Justice League: Loaded with flaws but overall a "feel good" pleaser

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2017)

Pay no attention to critics that take this movie too seriously. I'm both a Marvel and D.C. fan and judge without bias. With that said Justice League was without a doubt a fun movie to watch! I was nervous about the quality/success of the film since A LOT is riding on it! After all, if JL bombed it would seriously jeopardize projects like Flashpoint, Aquaman, The Batman, MOS 2, and yes JL 2 from ever being made. After watching the film I'm confident that at least the next wave of DC's projects are a safe bet. However, the skeptic in me pondered why there were sooooo many flaws in the movie with such a big budget! Aside from the Amazonians, JL cast, and CGI demon moths....where were the people of the world? If they were hiding they should've showed news broadcasts telling everyone to hide. Instead, the movie ignored showing the impact of how the invasion was affecting the general public... aside from a single family residing near the Steppenwolf's hive. There were literally scenes filmed in open public areas with no extras in the background! at one point, Superman and Flash left the final battle to save civilians....but Flash only saved one family of 4 and Superman was shown carrying a building with no people in it?! Details left out in this movie we're inexcusable and was much more of a live action cartoon rather than a movie to be taken seriously. Steppenwolf was also a VERY poor choice for D.C. to select as the main villain. He lacked relevance, and is completely unknown even to knowledgeable comic fans. When Goyer was mulling over historical villains....how/why would they skip over more well known villains like Brainiac, or Darkseid?! At least the credits scene painted a picture of a more relevant future with Luthor's potential band of villains.
OK enough of the bad and onto the good! The Flash stole the show, and I thought Aquaman was going to be a zero but was pleasantly surprised! The movie focused on "the team" and rightfully so. WW was her fabulous self and Superman came back as strong as ever. The "team" aspect the movie hit a homerun! The best fight scene in the movie was the resurrection of Superman. What a great surprise twist! ....and enough bashing on Ben....he's done a fine job as Batman and fits well with the direction DC's taken. We need more scenes like in the opening where Batman caught the scout demon. The stealthy creepy Batman scenes are fantastic and D.C. needs to capitalize on more scenes like it. Hopefully D.C. can build (with Ben) on the progress they've made with JL. I'd say that's exactly how to describe the movie...."progress". I walked in nervous, but walked out smiling.