DC falls short again.

Rating: 3/10 (19 November 2017)

I had hopes after Wonder Woman that DC had figured out how to make decent super hero movies. Justice League proved me wrong. This was a story that has scenes that play like a montage and have no real relevance to the plot and just seem to just be there. The poor pacing ruins all the tension and drama between characters. Batman and Wonder Woman have a falling out for all of two seconds, and they almost immediately are fine with each other again with no real resolution. The backstories and motivations of main characters are glossed over and what is shown lacks so much context or real importance it left me wondering why I should even care.
DC is really known for it's incredible villains, so why was the second rate villain Steppenwolf the antagonist? He is so flat and one dimensional. He has no motivations for trying to destroy the world other than because evil. He references Darkseid, you know, a good villain worth a justice league movie. So they are planning to do another movie wit a good antagonist...eventually.
The one good thing the car wreck of BvS did, the one interesting thing, was to kill Superman, because Superman is like the kid on the playground who says they have all powers when playing super heroes. This setup for Justice League to be interesting because they had to protect the world without a character that is, essentially, all powerful. Then you watch the movie and halfway through they bring Superman back to life, ruining any possibility for tension. The action scenes in this movie were already lack luster, with the exception of the amazons at the beginning, but once Superman is introduced the fights become very boring, lacking all tension.
Fans of the new DC movies and BvS in particular say they are darker, and don't have the humor the Marvel movies do and that is what sets them apart. After Justice League, they can no longer say this because this movie, poorly, tries to emulate the humor and quips found in the Marvel formula. However, the dialogue for Barry Allen was actually funny and felt natural. Most of the dialogue and felt hamfisted and, at times, cringy.
My final thought on the movie applies to all the new DC movies, and that is the terrible CGI. Everything looks sickly. The real people are starkly contrast against the sea of animation. These movies just look bad.