Hawks, I just think the Loki-Ultron-Steppenwolf story lines are too much the same. The heavy hitters go up against the main guys while Cap, Hawkeye, Widow, Batman, go up against the residual armies. JL vs IL could be awesome - the only concern would be that might be too much content to show 4-6 major battles.
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Capella
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Kiddnets
Footballguy
big fan of these movies....historically loved Marvel (GOG fave all time) and just liked DC (fave being Nolan Batman)....went with a dozen 10 yr olds for my son;s birthday so interesting to get 2 perspectives -
my take -
it wasnt bad - it was a decent popcorn movie - I'd give it a C+ ....bummed because of what the potential was -
Liked:
Wonder Woman/Flash/Aquaman/Cyborg - good performances and you can tell the reshoots brought a little Marvelesque humor to the characters - unfortunately almost all of the good stuff was in the trailers.
Did Not Like
Batman and Superman - I'm a big batrman fan and Affleck's (who I'm a big fan) version is old, stiff and just boring...not the guy to lead anything and I was bored when the focus was on him. Superman - similar - I loved old school Christopher Reeve and Smallville....just not a fan of the performance or how they portray him
Villain - terrible....seemed like a Loki type rip off and the boxes rip off infinity stones....complete CGI mess and his CGI minions were even worse. Like a bunch of redshirts with no purpose but to get picked off easily.
Story - pace was really slow and boring....I get the need to get the heroes together but just liked the way they did it in Avengers more. When it got to the fight scenes it picked up.
As for the 10 yr olds....they said they loved it...their favorite was Cyborg going in but every kid loved Flash as their fave going out....and while they say they loved it for what its worth I noticed quite a few stretches where they were board and started chatting/not paying any attention until the action drew them back in.
Anyway - I dont agree with cosmic bomb reviews but definitely a lost opportunity - I'd like to see them give it one more shot without Snyder but I have a feeling Affleck is done and they will blow it up....IMO just replace Batman and focus on what works - WW, Flash, Aquaman and to lesser extent Cyborg could be a nice base for future.
my take -
it wasnt bad - it was a decent popcorn movie - I'd give it a C+ ....bummed because of what the potential was -
Liked:
Wonder Woman/Flash/Aquaman/Cyborg - good performances and you can tell the reshoots brought a little Marvelesque humor to the characters - unfortunately almost all of the good stuff was in the trailers.
Did Not Like
Batman and Superman - I'm a big batrman fan and Affleck's (who I'm a big fan) version is old, stiff and just boring...not the guy to lead anything and I was bored when the focus was on him. Superman - similar - I loved old school Christopher Reeve and Smallville....just not a fan of the performance or how they portray him
Villain - terrible....seemed like a Loki type rip off and the boxes rip off infinity stones....complete CGI mess and his CGI minions were even worse. Like a bunch of redshirts with no purpose but to get picked off easily.
Story - pace was really slow and boring....I get the need to get the heroes together but just liked the way they did it in Avengers more. When it got to the fight scenes it picked up.
As for the 10 yr olds....they said they loved it...their favorite was Cyborg going in but every kid loved Flash as their fave going out....and while they say they loved it for what its worth I noticed quite a few stretches where they were board and started chatting/not paying any attention until the action drew them back in.
Anyway - I dont agree with cosmic bomb reviews but definitely a lost opportunity - I'd like to see them give it one more shot without Snyder but I have a feeling Affleck is done and they will blow it up....IMO just replace Batman and focus on what works - WW, Flash, Aquaman and to lesser extent Cyborg could be a nice base for future.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Yeah it got pretty stupid, if there was a good arc going it was going to get retconned, if there was a bad arc also retconned.
Was with some family during Thanksgiving week and they wanted to go to the movies so we compromised and landed on Justice League. Kept expectations very low but was surprised, it was better than I expected despite the bad reviews. Better than MoS and BvS, but not anywhere close to WW quality though. Whedon coming in at the 11th hour definitely helped this one, but there's still something missing that I can't put my finger on compared to the Marvel films. This one was a small step above a mindless summer blockbuster so hopefully a step in the right direction for DC.
loved the fight with resurrected Supes and the look on the Flash's face during that scene. Cyborg was very meh, but integral to a terrible plot. Poorly done villian. Poor amazons getting their butts kicked in every movie. Aquamans awful colored contacts were a pretty jarring but perfect example from a film spending millions on cgi and other special effects with mixed results. Amazon isle, atlantis, the batman wall crawler all good effects, the rest terrible, especially the final battle and Steppenwolf.
Jefferson the Caregiver
Rebel Without A Pause
It was a C movie at best. Mildly entertaining but that's as good as I can give it.
The villain, Steppenwolf was awful. I can't put my finger who he reminds me of but its from some commercial. Anyway he was not compelling at all. I don't like the Wonder Woman villains much overall from what I've seen so far.
Aquaman has potential, he was a decent character. Could have used a little more water in this movie to fully flesh this one out.
Flash was stupid, if you like that kind of corny, weak super hero than good for you but I did not.
Wonder Woman is hot but a little too serious. She needs to lighten up a bit.
The villain, Steppenwolf was awful. I can't put my finger who he reminds me of but its from some commercial. Anyway he was not compelling at all. I don't like the Wonder Woman villains much overall from what I've seen so far.
Aquaman has potential, he was a decent character. Could have used a little more water in this movie to fully flesh this one out.
Flash was stupid, if you like that kind of corny, weak super hero than good for you but I did not.
Wonder Woman is hot but a little too serious. She needs to lighten up a bit.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Not sure if it belongs here, but the DC crossover "Crisis on Earth X" was lots of fun.
Hope they can do it again sometime soon
Hope they can do it again sometime soon
Are you implying that Steppenwolf is a Wonder Woman villain? I've not seen the movie, but in the comics he's Darkseid's uncle, which I would think would make him more of a Superman villain.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, a C+/B- for me. Wonder Woman again steals/saves the movie. Didn't care for this take on the Flash at all. Don't really know much about Cyborg but thought he was well done.
The cgi and special effects seem to be a few notches below Marvel's, a lot of the fight scenes it's like you are watching a video game.
The cgi and special effects seem to be a few notches below Marvel's, a lot of the fight scenes it's like you are watching a video game.
Mile High
Footballguy
Mile High
Footballguy
Was just flipping the channels Monday night and found this. Enjoyed it enough to watch 4 hours of it.
dhockster
Footballguy
I watch the flash and arrow with my kids, so we watched this. I could have done without them pushing their sexual agendas. NTTAWWT
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
