One of the worst superhero movies ever made

Rating: 2/10 (25 December 2017)

I got almost no enjoyment out of this one, and it was by far my worst moviegoing experience of the last few years. Even bad superhero movies like Batman Forever and Batman and Robin -as horrendously stupid as they are - had impressive set pieces, camp value and some standout moments.
This was just painfully boring. All of the newcomers (Flash/Aquaman/Cyborg) have rushed introductions and I wasn't given much of a reason to care about them. Even Batman and Wonder Woman lacked moments emotionally resonated with me, despite them having appeared in previous DCEU films. The big problem is that there are simply not enough screentime dedicated to fleshing out the Justice League's relationships with one another. By the end of the first Avengers film, all of our heroes felt like a team. At the end of this movie, they still felt like acquaintances at best.
There was no real "story". No character journey. Just a haphazard excuse to throw these characters together. It felt almost like a video game. Except the action scenes, for the most part, sucked. I liked the fight against Superman (who was easily the best thing about this mess), but that's about it.
The villain was bland, with a generic take over or end the world plot, and he had no real relationship with any of the Justice League members (to be fair, most of the Marvel movies suffer from this as well).
I suspect Joss Whedon was responsible for adding in the humorous scenes, probably in hopes that they would distract the audience from how tedious and grim and slow the rest of the movie was. While the Flash got a few laughs, most of the jokes did not land. And even if they did all land, they would not be enough to save this miserable excuse of a movie.
It's such a shame too, because the cast is REALLY GOOD! I like Batfleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher and Henry Cavill. They are all great choices for their characters. But the script and the directing and the editing let them all down.
I didn't see Batman vs. Superman in theaters because everyone acted like it was the worst thing ever. While I think that movie missed the mark and I would only give it like a 5.5/10, I was never constantly looking at my phone to see how much time had passed like I did with Justice League. I thought Batman vs Superman was an ambitious movie with a lot of good moments. Justice League was just a poor attempt to capture the success of the Avengers. Here's a tip Warner Brothers: Seeing several superheroes team up is only cool if we care about the superheroes in the first place!
Worst superhero movie of the year. It joins the ranks of Green Lantern/Superman 3 and 4 as one of the worst superhero movies ever made. It's worse than Fantastic Four 2015 (which was compelling for at least the first half of the movie), and worse than Catwoman, which is enjoyable on a "it's so bad it's good" level.