A complete letdown

Rating: 4/10 (19 June 2018)

After the immense amount of hype surrounding this film, I was excited. After seeing how great this movie looked in trailers, I was getting more pumped and pumped. But, after watching this, I hung my head low, I was so dissapointed. I wanted to love this movie so bad, but with all the things wrong with it, I just can't whatsoever. It is one of, if not the most disappointingly mediocre and somewhat boring comic book movie I've ever seen. The movie focuses way too hard on character development, and while that doesn't sound terrible, it shouldn't be the main focus of the entirety of the movie, because it mostly is. And because of this, this movie is mostly exposition and little to nothing else. It's still not as bad as it was in Fant4stic, but it is still grating nonetheless. The action scenes in this movie are never more than just passable. They're not bad, but they never have that tense feeling that many other action scenes from previous movies had. The only remotely thrilling moment is at the end of the movie, and the fact that it's this way is extremely disappointing that the filmmakers didn't add more of that to the rest of this movie. Also, the Joker is not as much in this movie as he should be. This sucks, because Jared Leto is an awesome Joker, but the fact that he's only in a few scenes just makes his character have a lot untapped potential. I hope to see more of him in the possible sequel. This movie, despite these incredibly dissapointing low points, isn't really awful, as it does have a few redeeming qualities. One is the soundtrack, as it is one of the absolute best I've heard in a comic book movie, right next to Guardians Of The Galaxy 1 and 2. Another are the performances. Everyone in this film did a fantastic job and they were very entertaining in each of their roles. Another are the visuals and presentation, as everything looks great and the special effects do add a lot to a few scenes. Despite these high points, they just aren't enough to save this movie, as it is nothing more than just a film filled with exposition and a few action sequences and nothing more. I'm sure hardcore fans of DC will enjoy this film, but I just couldn't that much, as there are so many better films out there. Overall, despite this movie not necessarily being terrible, it is still, in my opinion, a complete letdown.