvS and the Flash coming
through and all that, a lot of DC fans probably loved that and I hated that, but I hated that
because I felt like it didn't really fit.
Here, I felt like the DC references actually did fit, and I liked that.
I did see this with a few friends, some of whom aren't big DC or comic book fans, and
they were a little confused at points, so I can get why that would be a negative.
And I can get why even a super DC comic fan wouldn't like this cuz of the problems that
I'll get into in a second.
But this is a subjective review and personally I really liked that aspect of it, and that's
why I think I was more positive coming out of this than a lot of people are.
It's not the only good thing about this film, and it doesn't excuse the bad, but it
did elevate it a bit for me.
Very personal I know, so don't take that as, you will definitely love this movie.
And on that note, now let's talk the bad stuff here.
Cuz again, there is some stuff here that really drags this movie down a bit.
Firstly there are just some stupid moments that make no sense, or are very confusing.
No spoilers, but I'll say when Aquaman meets Batman for the first time, I was like, what
is...happening...how does he know….why did he just say….ok it's done.
Just saying, there are some weird contrived moments that feel like they could've been
fixed very easily.
The plot is the biggest let down in this film, for a lot of reasons.
Structurally it's pretty bad, you can tell a lot of this has been reshot and not just
cuz there's so much stuff from the trailers that's missing.
Towards the start of this film especially, it's very choppy and poorly paced, with
weird transitions to go along with it.
Like it gets right into it right away, and then just bounces from location to location
from character to character, trying to jam as much information down your throat as possible.
It doesn't explain certain characters personalities very well or cleverly, or how they know certain
things, it moves around very quickly.
This also leads to some people's motivations and personalities being really confusing,
especially with Cyborg.
A lot of moments with him just felt rushed and not earned.
The movie's also very predictable, it follows your standard superhero movie formula of team
comes together, then they have a bit of a fight, then there's a big CGI battle with
hundreds of enemies to fight.
You see most stuff coming a mile away.
And considering how groundbreaking this year has been for superhero films, that is a little
disappointing.
It's just feels a bit more generic.
After some groundbreaking stuff this year, this is just an average superhero movie.
Also I'll just say it, the villain sucks.
The most generic, not threatening, cookie-cutter villain you can think of.
Basically, generic villain, generic plot, generic final battle.
The plot somehow manages to both formulaic and not make a ton of sense at the same time.
Another thing, and this is more the fault f the previous DC movies I guess, but I really
don't buy the relationships some of these characters have, in particular Batman to Superman.
Like when Superman died in the Justice League cartoon and Batman talks at his grave, that's
emotional and believe, cuz these two have known each other for so long and are great
friends.
Here, they hated each other for a while, then they were friends for like, an hour?
And then Superman died.
So sure, I guess Batman wants Superman back to save the day, but I didn't buy that he
has like a real emotional feeling of guilt.
Like I said, some visual effects and green screen aren't great, the movie is much lighter
but I didn't find it particularly funny.
Like there were a few moments where I chuckled, but nothing made me actually laugh out loud
here.
Except for one thing I'll mention in spoilers.
Now, two more specific things, 1, there are a lot of really cheesy kind of stupid lines
in this movie.
Like one I remember specifically is at one point Batman's like this wasn't the plan
and Alfred's like no, this is the team.
I don't know, there were a few moments like that that were just very corny.
And 2, and again, this is a small thing and maybe it doesn't happen as much as I felt
like it did, but it seems like Batman just tells everyone his secret identity in this
film, or like everyone knows it immediately and there isn't really a big reveal.
I don't know, it felt to me a bit like the How It Should Have Ended running joke.
So before I get into the spoilers, I'll wrap this part up.
All in all, I really liked Justice League.
And I can understand why that might be totally subjective.
I really hate it when directors and actors say, oh this movie is just for the fans, if
you don't like this you're not a real fan.
That's ridiculous.
With this film, I think you can still have a fun time with it if you're not a fan of
DC, but if you are a fan of DC, I imagine you're really gonna like it.
Again, if you don't like this movie, it doesn't mean you're not a real fan of
DC, it just means you didn't like it.
It does have some bad stuff in it, and plot-wise it's quite weak, and its not nearly as groundbreaking
as the other superhero films this year, but personally I had a way better time than I
thought I would, and I think it's worth checking out.
I'll give Justice League a 7.8/10.
Ok, now let's get into the spoilers.
If you don't want anything spoiled, click off now.
Ok, firstly, the return of Superman.
I actually really liked that.
Well, I liked some of it.
What I did like is once Superman does really fully come back, this is the best representation
of Superman we've seen since Superman 2 I'd say.
And i say that having not seen Supergirl yet.
He's full of hope, he's cheesy as hell, I would love to see more of this Superman
going forward.
What I didn't like is one, there is some distracting mustache removal here that makes
his face look a little….unsettling at some points.
Also I'm not sure if it was intended to be funny, but if not, that slow mo turn Superman
does the Flash was unintentionally very hilarious.
Also, I am so goddamn over a character dies and then comes back to life but is slightly
different or evil or out of control and then is brought back to their normal selves cuz
of some emotional experience.
I do not want to see that again, please.
As far as other things, that flashback sequence with all the DC people's kind of coming together
was one of those moments where I thought, i would be kinda lost if i wasn't a huge
fan of this stuff, but as a huge fan, I'm loving this.
Some Green Lanterns pop up, I don't know, I wasn't expecting that so I just thought
that was really cool.
And then there were the two end credit scenes.
First one, Flash and SUperman having a race to see who's
the fastest man alive, which they've been known to do for.
That was fun, plus we got some more hilarious Cavill face.
And then the second one, where Lex Luthor is talking to Deathstroke about forming the
Injustice Gang, or the Legion of Doom, or something like that, that was pretty cool.
As much as I didn't like Eisenberg in BvS, he seemed more toned down here.
Deathstroke looks really cool, and I love the idea of this Injustice Gang in this DC
world.
Possibly for the Batman?
It would've been even cooler if there were other villains there, like maybel Leto's
Joker, but this was still pretty awesome.
Really, I just left this film really excited to see these characters in this universe going
forward.
So those were my thoughts on Justice League.
What did you think of this?
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