JL stands for hope in the DCEU

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2017)

Well one of the most hyped up movies of 2017 The Justice League is finally here. And as a Justice League fan I was also thrilled and excited to see this movie, being a fan of the Justice League animated series and Justice League comics I wanted to see the first live on screen appearance of my favourite childhood heroes. But I have to say I was little bit disappointed with the outcome. True enjoyed the movie but the final product, I was disappointed with. Once you see the movie it is clear that this is not the original version of the movie that was intended to hit the theatres or at least this was not the full version. The portrayal of the six characters that is mainly Superman, Aquaman, Wonder woman, Batman, Cyborg and Flash were good. Some may suggest that the characters of Cyborg could have been improved but still good job nonetheless. The movie was a lot of fun compared to the previous installments of the DCEU. It had a lot of humour in it compared to the dark, gritty and serious Batman v Superman movie. For any DC fans this movie definitely has some comic references here and there in some scenes which will excite them but to the general audience who are most probably not familiar with Aquaman and Cyborg this movie may not have the intended effect it should have had for them, especially with no solo origin movies. Zack Snyder tried his level best to explain the story of the new characters to his best but unfortunately because of the WB mandate of making the movie only 2 hour long significant portion of the movie was edited out, and the resultant problem is evident. This has caused a lot of pacing issues with the movie. Most of the scenes don't have a completion to them.The transition between different scenes is also not smooth. There is also use of extensive CGI, but still there are some scenes that falls apart such as the infamous moustache replacement which is visible in a few selected scenes. Plot was also week most probably due to the extensive editing done to the movie which also results in a weak villain who is one dimensional with no motive apart from conquering the world. Justice League is the result of what could have been the greatest movies of all time but failed because Warner brothers wanted a short film that would excite the general audience for the future DCEU movies, sacrificing plot, villain and importantly the loyal fans of DC. But Warner brothers did succeed in their motive of exciting the audience for the future of DCEU.