Pretty Flawed, But I Still Liked It A Lot

Rating: 6/10 (18 November 2017)

If this was a film of characters I had never heard of, it would blend into the 1,000 CGI fest crap action films that have preceded it. And I would've had zero interest in it.
But the iconic characters and amazing cast pulled me in. I have a crush on Gal Gadot in her WW outfit and Henry C is the embodiment of Superman. Affleck is a very solid Batman. And I loved Jason Momoa and his blue contact lenses and shoulder tats. Ezra added some spark.
The two other main characters of Cyborg and Alfred and simply too omniscient to be fun in the film. Alfred might as well be a wizard with his instant tactical knowledge, communications and countermeasures from 9,000 miles away. And Cyborg was more than just an emo Iron Man, his body appendages contained limitless Deus Ex Machina devices and knowledge. Want an arm-mounted interface for a billion year old space cube? Done.
Nevertheless, I liked the characters. They are fun together. Unlike Avengers with so many stupid heroes (Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Winter Soldier) with no super powers other than Bourne Identity combat prowess), the Justice League is full of powerful meta humans. They rock. Watching WW and AM fight Steppenwolf was neato.
Which brings me to the damn cubes, the centerpiece of what drives the plot. Didn't a horrible transforming robot film from Michael Bay already do these omnipoent cubes as a plot device? And Marvel with the Infinity Stones? And Lord of the Rings with the Rings of Power? Ugh. It's lazy. Supremely lazy.
And yes, it's another "destroy the world to create my new realm" plot. Also very, very lazy. The villain in this film is supremely bad. Like Loki bad. He's a lame, fake looking joke. We just saw a villain 85% similar to him (with the same diabolical scheme) in Wonder Woman with Ares. Same godlike power, same horns on his helmet, same plan to make a red fiery world of war.
I found it weird how they brought Supes back, but whatever. He's a badass. He whomped Steppenwolf. But did Steps actually die? He kinda got sucked unto into the "beam of light" into the sky movie trope?
It sounded like I hated this movie, but I didn't. I liked the characters, but I hated the plot. Bad, bad writing. Why was it so complicated. Why so many moving parts. Didn't they learn anything from BvS, and how it creaked under the weight of it's nonsensical plot? I'm looking forward to an actually menacing villain in the next film. And I'm looking forward to seeing WW and Supes side by side with all their punch power.