10s Movie Review - Justice League

Director: Zack Snyder
Genre: Action.. Adventure/ Fantasy/ Science Fiction
Runtime: 121 minutes
Year: 2017
Starring: Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Connie Nielsen, Diane Lane, Amber Heard, Robin Wright, J.K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds, Billy Crudup

Description: Fuled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s (Henry Cavill) selfless act, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) enlists the help of his new-found ally, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), to face an even greater enemy.

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Review: I don’t like saying this, but “Justice League” reminds me a lot of “The Avengers”. Not only the tone and the humor, but also the story structure is similar: short introductions of all the team members, the search of a bad guy Steppenwolf, and even the way the team fights against itself. Or take the entrance of Steppenwolf teleports to Earth thanks to a magical cube, and tries to get his hands on it while soldiers try to stop him. It’s not necessarily copied, the so-called Motherboxes do come from the original stories, but they are clearly playing it safe with the intention of “Justice League”. He therefore misses the impact, innovation and own identity that “The Avengers” had.
It turns out to be a successful formula, which proides a significant improvement over the overambitious “Batman V Superman”. Whereas the dark predecessor threw all kinds of subplots, themes and comic strips into a blender and hoped for a form of coherence, Zack Snyder had a clear them for the sequel. The film opens with the meaning of Superman’s emblem, the symbol for hope. This time it’s not a nice one-liner, but the core of the film. Truly every character ans subplot revolves around hope: Flash’s relationship with his father, Cyborg’s resurrection, Batman and Wonder Woman’s struggle with their past and Aquaman’s cantankerous and lonely quest for more. The tone is therefore more consistent than ever in the DCEU.  
Steppenwolf is allowed to join the lon line of uninteresting bad guys. His background as the seconds of Darkseid and his role as a military leader of the Planet Apokolips are hardly explained. Moreover, there is not glimmer of charisma or personality. “Justice League” has more lack of construction. Cyborg, Flash and Aquaman haven’t been able to benefit from a solo film yet, and have to try to develop their characters within some scenes.
The best thin about “Justice League” is, especially for the fans, that the fifth DCEU movie finally has a grip on the source material. The interaction between all the heroes is convincing and strong. And especially The Flash is a pleasant and enjoyable presence.
Compared to the other superhero movies that came out in 2017, “Justice League” is too safe to compete with. “Justice League” feels more like a rectification, mainly due to the optimistic and heroic tone in the last few shots.

Rating: 3,5/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (285)

Here are this week's trailers.

Queen of the Desert
Director: Werner Herzog
Description: A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Patterson, Damian Lewis
Trailer: Trailer "Queen of the Desert"
Comment: IMDb says 2015, so why is this movie trailer just coming out?

The Wizard of Lies
Director: Barry Levinson
Description: The story of Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeifer, Alessandro Nivola, Hank Azaria
Trailer: Trailer "The Wizard of Lies"
Comment: It's a HBO TV movie.

Churchill
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Description: A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
Starring: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy
Trailer: Trailer "Churchill"
Comment:

Justice League
Director: Zack Snyder
Description: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's (Henry Cavill) selfless act, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), to face an even greater enemy.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Amy Adams, Connie Nielsen, Amber Heard, Jeremy Irons, J.K. Simmons, Diane Lane, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Billy Crudup, Ciarán Hinds,
Trailer: Trailer "Justice League"
Comment: Where's Superman in this trailer?

Geostorm
Director: Dean Devlin, Danny Cannon
Description: When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate start to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish, Andy Garcia, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess
Trailer: If the movie is as bad as the trailer, we're in for a treat!
Comment: Trailer "Geostorm"

Movie Trailer Sunday (248)

Here are this week's trailers.

Justice League
Director: Zack Snyder
Description: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's (Henry Cavill) selfless act, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), to face an even greater enemy.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Henry Cavill, Amber Heard, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Ezra Miller, J.K. Simmons, Willem Dafoe, Jeremy Irons
Trailer: Trailer "Justice League"
Comment: Wasn't a fan of "Batman V. Superman".

Wonder Woman
Director: Patty Jenkins
Description: An Amazon princess (Gal Gadot) leaves her island home to explore the world, and becomes the greatest of its heroes.
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston
Trailer: Trailer "Wonder Woman"
Comment: Looks more interesting then "Justice League".

Kong: Skull Island
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Description: An action/adventure story centered on King Kong's origins.
Starring: Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebell, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly
Trailer: Trailer "Kong: Skull Island"
Comment: This excited me more than all the DC stuff.

Doctor Strange
Director: Scott Derickson
Description: After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant and conceited surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Trailer: Trailer "Doctor Strange"
Comment: Looks fantastic!

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Director: Guy Ritchie
Description: Feature film version of the classic King Arthur story.
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Dhimon Hounsou, Jude Law, Aiden Gillen, Eric Bana, David Beckham
Trailer:
Comment: Ikay, this looks like it's going to suck.