Review of Justice League: War (2014) by Colin S — 25 Sep 2015

Great fun, with some excellent voice talent. At times hilarity ensues (witness Flash meeting Batman for the first time for an excellent example), and the ultra-violence and swearing means that this is pitched more at the adult market.

Sometimes it takes the action a while to achieve any goal apart from "oh look how we have Hero X kill a Parademon in a unique way" a few dozen times but when it does the payoff is worth it. Interesting switch from using Aquaman in the original comic to Shazam in the movie but I'm left wondering if they could have made this work anyway.

Wonder Woman also switches oddly from wallowing in paper-thin sexist tropes, to seriously kicking a lot of arse, and the latter is fantastic to see despite the former; I still have to ask when we're going to get a Greek-area-born Diana who doesn't have an American accent though.