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bwood
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Tue Nov-14-17 09:24 AM

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"The Justice League discussion/spoilers post (Zack Snyder, 2017)"


          

I don't hate this, but I don't love it.

This movie is a mess. It's a hybrid of Snyder, Whedon, and most of all studio mandated notes. Kevin Tsuijhara's 2-hour runtime mandate absolutely prevents this from being more than it could be.

This feels like a video game cutscene with all of your favorite superheroes doing cool poses, catchphrases, and no soul. Ninety percent of this movie has a look of a green screen background in the worst way possible. Also, Henry Cavill has an uncanny valley thing going on as they had to green screen his mustache off his face due to Mission: Impossible six.

All the connective tissue is missing. I literally did not give a shit about Cyborg and Aquaman. At least Cyborg they give you scenes with his dad that don't connect, but poor Aquaman gets a throwaway line from Mera for his whole backstory. I shit you not if you are not familiar with these characters, you are going to be lost. I'm still waiting to be introduced to Aquaman and Cyborg properly cause those Quicktime files in BvS are not a fucking introduction. And Atlantis looks like shit.

The plot just moves from one action set piece to the next. Steppenwolf is the most generic villain I've seen in a comic book movie with the most generic motivations. It's clear the set up for New Gods and Darkseid got axed.

There's barely a camaraderie built for this team. I never got why they would work together.

Batman is moving towards the traditional take on him (thank God), Wonder Woman looks bored most of the time, The Flash gives this movie some much-needed life, and Superman I'll save for last due to spoilers.

This is a step sideways for the DCEU. This is a film I never want to see again. There's some stuff that gives promise to the overall
DCEU that has me excited as well as future Flash, Batman, and Superman movies. And those two end credits scenes? I want to see those movies.

BvS launched the vilest fandom on Earth. Mostly composed of men thirty and older. Think about this, grown men getting mad that people actually hate a movie featuring children's characters.

This didn't make me mad more than make me indifferent for the two hours I was watching it. I mean it's better than BvS and Suicide Squad by default cause you gotta be trying really hard to make something that bad.

*SPOILERS*
Superman's resurrection is garbage. He's evil for five minutes then comes back to being good five minutes later. So sloppy.

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America from 9:00 on: https://youtu.be/GUwLCQU10KQ

  

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The Justice League discussion/spoilers post (Zack Snyder, 2017) [View all] , bwood, Tue Nov-14-17 09:24 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
this is not surprising
Nov 14th 2017
1
And that's basically the entire movie.
Nov 14th 2017
2
Now there's an artist I haven't thought about in a while
Nov 14th 2017
3
      Be careful Robbie L is enjoying a resurgence in popularity
Nov 14th 2017
4
           he likes going at people on twitter and IG too
Nov 14th 2017
5
                Yo I've seen it
Nov 21st 2017
20
eh
Nov 17th 2017
6
Exceeded my (low) expectations
Nov 18th 2017
7
my 2nd favorite of the dceu
Nov 18th 2017
8
RE: my 2nd favorite of the dceu
Nov 19th 2017
10
RE: my 2nd favorite of the dceu
Nov 19th 2017
17
Wasn't bad. Wasn't good either
Nov 18th 2017
9
This shit couldn't even clear $100 million on opening weekend.
Nov 19th 2017
11
I'd hate to be a WB office tomorrow morning
Nov 19th 2017
13
      Kevin T gotta get fired now
Nov 19th 2017
14
           Run time mandate or corporate meddling?
Nov 19th 2017
15
                Both *links*
Nov 19th 2017
16
Dope. Very entertaining and a good jumping off point.
Nov 19th 2017
12
lol
Nov 20th 2017
18
I enjoyed it but I have no concrete reasons why
Nov 21st 2017
19
i knew what it was gon e going in, so i enjoyed it...
Nov 24th 2017
21
I enjoyed this
Nov 24th 2017
22
A breakdown on why JL's box office is bad business
Nov 25th 2017
23
This article was spot on...
Jan 28th 2018
32
not as bad as reviews make it out to be (i know i know but its true)
Nov 25th 2017
24
So, Coco wins the weekend. Is it safe to say JL is done domestically?
Nov 26th 2017
25
I got the sense that they made it primarily for international
Nov 27th 2017
26
Not as bad as Suicide Squad, not as good as BvS
Nov 27th 2017
27
Box Office Irony: 'Justice League' To Gross Less Than 'Man Of Steel'
Dec 04th 2017
28
What could've been. The OG script.
Dec 05th 2017
29
man, that sounds like a convoluted POS
Dec 05th 2017
30
      Honestly at this point, that's the DCEU M.O.
Dec 05th 2017
31
           It had some good bones though
Jan 28th 2018
33
Finally saw it a few days ago via Chinese buccaneering
Jan 28th 2018
34
"it's too dark"
Jan 29th 2018
35
      I've actually heard this argument many times
Jan 29th 2018
36

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