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Justice League

(472)6.8119 min2017PG-13

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Batman and Wonder Woman recruit a team of metahumans to stand against a newly awakened threat.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Zack Snyder

Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams

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Genres	Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Director	Zack Snyder
Starring	Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill
Supporting actors	Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J.K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds, Amber Heard, Joe Morton, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, David Thewlis, Sergi Constance, Julian Lewis Jones, Salome R. Gunnarsdottir
Studio	Warner Bros.Warner Home Video
MPAA rating	PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Captions and subtitles	English Details
Purchase rights	Stream instantly Details
Format	Prime Video (streaming online video)
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Niels Bohr

Movie tries to be to many thing

February 22, 2018

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This movie tries to be to many things and falls short because of it. Honestly there were so many groan worthy moments and far to few real awe moments. Superman when he woke up was what they needed to capture for each hero but instead it was a lot of talk and less action. I was looking forward to this considering all the 5 star reviews but it was just reviews from fan girl/boys. Should have listened to the actual professional reviewers for once. This is marginally better than Batman Vs Superman. I would give it 2 1/2 stars if I could.

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MacJunegrandTop Contributor: DC Comics

It's complicated.

December 8, 2017

Format: Blu-ray

Oh, this is a bit hard. I've been a defender of the DCEU since the beginning. I believe all of its movies are flawed, yes, but they're also terribly treated in an unfair way by the critics and the audience, who will easily forgive those problems in other movies and their only actual complain they seem to have with these movies is "they aren't like Marvel's". Which is true, but... why? Why can't they accept movies having a different style? Why does everything have to be the same? Marvel movies are fun, but their formula is becoming tiresome and they seem to refuse moving away from the status quo.

Meanwhile, DC movies have been following a plan. A plan that wasn't apparent at first, but many arcs that started since Man of Steel and later were supposed to conclude in this film, ending the DCEU's "first phase" with a perfect closure. A closure that has now been entirely ruined by WB. After director Zack Snyder was forced to step down due to sad personal problems, WB brought Avengers director Joss Whedon to finish the film. Whedon re-filmed a few extra scenes, but in the process seems to have removed about an hour worth of content. Make no mistake, this movie is still fun... but by God it has been gutted like a slasher film's victim.

Justice League tells the story of the eponymous group of heroes, who join forces to battle the menace of Steppenwolf, "the end of worlds", who has set his sights on Earth for the second time after having been exiled by Earth's previous protectors now that Superman is gone and he feels he can't be stopped. He has to find three artifacts called "Mother boxes" that will allow him to free his power and subjugate the planet. Batman and Wonder Woman are in a race to recruit other heroes to help them fight Steppenwolf and his army, and both are also in a path of redemption for feeling they had abandoned their true selves.

The story is, of course, nothing special. Neither was the Justice League animated series pilot episode or the Avengers film. And that's because it's not needed. What you need for a film like this is characterization, and you have it in spades here. The story is not important and neither is the villain. Which is good, because the villain is not particularly interesting (well, the version we get to see here anyway). In contrast, all of the heroes are impecably handled. Batman, Superman (yes, he's back from the dead, don't pretend to be surprised) and Wonder Woman feel better than ever in their roles. Newcomers Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg are great. Cyborg in particular is surprisingly interesting, even though it looked like he was going to be dead weight. There's not really much of Aquaman, sadly, which is a shame because the character seen here is great and we all know the guy needs the push, since he has to deal with unfair fame from non-comic fans.

On to the negatives, though. Special effects are fine for the most part. There's nothing wrong with them, but you know people give them crap anyway despite them looking no worse than any Marvel film's. There is one, though, that is absolutely atrocious. You might have heard this already, but since Henry Cavill was called for reshoots at the time of filming "Mission: Impossible 6" he had a full moustache, which he wasn't allowed to shave by that film's contract, so WB decided to erase it with CG. And it just looks terrible. I really think they should have made the effort of finding a different solution.

Another negative is the music. When Whedon came on board, he fired Junkie XL and got Danny Elfman in place, even though Junkie's score was already completed. Leaving aside the fact that the score now doesn't fit with the previous films, Elfman's work is terrible. The music is generic, lazy and entirely forgettable. The only parts of the score that are memorable are the ones Elfman stole from previous works of his (Tim Burton's Batman and the old Flash TV show) and John William's Superman score, which he sometimes intercalates with the rest of the music. Those bits of music just don't fit with this universe, and every time they come up they take you out of the film, but they're technically memorable. I wish Elfman doesn't come back for these films.

