The Internet’s first review of Justice League is here.
Note: The review is free of spoilers till the ‘Spoilers Ahead’ tag.
I liked Justice League.
However, I was disappointed with the way it all went. I was expecting more from DC. No doubt it’s fun, sometimes I felt like they’re trying to imitate Marvel. The unexpected punchlines are usually seen in Marvel movies, they brought it to Justice League too. No doubt the jokes were funny. But the narration is what disappointed me the most. Even after BvS, Wonder Woman and now Justice League (biggest DC installment), I’m unable to see where DC is headed.
The narration is very confusing. Justice League also fails in giving a direction where DC wants to head. The movie has problems with pacing as well. Sometimes its too rushed and fast-paced and sometimes it just goes total Slo-mo. It seems like Zack and Joss weren’t on it at point. I think the movie would have just gone fine with Joss Whedon. Also, the CGI isn’t up to the mark either. No, it’s not total crap like Green Lantern, but isn’t great either.
Coming on to characters — Flash, rather than being young-y, spirited and wise like the one in the TV series, feels irritating like Lex Luther of BvS. In fact, you’ll feel like it’s Robin under the mask. Cyborg and Aquaman do fine, but the lifesaver of this movie is Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Batman (Ben Afleck), Superman is great too, but the contrast of light (Superman) and dark (Batman) is still missing. The most ironic thing about this movie is that at the end, you’ll feel like some characters weren’t even required for it all to happen. Superman, however, is the heart of the movie and has a much bigger role than you might have expected.
The score is average, I personally believe that the scores in BvS and Wonder Woman were both great, Justice League’s isn’t as par with the other ones. You’ll hear the old Batman and Superman themes once again, except that they’re pretty generic. Compare this to the remastered edition of Spiderman theme song we heard in Spiderman Homecoming and it, unfortunately, fails to keep up here as well. Won’t bother much if you choose to ignore the score tho.
And Steppenwolf (I know it sounds funny, right?). Steppenwolf is your typical villain. He comes, fights, and loses. That’s it. Unlike Hela, who we recently saw in Thor: Ragnarok, Steppenwolf isn’t interconnected with the heroes, he carries no concrete vision, as I mentioned already, he comes and goes. Steppenwolf fight scenes had really, really bad CGI, especially above the neck.
However, I was disappointed with the way it all went. I was expecting more from DC. No doubt it’s fun, sometimes I felt like they’re trying to imitate Marvel. The unexpected punchlines are usually seen in Marvel movies, they brought it to Justice League too. No doubt the jokes were funny. But the narration is what disappointed me the most. Even after BvS, Wonder Woman and now Justice League (biggest DC installment), I’m unable to see where DC is headed.
The narration is very confusing. Justice League also fails in giving a direction where DC wants to head. The movie has problems with pacing as well. Sometimes its too rushed and fast-paced and sometimes it just goes total Slo-mo. It seems like Zack and Joss weren’t on it at point. I think the movie would have just gone fine with Joss Whedon. Also, the CGI isn’t up to the mark either. No, it’s not total crap like Green Lantern, but isn’t great either.
Coming on to characters — Flash, rather than being young-y, spirited and wise like the one in the TV series, feels irritating like Lex Luther of BvS. In fact, you’ll feel like it’s Robin under the mask. Cyborg and Aquaman do fine, but the lifesaver of this movie is Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Batman (Ben Afleck), Superman is great too, but the contrast of light (Superman) and dark (Batman) is still missing. The most ironic thing about this movie is that at the end, you’ll feel like some characters weren’t even required for it all to happen. Superman, however, is the heart of the movie and has a much bigger role than you might have expected.
The score is average, I personally believe that the scores in BvS and Wonder Woman were both great, Justice League’s isn’t as par with the other ones. You’ll hear the old Batman and Superman themes once again, except that they’re pretty generic. Compare this to the remastered edition of Spiderman theme song we heard in Spiderman Homecoming and it, unfortunately, fails to keep up here as well. Won’t bother much if you choose to ignore the score tho.
And Steppenwolf (I know it sounds funny, right?). Steppenwolf is your typical villain. He comes, fights, and loses. That’s it. Unlike Hela, who we recently saw in Thor: Ragnarok, Steppenwolf isn’t interconnected with the heroes, he carries no concrete vision, as I mentioned already, he comes and goes. Steppenwolf fight scenes had really, really bad CGI, especially above the neck.
SPOILERS AHEAD
So the movie starts with the same DC logo we saw in Wonder Woman (in case you care about that). You’ll see some kids who are questioning Superman about the ‘S’ tag, there’s a dramatic flashback of Cyborg, Barry has a job and Wonder Woman looks gorgeous.
You’ll witness Green Lantern in a flashback scene fighting with Amazoners against Steppenwolf. Perhaps, that is the only Green Lantern scene (forgive me If there were others). Also, there is no recreation of the (in)famous warehouse scene.
The movie rushes and lags in between, as I mentioned in the primary review, the movie has a lot of issues with pace.
When they fight Steppenwolf, it’s mainly Superman and Wonder Woman doing the top job, Batman’s the mastermind — he plans, Barry saves the civilians (no mention of Iris or most of the things we see in the TV Series). Superman is resurrected by Motherboxes.
The scene when Superman meets Martha is emotional. It’s perhaps, the most moving scene in the whole movie.
Whilst the rest of the movie is predictable. There’s Steppenwolf, the league unites and beat it. With Barry and Aquaman’s humor.
De-mystifying rumors-
- Does Flash have two suits?
No, Flash doesn’t have two suits, only one suit is seen. - How does Superman resurrect?
The league uses Motherbox to resurrect Superman. - The movie opens with Steppenwolf getting tough beats, right?
No, the starting scene has Superman being interviewed by some kids about the Superman logo on his chest. - Does Green Lantern join them?
No, Green Lantern only has one scene with flashback where he, unfortunately, dies. - Did Flash play with time traveling?
Not exactly time traveling but there were scenes where he showed his powers. - Is there any romantic scene between Wonder Woman and Superman?
No, there isn’t.
END OF SPOILERS
All in all, it’s not what I expected. It’s definitely not better than the animated Justice League of our childhoods. But won’t disappoint like BvS or Suicide Squad did, but it’s not as good as Wonder Woman either.