Unite the League.... Kinda

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2018)

Finally.... Years and years and more years of waiting and we finally got the ultimate heroes on the big screen together. Well almost all of them. I was going to say that Justice League was the Ultimate comic book movie... but as much as I loved the film, I just can't give it the Ultimate status that I thought I would. Its fun, and entertaining. But its TOO light... It feels like a completely separate entry from the rest of the DCEU. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. But its not a good thing either. I know that Zack Snyder had already intended for Justice League to be lighter in tone as opposed to Batman V Superman, but after he left the project, Joss, WB and anyone else in charge of taking over just overdid it with the corny jokes, color pallete, and the editing. Removing the 3 most important and talked about scenes that were featured in the July 2017 trailer was completely unacceptable. Those scenes would have made Steppenwolf feel more developed and more important to the general audiences and for those that don't know about Steppenwolf, Darkseid, or the New Gods. The reshoots are to blame for that. The reshoots were completely unnecessary. You can easily tell which scenes were reshoots because the actors look completely different. It honestly felt like they were pushing this movie more on the Marvel side of comic book movies. And thats not good because I love the DCEU and they were doing their own thing and they should've kept at it.
Justice League aborted the arc that was set up in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. So don't expect to see too many correlations between the two films. On the positive side, Justice League was action packed just like the other DCEU films. Steppenwolf was great villain in my opinion because I already knew about him and his purpose since I read the comics. The plot was short and simple to understand for those that didn't like how BVS was "too difficult" to understand. It's extremely fun seeing Earth's greatest heroes together on the big screen. Thats why I rated JL a 8/10. It was exciting and felt like I was watching the animated series all over again. Of course I wish the movie had turned out the way Zack Snyder intended it to be, but maybe we'll get a ZS cut in the future. One can only hope at this point. Since Justice League is no longer in theaters in most areas, when its available for digital download (rent/buy) you should check it out. Form your own opinion. Watch it looking for fun and not looking for the negatives. Watch it with an open mind and take it for what it is, a Justice League movie.