The biggest negative, of course, is all the stuff that was cut. Did you think Batman was being too hard on criminals in Batman v Superman and you expected that to be addressed? Well, though luck, because now it isn't. Did you want Superman to realize he was being too hard on himself before and figured it was time he saw the brighter side of things? Well, that's two films worth of buildup that have gone to the crapper. Did you expect the villain to have a larger impact on the heroes and open up threats to come? Yeah, good luck waiting for those deleted scenes to surface. Did you want to see a sick action scene of Deathstroke breaking Lex Luthor out of prison? Ha, ha, what a story, Mark. And so, and so on, there's quite a bit of documentation on all the stuff that was cut. And poor Snyder, who has been planning this for years, and has been called names for "not knowing what he was doing" now has to deal with his conclusions not being there for the people to see and finally understand what he was going for.

Of course, WB don't seem to have learned from this. All they've seen is that the movie didn't make as much money as The Avengers (which was never going to happen because, like Avatar, a lot of the appeal of that movie was the novelty, which has now worn off) and they're reestructuring things yet again.

So, is the movie worth seeing? Well, yes. It's still a fun film, and perhaps you might not notice the missing stuff. But if there's ever a chance of Snyder's cut seeing the light of day I'd go for that version. That's the film the previous ones were building up to, and it's a shame we didn't get to see it.

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Zachary

Not great, but really not THAT bad.

February 28, 2018

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It's really not THAT bad. It's still leagues better than Suicide Squad and BvS, which are dumpster fires. I enjoyed it more than Avengers 2 and Civil War (which both disappointed me in a myriad of ways). It's not any worse than the average superhero film in this day and age. It was too soon, like BvS, and it wasn't served well by WB rushing to catch up to Marvel. That's something I feel will always hinder these films. We didn't get enough time with the characters to care enough about them. Superman and Wonder Woman are the only ones we would have any connection with because we've seen them in 3 films each (technically). Superman never really got the treatment he deserved after MOS, since they immediately went into BvS (way too soon). Wonder Woman got her own film, but Flash didn't. The CW show has no cannon in this film so having to jump on board immediately with Barry Allen being in the Justice League right off the bat is jarring. Aquaman was treated well, I don't think his own film would be necessary (or that great), but Cyborg was given the shaft, and a Cyborg film interests me more than a stand-alone Batman film. I will always believe Justice League should be the 7th film in DC film universe. Man of Steel, Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash, Cyborg, a real Super Man film, then Justice League. Then more sequels, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, JL2 with Darkseid as the villain, then BvS (and have it be a direct adaptation of Dark Knight Returns).

Anyway, barring all that, since it's never going to happen, I feel it was better than it had any right to be considering how they've handled this mess of a film universe so far (other than Wonder Woman, which was great). It should have been so much better, and being better than BvS and Suicide Squad isn't saying a lot, but I enjoyed it for what it was and I'll watch it again.

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Terra Firma

as good as most of the Marvel catalog

February 27, 2018

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Not everyone will agree with me on this. JL is okay as a comic book movie, as good as most of the Marvel catalog, but it's not great. It has fun moments, and some great special effects. But it feels to me like a giant missed opportunity.

By contrast, Wonder Woman is a great superhero movie. I'd even say it transcends the limitations of its genre. The coming of age of a demigod is fascinating story material, and Patty Jenkins made the most of it. Sadly, Zack Snyder is not a deep thinker or storyteller. He inherited a tremendous character from Jenkins, and did very little with her. Even worse, the other characters -- Aquaman, the Flash, Cyborg -- and he fails to achieve anything noteworthy with them. I could complain about the empty villain, but that's not a significant failing in movies like this.

Where Snyder's storytelling works best is with Batman and Superman. There's some innovative ideas and some good humor. But it isn't enough to make the movie more than just so-so.

I bought the movie, and I don't hate watching it. Maybe my complaining just reflects a certain exhaustion with the genre. It promises so much, and usually disappoints. In the end, JL is just another entry in a crowded, uninspiring field. My recommendation: buy it, enjoy it, don't expect too much.