Boredom v Cringing

Rating: 1/10 (16 April 2016)

The Justice League may pre-date The Avengers in comic book version but they trail way behind on the big screen.
I assume the aim was to make this film as 'dark' as The Dark Knight trilogy, and aim not met. The film fails to hold the interest like Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises and doesn't have a patch of the storyline of these films.
It took years for Batman to become 'cool' thanks to Christian Bale's portrayal of the character. The appalling 60's TV series and a series of equally awful films starring the likes of Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Val Kilmer and George Clooney made Batman as big a joke as Superman and Wonder Woman.
Ben Affleck has had to take over from Bale, a massive ask made more difficult in a terrible film with little in the way of a plot and playing opposite two of comic books daftest creations. If it wasn't for this Affleck would make a good Batman.
Superman has been a joke character since the awful films of the 1970's and 80's. Man of Steel was an attempt to make him a series character, it only produced a boring film about an alien in blue spandex, this time without his underpants over his clothes.
Wonder Woman is a shockingly poor character in any shape or form and this film doesn't change that.
Jeremy Irons takes over from Michael Caine in the role of 'Alfred' and is awful in every scene he ruins. He is now Bruce Wayne's technical adviser.
The casting and performances were generally terrible. The script was horrendous with a lot pointless, and meaningless, chatter. Lex Luther was practically incoherent all the way through the movie, as well as the most cringe-worthy part of the whole film.
The fight scenes were difficult to see. They moved too fast and the camera jerked about so they were hard to follow. The fight between Batman and Superman, in which Batman is the victor, was the only highlight surrounded by tedium.
Most worryingly was the time taken to hint at the next few films in the franchise to be released over the next few years. All ones to avoid. It didn't mention Suicide Squad, released later this year, which is apparently part of the franchise and may be the only bright spark among them.
What parts of the film I wasn't bored through I spent cringing.
It's a terrible film.