Justice League Has It's Problems But It's Hugely Entertaining

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2017)

First of all I am a Marvel fan and DC fan, I don't have a particular favourite but I do believe DC/Warner Bros should be the number one company and not Marvel Studios, DC has Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, need I say more? they really shouldn't be in second place with the most popular/iconic characters. So as everyone knows, Justice League has been getting more than bad reviews, like many others I also don't understand why. It is only a movie after all. Enjoy it regardless of what's not good.
The reason this movie has been getting bad reviews is because of the weak CGI in many places/scenes, this isn't hard to spot, even because of the many re shoots that took place months after filming finished, there really shouldn't be CGI that looks ten years old and basically like your watching a video game, with a budget of £300 million you should have the best CGI possible. Another reason the movie got bad reviews is because of the film feeling rushed due to it originally being almost 3 hours long, to cut 50 or so minutes off of the run time isn't too clever as the result is every scene feeling rushed and only a few minutes long, personally I believe it needed to be two and a half hours long. I think this is the biggest negative, hopefully there will be an extended edition when released on DVD.
Steppenwolf isn't the worst villain of all time as many are saying, he at least has more than a few scenes where he is intimidating and threatening, okay he is your average villain who want's to take over the world but you do fear him and I believe he fits the movie just fine. Whether or not DC/WB's should have took the Loki approach from Avengers Assemble and have a human actor instead of all CGI is anyone's guess, I had no problem with the villain although it was all CGI, people who are saying they should have had the most powerful villain first, this is more a taster of things to come and gets you in the spirit of things.
I will say that the marketing for the movie wasn't the best, movie posters only featured 5 characters and no Superman in sight, cast interviews where the actors got told to say that Superman isn't coming back etc, I won't spoil anything for anyone who is yet to see it, not that it is a spoiler anyway but no one in this world for one second believed that DC's most iconic character would stay dead, terrible promoting in an amateur way, it might of been better to just promote Superman in your movie as he is your most iconic character.
The actors are spot on with their roles, you always get great performances from Gadot, Affleck and Cavill as they have played their respective roles for 3/4 times now, I don't believe there are a better three actors to play these roles and one can only hope that Affleck stays on as currently it looks like he want's out of playing Batman, also Cavill is only signed up for one more Superman appearance, either in a Man of Steel 2 or another Justice League, not sure who else you can find to play these iconic roles, Gadot is I believe signed on for a sequel to Wonder Woman and I hope she stays on for years to come, same as Affleck and Cavill. Fisher as Cyborg, Momoa as Aquaman and Miller as The Flash all have their characters down to a tea and their performances are of high standard, it really does feel as though you have known these new characters for a long time just as you have known The Avengers for the last ten years or so. You also wan't to see a solo Flash movie, a solo Cyborg movie and it makes you look forward to Aquaman being released in 2018. You don't see much of Irons as Alfred or J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon but the latter hopefully will have more scenes in the sequel or the rumoured solo Batman movie, also Adams as Lois is also underused and only appears in a few scenes.
Lastly, as it currently stands, Justice League is struggling at the box office and a sequel looks unlikely, hopefully it keeps making as much money as possible as there is an end credit scene that potentially sets up a potentially amazing sequel, to not see that come to fruition will be a huge shame. It's going to be interesting to see what DC/WB's do next with these great characters and what direction they go in.
Justice League has a few problems yes, is it a perfect movie? no, but it is an immensely entertaining movie that keeps you hooked from start to finish with it's rich/iconic characters and fine actors, okay, it's your standard plot but this will not be the last time you will wan't to see The Justice League United, here's to a Justice League 2 and to hopefully an ultimate edition on DVD. DC/WB's do Justice to The Justice League.