Zack Snyder did learn, but man, The Flash is awful.

Rating: 8/10 (16 November 2017)

Zack Snyder did learn. And this time he made almost perfect DC movie. Almost. Like Wonder Woman before it, Justice League does feel like a proper comics-based thing. It isn't too dark with no reason like those Superman movies, there isn't too many religion stuff, dialogues aren't really cheesy, the battles are made in a right and exciting way... It's just as you want your DC movie. Stylish, cool and exciting.
Unfortunately, there are some things that ruined it to me. A lot. First of all, the plot is way too basic. I know, I know, it's a superhero movie, "let's get together" one too, so plot isn't really important here. Just put a lot of familiar faces together and make them fight. For justice. And that'll be it. But... somehow you can't help, but to want more.
The whole movie is literally made of three parts. The first one is a quick introduction of characters. The second part is all about Superman's return. Not really a spoiler, it was spoiled for oh so many times in previous movies and trailers, so... Anyway, yeah, one part is all about Clark and Lois. And finally, there's that cool big battle everybody wanted. One, two, three. It's just like that. In other words, really, REALLY basic stuff. Not the biggest problem out there, bu-u-ut... you know.
The second problem is Lantern. I mean, come on! Justice League without Green Lantern?! Give me a break. It just can't be right. This problem is still fixable, though. There's a certain obvious scene in this movie that will probably lead into a new Green Lantern movie in a future, which, of course, will mean that he WILL be in the next Justice League, so... Fixable. But still, it didn't really feel OK to me to see Justice League without Lantern. It was more like Justice League Origins, or Justice League Zero... But Justice League with no Lantern... No. Just no. So, problem number two - needs more Lanterns.
I can live with most of that, though. What really ruined the movie to me is... The Flash. Dear GOD, he's awful. He isn't just bad, or something... He's just... A-W-F-U-L. Absolutely, completely AWFUL. Ezra Miller is literally THE worst thing EVER happened with The Flash. There's literally EVERYTHING wrong with The Flash in this movie. EVERYTHING. Zack Snyder's team turned Barry Allen into a clown. And not into a scary Pennywise-like clown, but into a stupid and cowardly one. Yes, I know, the movie covers Barry's early stages as a hero and it totally needed some sort of funny character to bring some fun in, but come... freakin'... on... After absolutely brilliant Flash from the TV series (played by Grant Gustin) they gave us THIS. You can't even call The Flash a proper character here. He's a tool! He's Jar Jar Binks! HE IS JAR JAR BINKS! I'm not kidding or overreacting here. He's LITERALLY Jar Jar in this movie. He acts EXACTLY the same and everything he says is as "cool" as what Jar Jar says and does. Just think about it, guys... In this movie... we have... Jar Jar Flash. Jar Jar... freakin'... Flash... Man, I hate that. And to make things (much) worse Ezra Miller's acting is EXTREMELY bad. And THAT I didn't expect. I mean, he was pretty much OK in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, so, I really thought that he was chosen because he's a good actor. But guess what? Nope. He's the only one who literally fails to act here. You can clearly see it in one of the prison scenes, for example. I mean... he's bad in every single scene, but that one was serious, so, you can clearly see how bad he is there. He's just bad in every way possible. Remember how Wonder Woman saved Batman v Superman? It was pretty bad movie and near the end it was hard to force yourself to keep watching, but then BOOM! Wonder Woman theme played, Gal Gadot appeared and everybody was like OMG OMG OMG!!! With Justice League it's exactly the opposite. We have a pretty good and exciting movie, but EVERY SINGLE TIME there's The Flash on screen, you want just say "Screw it!" and leave.
Thankfully, the others were good. Amy Adams was great as usual, Henry Cavill still does a very solid Superman, Ben Affleck still isn't the worst Batman out there, Ray Fisher turned out to be ideal choice for Cyborg, Jason Momoa actually surprised me by doing nice as Aquaman, while Gal Gadot... OK, OK, I kinda became a fanboy by now, but come on, I think everybody should agree that she's just fantastic Wonder Woman! She's just perfect for this role and everything she does is perfect. And there's a lot of her too, so, if you're like me and going to see this movie just because you loved Gal Gadot in the previous DC movie, you're in for a treat, guys. Go and see it, even if it's only for Gal Gadot, it's still worth it.
What else? The effects were pretty solid, 3D was OK, music was cool (loved how many old themes were included, it was really nice to hear 1989 Batman theme again) and I loved the song that played during the credits. I won't spoil it to you, but I loved the idea, even though it was a cover and not even the best one.
So... that's it. The Justice League. I must say I'm glad I decided to see it. With different Flash it'll be really cool movie, but even as is it's pretty nice. I mean, it's nice to see the DC movie that doesn't suck for a change, right? Ah, and don't leave the theater too fast. There are two after credits scenes here. The first one is just for fun, but the second one is REALLY important.