Review of Justice League (2017) by Maxflat — 03 Dec 2017

I couldn't stop yelling at the screen. If they wanted a funny Flash, they should have went with Wally West. Despite recent changes in the comic, Cyborg is not a Justice League tier hero. When in the history of comics has Batman been vulnerable or asked for advice from the rest of the team? Why does everyone know every one else's identity's right from the get go?

And Aquaman joining was a lot too easy.

The only redeeming factor of the movie was Wonder Woman, and Gal Gadot did a really great job expressing the character.

And since when is Barry Allen jewish?

They spent a lot of time explaining the backgrounds of all these characters (poorly) with little explanation of what is going on with this Steppenwolf; who has all about the same amount of backstory shown as badly rated Thor 2 baddy Malekith.

Give us what we want.

Which is the Justice League (that is, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern) in uniform the whole time, kicking butt. All of these characters are meant to be "perfect". They have more of "vices" than imperfections... and those are the things you need to explore. Batman will never accept help... and they chose to make him be the one constantly asking for help. Justice League Doom (Tower of Babel) awesome story; and they basically subverted it. Superman's weakness is he fears his power... so they kill him. Wonder Woman will never give up... they don't explore that at all. Flash... well.. depends which Flash. That wasn't Barry Allen, but Barry Allen's fault was that he had to slow down. He pushed his limits too far for his own safety. Aquaman's fault is that he doesn't give a damn about the rest of Earth (and his pride) and we saw very little of that here.

Instead, focus on your bad guys, which should include the whole gamut of baddies. There's so many to choose from and they can all team up. Injustice League, or Justice Lords, or make up a new mixup. Lets see Gorilla Grodd or Captain Cold, teaming up with Lex or Joker or Metallo or Braniac. Lets see Cheetah. Lets see Sinestro. Having just Steppenwolf was a terrible decision. Do they think they're saving the others for later, or do they plan to just build up to Darkseid and nothing else?

With the exception of the Wonder Woman film, and Wonder Woman in Justice League, the DCEU has done just about everything wrong, and there's not a single thing shown in Justice League (and their slated movies to come.. though, maybe I'll hold out for Shazaam, but Zach Levi? Really? and no more Dwayne Johnson? Really?) to make us think that will change any time soon.