Kid friendly superheroes

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2020)

Justice League comes together and certainly doesn't feel free in it's creativity as far a story arcs are concerned. Where the restrictions come from is anyone's guess. Maybe it was due to Snyder being unable to complete shooting due to personal circumstances. Maybe it's the Hollywood comic book formula in trying to get all these stories to coincide with each other without some main characters even having their solo outing first. Where this film suffers most is lack of story development and a extremely weak villain in Steppenwolf. It doesn't really bring anything new to the table, it's basically a linear one dimensional storyline where Steppenwolf is in danger of taking over the planet using the energy he collects three motherboxes. These boxes have been hidden for centuries to keep out of the wrong hands. Meanwhile Bruce is assembling a team to stop him on a suspicion the end is looming. The actors do their best but they can't save a weak plot. Gal Godot reprising her role as wonder woman is solid and Ezra Miller brings the humour. But the tone of the film is all over the place. Something tells me Snyder's version will be a lot darker than what Whedon finished off. It's evident that this film was completed by two different men with very different visions. Whedons comedic light-hearted tone juxtaposed with Snyder's more serious outlook on the comic world and much darker style. Even the score was all over the place, Danny Elfman came in late and probably tried patching things up, but again for the most part things just seem out of place. This is close to a Batman and Robin blooper in terms of cheesy god awful lines and ridiculously inconsistent characters. Something is bleeding and it's bleeding awful. Ben Affleck done his best but he really didn't have the writing for this interpretation of batman. Why is he so obnoxious in this? Lines like when he mentions Steve Trevor seem so out of character even as a motivation tactic, his ideology seems mixed in this follow up of bvs. At times it feels like watching somebody play a video game especially towards the end where the battle scenes are full on CGI. Unfortunately this superhero film ended up in a league of their own and they definitely didn't do this film justice!!!