Justice League: the short of it

[tielan]

I enjoyed it. It's a generally team-y superhero movie of how the band gets together - like Avengers, only for the DCCU.

The things that people have been fuming about were marginal in my view. There are holes, but there are always holes in movies, it just depends whether you're going to pick at them or not.

Diana is the powerhouse she should be, Bruce is very much The Human One (and this is an extremely unpopular opinion, but I really like Batfleck's portrayal of an aging, struggling Bruce Wayne). Those are the characters I most care about, but from my admittedly marginal comics knowledge there seemed to be no untimely or uncharacteristic notes for me from the others. (At least, no more than I would argue is the difference between Tony Stark in IM3 vs. AoU vs. CW given which branch of the story the character is in and his usefulness in driving the plot.) Even [redacted]'s [redacted] was what I'd expect from a [redacted] who'd [redacted] and found [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]. :)

I have a feeling it would have been a very different movie without Whedon. It's very possible that the echoey Avengers sense I'm getting is largely due to his hand in JL. However, 'the band gets together' is a trope that Whedon does well (he then gets squicky in the everyday drama stakes) and which I enjoy, so I don't have complaints.

Obviously mileage will vary, but I strongly recommend seeing it and judging for yourself. There was nothing that I felt I needed to spork my eyes out; and I came out with the desire to see it a second time to let it all sink in.

Bonus: the ticket was $8.50. In the cineplexes, they're easily $22+.

Finally, there are two trailer teasers, so stay all the way to the end. (You should know this from Marvel.)

Comments

[anoyo]

I actually super enjoyed Batfleck. Way more than in BvS, honestly. He was not my issue with the movie. I thought they undermined Diana a bit (which apparently no one else agrees with, so apparently this is just My Own Issue), but my biggest issues were with Superman. (There's a little blurb about it on my own journal.)

I'm definitely going to watch it again, but not until it's on Bluray. Until then, there are plenty of movies coming out over the winter for me to watch. :/

[tielan]

I think that the difference between a character in their own feature film vs. in a group film are always going to be enough that some fans of the character are going to be disgruntled.

The reasoning in my head also goes: "Is a movie made by two guys going to portray a female superhero in a team situation with the same clarity and beauty that a movie made by a woman portrays the female superhero in her own feature film? Nope." And I can live with that in the first viewing. I may change my opinion in a later viewing, but right now I'm just trying to enjoy the movie and find others who enjoyed it too.

[anoyo]

Yeah, definitely fair. It'll be one that I rewatch, when it's out, to see if I think differently without any expectations and / or prejudices to lean me one way or the other.