DC rising up...

Rating: 7/10 (12 March 2018)

There was only two DC movies released in 2017, Wonder Woman and Justice League. Justice League was a good movie, like Wonder Woman. The DC movies released in 2016 were pretty trash, but 2017 was a good year for DC, and other superhero movies. I really did enjoy Justice League for what it is, but the problem was that there was no hype. There should be massive amounts of hype surrounding Justice League, but there wasn't that much for a movie like this. If DC took their time and release movie by movie, explaining each character, then there would be much more amounts of hype. I don't want to see the Justice League characters band up in one movie, then explain the characters later in their own movies in the upcoming years. Marvel took ten years to explain each character, and then put them in a movie teaming up all together, I'm talking about Avengers: Infinity War. DC took less than half of the time that Marvel took, but if Justice League was trash, then Marvel would have no competition, fortunately Justice League was a good movie.
Story: 6/10
The story is beyond average. Justice League has that very average superhero story, like, the good guys find the threat, the good guys have a plan to save the world, the good guys end the bad guys, The End. I pretty much described the story in a few sentences. Justice League relies on the "Save the world, or everyone will die" story. I have to be honest, I'm sick of the end of the world story, it's way too predictable, and you always know what's going to happen. Stories like Marvel's Logan is a good one, for example: Logan doesn't have to save the world, he has to save himself and the people around him. The story is about Logan's world, not the whole world. Now back to Justice League. The villain plot is a cliche too. Stop the bad guy before he gets this and that before it gets too late. Gladly, the plot wasn't boring. I was slightly interested by the plot. The plot didn't get lost in it's self or any other subplot, the movie had one motive, and it was a basic one. I'm so happy that Justice League didn't try to explain the characters' origins thoroughly, it would be subplot heaven. The last thing I want mention is the cubes. Basically the bad guy has to collect these powerful cubes to end the world, and I hate that. Make it like the bad guy didn't need anything, and all he had to do was just land there and end the world, it would've been more intense. Overall, the story suffers from an average plot and of plenty cliches, also the bad guy plot was weak.
Characters: 7/10
The Justice League characters were decent, but the villain was terrible, physically and mentally. Physically, Steppenwolf (The villain) didn't seem powerful whatsoever. I knew straight from the beginning that Steppenwolf would manage to do nothing, he didn't even hurt a fly. Mentally, he wasn't scary nor intimidating. The Justice League team was far better. Some characters got their own movies, some got movies to explain their relationships between others (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice). The Flash in this movie was surprising, I have to say. Flash makes the other characters look boring. I don't want to say that Flash was funny, but he is the most unique character in the movie. I did feel like some of the characters besides Seppenwolf was dragging. Aquaman felt out of place in this movie to me. If the characters had their own movie before Justice League, than maybe they would be OK, but Aquaman felt so pointless accept for only one scene. Overall, the characters were good, some felt very out of place and some characters, like Steppenwolf were just simply terrible.
Action: 9/10
I really enjoyed Justice League mainly because of the action. I was never bored, there was action left, right, and center. Justice League has one little issue, the CGI. At some scenes the CGI makes sense and it looks good, but some scenes were just overkill. Near the ending of the movie, there was just too much CGI, and it must have burned a lot of budget. I also liked how they choreographed the fight scenes. Each character was working together in different ways, like Flash and Superman were saving the people and Flash and Cyborg were working together at some scenes to stop the cubes from ending the Earth. One last thing I would like to mention is how amazing the CGI was for Gotham City. Gotham City is supposed dark and rainy, and Justice League did exactly that. Overall, the action is entertaining and unique. The CGI was a bit too much, but it does set the mood for the entire movie.
Overall, Justice League was a superb superhero movie. The action was at its best, and the CGI helped the action, and sometimes it didn't help. The Justice League team roster was well done, but some characters felt a bit out of place. The villain was terrible, bland and just weak. The story was decent, but it does suffer from all the superhero cliches. But DC still hasn't learned from their mistakes. DC hasn't took their time with their movies, especially in Justice League. The pacing was a bit off, but not to the point that it ruined the movie. And I have to say, Henry Cavill's face looked like a cut scene from a 2008 video game, the CGI did poorly with removing Cavill's mustache. Justice League was a good DC movie and I strongly recommend it to anyone, you can enjoy it anytime.