Justice League (2017)

Rating: 5/10 (25 November 2017)

After being in the minority and loving Man of Steel & Batman v Superman but not enjoying Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman this film just came across as completely different and actually quite boring.
Pros -
Ben Affleck as The Batman is just a genius move. I love him. He is my Batman, shame he didn't get a warehouse sequence in the movie but he is my Batman. He deserves to stay the longest in the Universe and needs his own film trilogy. Amazing. Some scenes of The Batman just turned me into a six year old kid.
Henry Cavill is just as good and I have such a soft spot for him as Superman.
Jason Momoa is a brilliant move by DC to play Aquaman and he shines in his role even if he isn't given as much to do as the other players.
Ray Fisher I loved as Cyborg, he brought humanity and depth and fully deserves a solo movie, or even a Teen Titans movie.
Ciaran Hinds as Steppenwolf I thought was actually pretty good. Whilst the CGI is a mess at times, the character was developed, motives explained and he was quite intimidating. Honestly don't understand the hate for him, commendable job by Hinds to create this character.
The supporting cast of Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J.K Simmons, Amber Heard, Joe Morton, Michael McElhatton, Billy Crudup, Jesse Eisenberg and Joe Manganiello are such talents and all shine whether they are given less or more to do. Props to Amy Adams for always bringing her A game along with Lane and Irons.
Pacing was actually good although I fully believe they should cut out all the scenes with that stupid Russian family and fleshed out the major players a lot more. That Russian family really annoyed me.
Some of the set pieces with the Amazons and the Lord of the Rings esque battle were a joy to watch. Shame we didn't get to see more of David Thewlis as Ares as again with the minority here, loved him.
The end credits scene turned me (yet again) into a six year old kid. I just love Deathstroke.
Some moments of humour worked but in many scenes just felt cringey.
There are some references which are quite fan pleasing such as the name dropping of Roman Sionis, the showing of Green Lanterns and of course the end credits scenes.
Cons -
Gal Gadot I hate. I'm sorry, there's nothing about her I like, I didn't enjoy her in her film. She just can't. And it bothers me. And I'm sorry but I just don't like her at all.
Ezra Miller was good in most parts but some of his humour was very hit and miss.
The CGI was actually not as bad as people are making out but seriously a lot more could've been practical. Henry Cavill's CGI face isn't in the movie as much as I thought he would be which is very good.
The Russian family should've been ditched for more character development, character's that actually mattered. I really hated them.
This film is actually at times quite boring and without any stakes unlike the previous films.
I absolutely hate the comedic and light hearted tone of this film. BvS and MOS all were perfect in my eyes in terms of tone whilst SS and WW had more conventional terms which worked. This film just doesn't fit in THE DCEU.
(Update) - I completely forget about Danny Elfman's score which really explains how flippin forgettable it was. JUNKIE XL PLEASE COME BACK.
Joss Whedon's fingerprints are all over this film and the reshoots are so painfully obvious. Give us the Snyder cut we deserve. The action was actually quite boring and uninspiring. Stick to TV Whedon.
I'm not sure if I got a different cut of the film but the opening with the CGI Superman filmed on a phone was legitimately weird.
Look overall this film just isn't Zack Snyder's movie, I for one love his stylistic vision and storytelling, MOS and BVS are in my eyes masterpieces that the critics tore for unnecessary reasons. I am a huge Marvel fan as well and it's hard not to draw comparisons with this film and The Avengers. Whedon's touch is all over this film and honestly he could possibly have tarnished the entire DCEU with this installment. If this film was in Snyder's hands it would be more visually fantastic, longer and have real stakes. The rumours of Whedon shooting 20% of this film has to be fake, his fingerprints are all over this decaying body of work which sadly falls flat from previous entries in the DCEU.
Pray for The Snyder Cut.