Justice League Review

Justice League, it could have been a flawed masterpiece or a total entertainer, but with lots of upheaval at WB and DC, no one expected this to be a… MEH.

I have been waiting for JUSTICE LEAGUE since the 90’s… All these awesome characters on screen, combined they are way more famous than the Avengers… but how the tables have turned…

The plot is VERY VERY similar to Josh Whedon’s avengers (He finished this film). A portal opens and villain with a pointy weapon slaughters a bunch of people setting of the events. The villain then looks for a way to permanently open the portal / combine the boxes to create hell on earth….

This movie is like Avengers 1 and 2 combined to form some unholy monster.

But enough about the bad parts… lets come to the good bits…

The heroes are GREAT! Batman settles in his role far better… Wonder Woman keeps up her charisma, fierce good looks mixed with compassion and elegance… The Flash is good as the goofy comic relief. Aqua man and Cyborg are underdeveloped with aquaman taking on a bit more articulate Hulk / Drax the destroyed role in the team.

The Marvel influence on the film is obvious.

Last but not the least (spoilers)

Superman… His resurrection scene is the best scene in the movie. Way better than the ending fight. The scene where the Flash is running past him and his eyes follow the flash… got a LOT of cheers from the audience… somehow how STRONG superman is, made the scene so much better.

But superman comes back as a vengeful god, but the moment he sees LOIS, he cools down fast, WAY too fast without any corresponding event or action, he is then grateful to batman who he was willing to murder a few moments ago… same problem as in BvS and the Martha scene…

As for the climax of the film, its generic, not as drawn out as Avengers 2 and not as cool as Avengers 1, the climax really had only ONE family who seemed to be at peril! It was such a no show; I wonder what the original scriptwriters had imagined.

Overall :

This movie is short with a running time of 120 mins. BUT still the opening 45 mins are a HUGE drag with no anticipation or proper tense buildup… its watchable, better than suicide squad and BvS.

Due to Josh Whedon’s work, there are a LOT more jokes that work, the inter hero scenes are GOLD. The movie is worth watching solely due to those scenes. The editing IS choppy at times, BUT not as bad as BvS and overall, despite plot holes and logic gaps, the film is watchable. Some of whedon’s typical humor scenes have added a LOT to the film. It’s obvious which scenes were added later on to make the film lighter and more relatable

But HOW I wish it wasn’t just watchable, it was phenomenal… exceptional… this gave me LESS cheer than Thor Ragnarok! Imagine! A third grade rip off norse god superhero’s third film is better than Justice League!

Rating : 6.5/10. Fans will like it, non-fans might enjoy it, it’s worth watching once in theaters