It's Fine But Very Underwhelming

Rating: 6/10 (18 November 2017)

Let me start this review off by saying I have been a fan of DCEU and MOS was enjoyable but objectively it was a 6/10
Then came BVS, which was enjoyable for me personally but if I look at it from a critic's perspective, I would say it's another 6/10
JL is like a third installment in Snyder's trilogy so with the last two films being "OKAY", this is the one that DCEU needed to be amazing, JL needed to WOW the fans, it needed to get people excited about DCEU but ultimately it doesn't do its job
Although it improves upon some things that were not as good in last films i.e characters being very likable
JL like all other Snyder films does have some really good action sequences
However this film has a lot of problems.
CGI and Cheap Looking Production
For a film that has this much budget, JL definitely looked like a Saturday Night Skit in a lot of scenes where the heroes were not in their costumes, where there were normal people
The CGI looks very off and weird in some parts
It's inexcusable to be honest
The film also has a lot of badly placed humor that kills the seriousness of the scene and a lot of the humor does try to APE the MCU's approach to humor. I like MCU although i would say they sometimes over-do their humor in some parts of their films. JL does something similar here and it feels forced
Another thing is tone, this is not really an issue but at the same time it kind of IS.
The light hearted tone is not the problem, the real problem is how forced it feels in some parts. Some characters have changed drastically and become so light hearted compared to how they were in last two films, it's jarring
The word jarring reminded me, The Editing is also jarring in this film
The villain Steppenwolf is very disposable, although has clear motives, barely feels like he presents any real threat
However what works for JL is that it's completely fun and enjoyable, it's a good time. But it doesn't feel like it has rewatching value. It's like a time pass ride that will entertain you.
The film also lacks substance. Unlike BVS and MOS, this film felt very barebones entertainment like Fast and Furious films and although Fast and Furious Franchise isn't BAD, they are definitely popcorn entertainment and so is Justice League
However JL does deliver a more coherent story than BVS and MOS, it doesn't try to do too much in one film although it does feel rushed because more than half of team members had to be introduced in ONE FILM and the run time of 2 hour doesn't help either. The film definitely could've benefit from a bit longer runtime like 2 hours and 20 minutes at least
JL also feels very self aware and pokes fun at itself in a way that seems like they're just going "OH THE MASSES DIDN'T LIKE THE DARK TONE OF OUR LAST FEW FILMS? WELL WE WON'T IMPROVE STORYTELLING, WE WOULD JUST GIVE YOU JOKES, HERE YOU GO, HERE ARE YOUR ONE LINERS AND QUIPS" and it also pokes fun at some serious things about its previous films which felt unnecessary
All in all, JL is fun time but it is no more than that. Although i enjoyed it less than BVS, If i speak objectively, JL is a better film than BVS and it is better executed but JL still lacks a lot in the plot and execution
Sadly it doesn't live up to the hype and doesn't do justice to the Justice League. The first live action JL film should've been amazing and instead we got another divisive OKAY film that amps up the entertainment factor for the mass audience but doesn't do much to be considered a really good film and that's why i said it's fine but JL should've been much more better
Although its a fun ride, i was underwhelmed
6/10