Review of Justice League (2017) by Matthew D — 22 Nov 2017

Zack Snyder's Justice League movie is incredible. It is somehow worse than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I never thought that DC's cinematic universe could get worse, but Snyder keeps finding ways to surprise me. Justice League has to be one of the very worst comic book movies ever made. It fails in every conceivable way.

The whole movie is laden with unnecessary CGI that is so poorly executed it appears like it was made in the early 2000's by the look of it. Justice League is an overly dark mess. Visually, Zack Snyder's color palette seems to be made up of entirely bland muted tones. Tonally, Justice League shifts from near fatal calamities to out of place comedy that never really makes you laugh.

The actors are all miscast, yet manage to deliver passable, but passionless performances all around with the lone beacon of hope for DC being Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman. I cannot solely blame the cast as they were given a terrible script, thus, they had nothing to work with realistically.

Speaking of the amateur script, Justice League's plot is so muddled, you are more busy trying to figure out who characters are and what is happening rather than enjoying what is on screen. Justice League is a movie about uniting super-heroes, which ironically spends the majority of its bloated run-time on dividing up the heroes. We get long winded introductions to each character that are as rushed and pathetic as The Flash's super speed. It's edited in a frantic and convoluted way just enough to make no sense ever.

I have always loved DC's characters and comic books, but their most recent movie universe is a bust. What a shame. Zack Snyder has officially run this entire series into the ground and I hope it stays dead. Pass on Justice League. You are not missing anything.