Chaotic But Entertaining Mess

Rating: 5/10 (30 November 2017)

Justice League is the expected reunion of some of DC's most loved characters, but its post-production has been really chaotic and messy, and that is reflected in the movie. Zack Snyder had to left the movie because of a familiar tragedy and that brought Joss Whedon on board, who did a great amount of the shots, changed the tone of the movie overall and did other changes. The final movie is far away of what I would loved it to be, but to watch all of those heroes together on screen is just wonderful.
This movies tells us the story of how Bruce Wayne is trying to reunite a team for fighting against the forces of evil that are menacing the Earth. I like the way the story is told and I really like the idea of Bruce reuniting the League. My main problem is that the movie does not have time to set up really well all the secondary characters (Aquaman, Flash and Cyborg, not to mention the villain, Steppenwolf). The movie is so rushed that they are just introduced, given a bit of backstory, and that's it. I think this movie should have been longer just for given those characters and interesting background that would have make them more likable.
Anyway, the actors are really great in their roles. Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman keep their awesome job from Batman V Superman and keep showing us that their casting was really spot on. I really liked Henry Cavill as Superman in the previous movies, but in this, I don't know, I just feel it's character was underused and he could have bring an interesting dynamic to the group if used more. Flash was played by Ezra Miller, Aquaman by Jason Momoa and Cyborg by Ray Fisher. They did really great. Their characters at times felt a bit like background characters more than members of the League, but that's not problem of the actors. And then you have the villain, who was the most dull and stupid villain we have had in the DCEU so long. He just appeared at some parts and then disappeared and he had from little to zero background story for us to really understand what were his main purposes.
The visuals were amazing as always, and at some shots you could really feel Zack Snyder's present, who might not be a great storyteller, but is a genius at creating powerful images. Although at some parts of the movie you felt Whedon (or maybe Warner) presence in the lighter tone (that was the difference DC had over Marvel) and the unnecessary jokes put all over the place. And my other problem is the music. At first Junkie XL was hired to compose the score but when Whedon came in, he was replaced by Danny Elfman. Elfman has a really great talent, but he decided to move away from the soundscape Hans Zimmer had created in the previous movies to provide a boring, flat and unmemorable score that is barely audible within the movie. Elfman is a really great composer but I was sadly disappointed with his work in here and I wish he had kept Zimmer themes from Man of Steel and Batman V Superman.
Overall, this is an entertaining movie, but not a perfect one. If you liked Man of Steel and Batman V Superman, this might be a step down for you (like it was for me), but if you're a Marvel fan, I'm sure you will enjoy this one really much.