Justice Another Nail

Rating: 4/10 (19 November 2017)

So, this was directed by two people. Two completely separate visions. And it shows.
There are moments in Justice League that are good, really good, even, but you're going to have to wait until about half the movie's over before they kick in. Yeah, it takes a tremendous amount of time to get to the goods and Superman, of course.
I don't care that the trailers, posters, advertising, etc, left out Kal-El – it was painfully obvious he was coming back. I had just prayed they wouldn't wait until the last 5 minutes to reveal his return.
Mercifully, I was wrong, but not too far off. He's definitely not the spotlight here. That's reserved for more, well, amateur superheroes.
I guess they're going for the They're All New To This Job, like how the president's moronic moments are being justified. Take Batman. Leave him on his own and he's badass and the smartest person in the room. You give him partners and you have: Batman & Robin and now, Justice League.
Basically, Bruce knows something bad is coming and he attempts to gather up the other "special" beings to stop a watered down villain and motives. Once everyone's gathered, well, most everyone, they pull a Danny Ocean: "You think we need one more?...You think we need one more...All right, we'll get one more." (Or, just an excuse to get Superman back in the League he's always all-but led.)
Now, while it's shoddily written and easy enough for kids to follow and yet too adult for them to see, it does have some fantastic new characters I wouldn't mind seeing more of: The Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman. Wonder Woman was a badass fighter and brought a lot of humor to the movie. Batman was just okay. And Superman was a 180 from his previous two outings from Henry Cavill and a whole lot fun to watch the few times he was on screen.
I remember this was SUPPOSED to be part one of two, or one larger movie split into two, but since that wore down the audiences with increasingly failed attempts, it was scrapped. Not to mention, the DCU isn't (mostly) well received. This movie truly felt like two movies crammed into one and with too many "Oh! There's that character!" and "Oh! There's that comic book subplot!" Honestly, they should've gone the Marvel route and had everyone had their own origin movies and then get them all together, slowly but surely.
Eh, it's not necessarily a terrible movie, but not one I want to rush to see again. I will say it was nice that Danny Elfman was composing and brought back some nostalgia from past movie series.
I just think the cast and crew were just as confused at what was going on as were our superheroes who were trying to save the world. DCU: Just stop. Wait a few years, woo writers from Disney and start over again.
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Final thoughts: Not many DCU movies out there, so here's my Top Five Faves!
1. Man of Steel (★★★★★/5 Stars.)
2. Batman v Superman: Ultimate Edition (★★★★★/5 Stars.)
3. Wonder Woman (★★★★/5 Stars.)
4. Suicide Squad: Extended Cut (★★★/5 Stars.)
5. Justice League (★★½/5 Stars.)