On the right track...still a way to go

Rating: 6/10 (18 November 2017)

When a footy team is in a relegation struggle a new manager often comes in, and their primary job is to make sure the team no longer suck. They're rarely great straight away but they stop shipping goals by the ton and looking like a disparate bunch of nobodies. This feels analogous to Justice League. BvS was an atrocious mess of bad decisions and rotten characterisations that would tumble down any league structure like a stone. Now WB have presented us with an unremarkable, but by no means bad movie designed to steady the ship and shore up the defence. Vaguely amusing with flashes of actual flair, I had a decent time watching the guys come together. Yes, the tone is a little awkward at times but at least there is a little light, and if Steppenwolf easily wins least effective villain in the history of comic book movies, and if the plot is as interesting as washing dishes, Wonder Woman, Batman and yes, even Superman, hit some relatively high notes. And I absolutely loved it whenever Elfman's score reprised the Bat's theme from the Burton films. You can have worse times at the cinema this year. Relegation avoided :)