SNYDER ZACK - JUSTICE LEAGUE (1 Blu-ray)

**If it's on the front cover then it's not a spoiler. :-)** I've found the DC Extended Universe films to be a mixed bag thus far. Man of Steel was ok. Batman v Superman was one of the worst films that I have ever seen, Suicide Squad was fun but felt like a much longer film heavily edited down and I was disappointed by Wonder Woman. So, my expectations were not especially high here. Maybe five stars is generous but I really enjoyed this one. The action sequences are great. The characters are all really different, and there were just the right amount of them (six) so that they all got an introduction (or re-introduction) and a decent amount of screen time thereafter. Again, not a spoiler as it's on the front cover but... Superman is back and they way that is done was (for me at least) unexpected, handled really well and followed by an action sequence which I really liked. The bad guy and his motive are quite standard but works perfectly fine as a means of getting the League together. I haven't seen Aquaman or Shazam! yet but this film has definitely raised the bar.

I thought I give this movie a go after seeing Wonder Woman which is brilliant.Bruce Wayne wanted to organise a group of superhumans with extraordinary God like abilities to stop Steppenwolf from conquering the Planet Earth.The CGI is not bad, Ben Affleck was a good Bruce Wayne but didn't look good in a mask, better than Christian Bale though. Gal Gadot is the best Wonder Woman ever and a scene stealer with her great screen presence and acting, Cavill is a good Superman but Christopher Reeve is better and looks like a handsome Extraterrestrial that is the law enforcement and ambulance all rolled into one with his neon blue eyes and ultra black hair with a titan height like Diana Prince.Ezra Miller may not be my fav actor but I liked his Barry Allen and Flash, very good character development from him and his "pet semetary" reference made me chuckle. Victor Stone is the most impressive looking out of them all and it's fantastic to see a him in Action. Aquaman is the most annoying character to me, he drinks a glass bottle and breaks it then dumps it in the ocean! As an Environmentalist, that lowers my rating for the movie from 8 out 10 to 6 out of ten. Aquaman can't keep the environment clean and he wants to save the Planet? No wonder I see litter in lakes, rivers and beaches because some people think being a hero is dumping rubbish is normal and being "cool" when it's not. Kids imitate what they see. Bad influence and Hollywood should stop this type of display because it is getting out of order. My rating is reduced to 3 out of 5 stars equals to 6 out of 10. Sorry but Hollywood should change their ways.

Wonder Woman. Aquaman. The Flash. Batman. Superman. You put these in a movie and you should get awesome fight sequences, an epic plot and a villain that you love to hate.What we actually get: An archivist with a lasso. A dude who can swim fast and make sarcasm seem like a day job. A hyper kid. An old rich guy who needs to realise the ‘old’ part. Oh and an angry Clark Kent. A really, really, angry Clark Kent... for two seconds. Then we just get Clark.Action sequences? Hello CGI!Villain? Selfish, jumped-up CGI moron who’s obsessed with power and a mama’s boy. Essentially, he’s a guy throwing the proverbial teddy in the corner.This was really disappointing!I understand that these are major characters that don’t need any introduction, but some development would have been nice! Some introduction would have been preferable to ‘oh look, there’s Ben Affleck being himself being Batman’ or ‘there’s Wonder Woman’.On saying that, what fight scenes there were (that didn’t involve an overload of CGI) were entertaining. And some of the one liners were hysterical. Most of the movie, though, consisted of doom and gloom disaster tropes.Overall it is a good ‘in the background’ movie, or popcorn action film, but if you want a movie with substance? Don’t bother.

I'd heard bad things, but as someone who was a big justice league fan in the 80s, this captures the authentic justice league feel. There was always that extra bit of humanity to the characters. When they had their solo stints they were always really serious, and fighting for survival, but in justice league, they were always a bit more relaxed, so there were more laughs. This film captures that angle on superheroes.This makes it a really good movie for kids. An adult might consider that the plot doesn't fully make sense in exact details, because that is what adults always do. Why is Lois' hair red, when Lana had red hair? Why is Alfred not properly dressed as befits his character? that sort of thing might also annoy some of the pedants. For kids though, most of the movie is just a really load of awesome stuff going by quickly, in massive detail and totally blowing their minds away. Okay, that is for me too, but it would totally work for kids.On top of this, the nice crescendo to a positive end where fear itself is shown to be something we should avoid, nice shallow/deep message to deliver in a spectacular finale. This is the kind of film that good childhoods are made of.I think the sort of Batman film this is, can be shown in the sort of Batman that is in the film. Affleck is not the ultrabuff modern superhero type. He is an avuncular Batman, who wants to save the world. A far more emotional Batman than we are used to seeing in recent years. The time is right for a return of heroes like this, with a bit more humanity. Role models we can aspire to, rather than role models who are far more than we could ever be.