In a world of Cinematic Universes comes a good DC Movie, a little rushed but good

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2017)

This review could have been written in 2 ways: 1 Evaluating it as a stand alone movie 2. Considering now the multiple cinematic universes, this one part of DC, established 1st by Fox with X Men and now consolidated and ruled by Disney and Marvel with Avengers... Only if you live in a cave it is inevitable that you have not seen or heard of any movie of it. I do think the 2nd option is more fun.
I really liked this movie. Ok, Marvel has dne a fantastic job making more familiar some hreores that were not that familiar and building the only solid cinematic universe, they have taken their time and will celebrate the 10th Anniv of that universe with Infinity War... But let's face it: DC has great super heroes, many of us grew up with their cartoons, comic books, movies or tv series; and watching them together in a movie is a 1st good reason to watch it.
Is Justice League funny? Yes. Is there chemistry within the actors? Yes. Are the battles and special effects good?. Yes. Did all the JL memebres shine the same? No. Was the realease a little bit rushed? Maybe. But let's talk about some aspects of the movie:
The rythm is oog, I did not get bored at any time. Maybe the movies Man of Steel , Batman VS Superman and even Wonder Woman had some slow paced scenes. But this one is fast paced and funny, all the time we get something new and fresh.
The Justice League Team: I think the main challenge was to get all the heroes together and make it in a credible and, at the same time, not boring way. For some that are more familiar with this characters it dwould not be a problem, but maybe for new generations, now adapted to Marvel Movies and being introduced with each super heroe at their own movie, seeing all this super heroes is not that magical. But érsonally, I do think that it is great to see them and we really get a team with chemistry, seeing them woorking together with their abilities gives a lot fun to the movies and some good actions sequences.
1st we get to see Wonder Woman / Gal Gadott. She had her sucessful stand alone movie before and was pretty good. Now we see some hints about that movie and also we have a more mature character (there is a gap of almost 100 years between the movies) that now has to come out of exile to save the world.
Batman: I think Ben Affleck as Batman is fine, maybe we have not seen a lot from him and sometimes his character seems out of place. But it is understandable because of all the Batman incarnations throughthe years, present his origins and previous adventures woudl be too much. So if you relax and remember that no matter the actor you already now the Dark Night story, then you can sit and relax. Something I appreciated was to hear again Danny Elfam Batman theme.
We have Flash and Cyborg, the younger crew. Flash, Ezra Miller was very funny and nerdy, a very likeable character. We workds like Spider Man for the Avengers but Flash seems more integrated to the team. Cyborg, Ray Fisher, was pretty good, the special effects with his suit wre great and watching a half human half robot dealing with his changes was presented in a way that you can like the character. The movie delivers some backstory of Flash and Cyborg in a way that you know them and do not get bored in the way.
I have some complains with Aquaman. Altough Jason Momoa does a good job I do not think he really shined at any moment. There are some good special effects underwater, but he never uses a special hability or power . I know he will have his own movie but his part here could have been better.
And Superman, Henry Cavill, -spoilers if they are not obvious enough - is back. I thought his "resurrection" was going to be more epic but it was not that bad seeing him all confused and in battle with this friends. Also, he could have become a much more darker character, but maybe the "boy scout" mood is requierd to contrast Batman. Also, we never get to see what happens outside the world and what does it says about his comeback. Super heroes seem to be in an alternate world aside, something that is happening too to the Marvel Movies, where the real world and the people that claims the help of super heroes feel more alienated.
The vilain, Steppenwolf, his motives and the Boxes of Power... Impossible not to compare it with the gems from the Avengers. And this is where the movie looks precipitated. We ara introduced to this boxes that even try to connect tohe sotries of our characters. Was it a bad resource? No, but this just proves that DC Universe was built trying to have the success of Marvel's Avengers. I just hope that now DC realizes that they have the best super heroes (Yes, Marvel I am sorry) and that DC can do good movies with their own formula (Good Wonder Womand and Justice League, Please burry Suicide Squad and Man of Steel)
In the end Justice League is a fun movie, with a good team, good chemistry between actors and some good actiions sequences.I would definitely recommend it and watch it again. 8 / 10