A mindless film. Good action but that's it.

Rating: 4/10 (19 November 2017)

I had high hopes for Justice League. From BvS I would have thought that the scriptwriters had enough feedback to come up with a tighter script that would avoid the mistakes made in its predecessor. Sadly, they didn't. The only two highlights for me were: 1. Seeing the Justice League altogether in one film, albeit incomplete.
2. Seeing the right (badass) version of Deathstroke, instead of the lame Will Smith version. I hope they completely ignore the "Suicide Squad" when making the next films cos it was rubbish. What is confusing is that the same Batman and Flash are in "Suicide Squad".
And this is my first complaint. In one flashback scene we get to see a Green Lantern fighting Steppenwolf during his first invasion. So why is Green Lantern missing from the current day threat? He is meant to be the protector of Earth so it just does not make sense why he is missing.
Here are my other complaints: Where the hell was Darkseid. After all the hype, he is nowhere to be seen. Nor is there any hint of him being in the next film.
The pacing was off. Some parts of the film were too slow, whilst some crucial scenes were rushed. The prime example was the scene where Superman is revived.
What was the point of the family? They served no purpose whatsoever.
Flash was written as the butt of the film's jokes. I didn't think he deserved that, but they are basically trying too hard to copy Marvel's light-hearted tone. Even Superman makes some cracks in this movie. The script writers are trying too hard to be what it is not.
Steppenwolf defeated the Amazonians and Atlantians way way too easily. You would think that after his first defeat, the races would have passed down their knowledge on how he was defeated the first time, to prevent him from succeeding the second time. And why were there only 3-4 Atlantians guarding the cube.
The whole cubes thing was so obviously a ripoff of the Tesseract cube.
Where were the Amazons and the Atlantians? Why weren't they helping our heroes? Why was Martha Kent forced to sell her farm? If she could not keep up the mortgage payments (which is what the script implied), then surely Bruce Wayne would have rescued her (especially since she has the same name as his own Mother...).
Why was Martha Kent's reaction one of joy when seeing Superman alive again. WOuldn't it be one of sadness and anger that her son was not left to rest in peace?? How was Alfred able to bring Lois Lane so quickly to the scene of destruction to stop Superman? If they were "around the corner", then surely Lois Lane would've known what they were planning and would have insisted on being there to meet Superman instead of staying hidden as the "big gun".
Steppenwolf was kicking Wonder Woman and Aquaman's asses. And yet, Superman came and beat the crap out of him like he was nothing. Again, there was no credibility in the script.
How is it that the first two cubes activated exactly when a major character came to look at it? (Queen Hippolyta and Aquaman, respectively).
After the Doomsday incident, why is the resuscitation chamber still existing? Surely, the US government would've ordered it to be dismantled and scrapped?? Did they really want to risk another Doomsday being created? Many of you will disagree with me on this but Gal Gadot is not Wonder Woman. Bring on Megan Fox!! Any fan of the animated feature movies will agree on this. Gal Gadot should at least hire a voice coach.