A mess

Rating: 2/10 (22 August 2018)

There's little going for this film, taking into account the behind the scenes issues and staff changes such occupancies obviously had massive effects upon the final product. For a big budget blockbuster it looks slightly cheap and obviously staged which is poor plus there's subtle moments which just seem off and show technical incompetence from camera crews and other creatives which is as I said earlier poor for such a category of film. One of the more harsher criticisms is the style/tonal outcome of the film, the Two listed directors have opposing styles with differences in focus too with Snyder having an eye for spectacle and Whedon a craft for story the final mesh is a jumble of poor content that's flung together and ultimately is uninteresting. Characters are shallow even the DCEU's shining star Wonder Woman (Gadot) is reduced to mostly low angled shots from her rear and it's a stretch to say her outing this time has any redeeming factors, Aquaman and the Flash give you some comic relief but frankly are forgettable, Cyborg is hardly present for the majority of the runtime and the two most iconic figures in the history of comics/popular entertainment Batman and Superman seem uncompelling and somewhat phoned in and is probably the reason for the general mediocre response to the film. The story arcs are mostly irrelevant and unoriginal with zero charm to them which brings down the quality even further. The villain is a giant CGI snail essentially with no characteristics to suggest a match for the protagonists which is supported by earlier developments which depict his defeat and struggles in battle with other societies/worlds within this universe. There's attempts at fixing the universes problems but ultimately it seems as though this ship has well and truly sunk. With an all star cast and such a significant event on the current DC filmography it's worth a watch to bring you up to speed but otherwise avoid