Not a Perfect Movie But An Entertaining One

Rating: Null/10 (28 July 2018)

Justice League (2017)
*** (out of 4)
After the death of Superman (Henry Cavill), Batman (Ben Affleck) decides to get a superteam together because a strong enemy could be trying to end the world. With the help of Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) the Justice League goes out to defeat Steppenwolf but a moral question regarding Superman creeps up.
It seems that in today's comic book movie world one must constantly compare the two rivals. That of course being DC and Marvel but I think we're at the point where that just needs to stop. Sure, fans have their favorites but comparing the two is just rather pointless to me but then again I'm not really a comic book fan. With that said, I'm also not a huge fan of Zack Snyder but I must say that I found JUSTICE LEAGUE to be an entertaining movie. Even though it falls well short of being a classic or even one of the better comic book movies out there.
I think the best part of the film is the fact that the superheroes themselves are so good and entertaining. It does seem that Batman's role in the film was taken down a bit and this might be due to how successful WONDER WOMAN was at the box office. She's certainly front and center here and there's no question that's not a bad thing. I also thought the addition of Aquaman was great as Momoa was excellent in the role and it was great whenever he was on the screen. I also thought The Flash was put to a good start here, although it seems they were taking the more "dork" approach like Spider-Man was in the AVENGERS movie. I wasn't the biggest fan of Cyborg here as he was the least interesting of all the heroes.
Snyder's direction was actually quite good here but I guess there's some controversy over him walking away from the project and it being finished by Joss Whedeon. I don't know all the details of who shot what or who made what decisions but I thought the flow of the movie was quite good. I also thought the CGI world was good for what it was and especially the battle scene at the end, which was a lot of fun. The performances were good by the entire cast as there's no question that everyone is fitting into their roles nicely. I'm still not sure what's up with the voice of Batman but that's another topic.
JUSTICE LEAGUE, as I said, has some flaws including it getting off to a rather slow start. I'd also argue that the film could have used a tad bit more excitement but at the same time I think it delivered enough to where fans should be entertained.