Justice League

I don't know, I'm probably over-saturated, but I'm getting tired of this kind of expensive digital mess that are all on the same page lately. It kinda bothers me that every comic book movie lately has a villain from outer space (except Captain America: Winter Soldier), Batman vs Superman was pretty much holding its own until it culminated in digital madness again at the end, which makes my head hurt. Wonder Woman, Superman and Aquaman are great, Cyborg and Flash are annoyingly uninteresting and Batman didn't show much. The villain is artificial and classically useless even with his entire army. The action isn't very exciting (I prefer battles and shootouts to flying through the air) and the humor is rarely good. I wasn't bored, but I'm not satisfied either. 60%. (11/30/2017)

We all know that Batman vs Superman wasn’t great, but it was spectacular, broad in plot and ambitious in scope – that's where Marvel is not even close. Unfortunately, the second time around, instead of a peak, there is a fall. Not only did Snyder ease off the gas, both the darkness and the climactic action are gone, but halfway through, the film seamlessly switches to Whedon’s style, goofing around like in Avengers, which feels stupid for a dark comic book that often takes itself deadly serious. Straight up skip the main CGI villain with zero charisma and the whole thing about saving the world. Yes, really, someone wanted to destroy the world with a magic artefact, again, a cube this time. That leaves only the main characters, who are fine separately and together, but the screenwriting pile of shit around them doesn't give them much room to stand out and instead brings out the secondary roles of the not-so-important characters (Lane, Crudup, Nielsen). Compared to "first one", it's a downgrade in quality and, nothing against Joss Whedon, but when a joke-cap director takes on a pompous and properly dark intergalactic drama-material, it turns out to be exactly the kind of CGI mess we have here. (11/20/2017)

It looks like DC wanted to make another team-up film. Which is exactly what happened. A comic book team-up that features a lot of familiar characters, but which works as a team-up for about the last five or ten minutes. The plot is extremely predictable and the villain is very boring, and unfortunately, so is the team of heroes. Flash is at least entertaining. And that is all. (11/21/2017)

The most anticipated film from DC, where every fan of this universe hoped that the League would finally outshine Marvel and be a better film for once, but after all the reshoots and changes in various roles, even I lost hope and expected a real flop. It didn't turn out to be that, but the potential was still not fully realized. The concept could have been exploited more. Snyder's scenes are flawless; his style is recognizable, and they had the right dark impact on me. However, Whedon made fun of the film in many moments with his scenes, and as someone who always saw DC as the more serious option, I was not impressed. I understand he’s used to Marvel’s style, but it just doesn’t fit with DC. The soundtrack could have been more prominent. As for the story, it could be improved, no doubt, but they didn’t ruin it too badly, resulting in a fairly satisfactory outcome. Some characters were introduced too quickly; it needed another half hour. Among the new additions, I liked Aquaman and Flash quite a bit. Steppenwolf wasn’t outright bad, but Darkseid would have been a better marketing move. The ending was once again full of CGI (but within limits). It's weaker than BvS and WW. Still, it's a good film (mainly due to a successful ending). If a director’s cut is released, I’d definitely check it out. I give it 73%. P.S. When I wasn’t focusing on Cavill’s digitally removed mustache, I barely noticed it :) EDIT: After watching the 4-hour epic on HBO Max, I have to lower my rating significantly; this film now seems like a cheap parody compared to that. 5/10 (03/21/2021)

No. I've got nothing to hold on to and nothing to praise. It may look good and you can see that a lot of money has been poured into it, but that's about it. What didn't work in Batman vs Superman is repeated here, so the characters are woefully flat, the action is digitally overwrought and the characters, however usually interesting, come across as incredibly boring and there is zero chemistry between the heroes. And the fact that there are six of them this time around makes the situation worse rather than better. The dull Cyborg, the childishly cool Aquaman and the downright awkward Flash are heroes that are hard to spend two hours with, and to be honest, I can't imagine how I'll handle their solos. Zack Snyder's style wore out and stopped being interesting about halfway through the last film. So those two hours in the cinema were downright physical torture for me, and I was just waiting for the whole thing to be over so I could forget about it. I want to like this movie at least a little bit, but I can't. Nothing works. Throw it out, burn it, and try to start over in a few years. Something different. Completely different. (07/27/2018)