Movie Review - Justice League

So last week you all heard about my thoughts on Wonder Woman and that I felt it was DC going in the right direction by adding colour and humour to their otherwise dark and gritty films. So now we come to the latest DCEU film which has every DC fan's favourite team of heroes assemble to stop an earth threatening being. Now that may sound similar to the plot of Suicide Squad but in my honest opinion as a DC fan myself, earth threatening events should really be handled by these guys more than a group of supervillains. So next thing before we dive into the plot, many of us are aware that while this is essentially DC doing their own Avengers-esq film, the chances of it making an impact like Marvel did is very unlikely. This is likely because thanks to Marvel who made the cinematic universe thing way more popular than it was many years ago, everyone wants a piece of the action. Universal Monsters, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man but without Spider-Man, X-Men and the list goes on. So let's see if justice is served as we assemble the league:

The film begins with a group of kids filming and asking a Superman (reprised by Henry Cavill) that looked like he had a bad day in the CGI department, some questions. We then cut to the present with many people still mourning the death of him. But when Batman (reprised by Ben Affleck) finds an alien being that feeds on fear, he then sets about assembling a group of heroes. Meanwhile in London, Wonder Woman (reprised by Gal Gadot) saves a group of hostages from a mass shootout before being warned by her people that a being known as Steppenwolf (played by Ciaran Hinds) has returned to Earth following his defeat by the combined forces of the Amazons, the Atlanteans and the Green Lantern Corps, who sets out to finish what he started by finding the 3 mother boxes of Earth. Teaming up with Batman, Wonder Woman goes to recruit Cyborg (played by Ray Fisher) while Bats goes to find Aquaman (played by Drogo himself, Jason Momoa) and the Flash (played by Ezra Miller) who while all hesitant at first, agree to help in stopping Steppenwolf. Though the five of them may not be enough.

So the first problem I have is the CGI on Superman. I mean yes he was filming the next Mission Impossible film at the time which required him to wear a moustache, but if Jesus on The Walking Dead can get away with a fake beard and moustache, why didn't you do the same with Cavill. Its just too hard to ignore. The second problem is that with a villain like Steppenwolf I was expecting more from him, but in the end he just ends up being a very weak villain who wants nothing more than destroying everything in sight like most villains tend to do. The plot I didn't mind too much as it was a decent plot. Not the best mind you but still bearable. So now onto the good stuff. The majority of the actors each play their part well and it looks like they are having fun with it. While I have nothing against Hans Zimmer, his booming music can be too much and often not work in some films so I like that they decided to recruit Danny Elfman and allow him to do some little nods to 90s Batman and 70s/80s Superman which is nice for the fans. Other nods I liked included the famous race between the Man of Steel and the Fastest Man Alive, a mention of Penguin (or more specifically the well known bomb he likes to use) and that one of the post credits scenes hints to the possibility of there being an Injustice League (basically the opposite of the Justice League that has supervillains in the place of superheroes) in this universe. So like with Suicide Squad, I am indifferent with this film in that there are parts that I like and parts that I hate. If there is an extended cut for this, it may play out better. But for what we got, its an enjoyable film that has colour and humour. And it shows that sometimes all a film needs is a bit of Joss Whedon to make it better. I mean if it played out exactly like Batman V Superman, it wouldn't be good. 7/10