Better than expected

Rating: 8/10 (18 November 2017)

I'm one of those few that really liked Man of Steel and Batman vs. Superman, Dawn of Justice (Director's Cut). I loved Wonder Woman and thought Suicide Squad was a crazy mess. I did like Jared Leto's Joker. Based on the internet reviews I was cautiously optimistic that Justice League was okay. It was more than okay. Very entertaining with a lot of genuine humour and great chemistry between the characters and a few really tear jerking moments.
What I liked. Great characters. Adults with adult dialogue, understated and outright hilarious moments. That's a big change from former DC movies, and a welcome change. There were suggestions of backstories to some characters that have me looking forward to stand alone movies. Great special effects, except for one thing...mentioned in the What I didn't Like section below. I thought the battles were clearly constructed and the casting is uniformly excellent. Story wasn't too complicated, big bad threat and the team comes together to fight big bad. Standard super hero fair, and not too complex for this introduction to the League.
What I didn't like. The CGI for the Big Bad. The excellence of the other special effects made Big Bad look even worse. The Minions (Para Demons) were very good, much better than Big Bad. Warner Bros..... You had a great character actor voicing this Demon. You need a REAL actor in the role. Action capture technology or the actor in full costume and enlarged as in Lord of the Rings. Never felt he was a threat, just a cardboard excuse for the Big Bad. Only blatantly bad aspect of this movie, but glaring in it's poor quality. If you bring him back or have Darkseid in a later film, do the RIGHT thing and have a quality actor. You had excellent actors in every other role so this bungle is a real puzzle.