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Justice League Review

What I liked: Wonder Woman is always cool and she is quite speedy. The flash was funny in an awkward, anti-social kind of way. I was impressed that they actually made Meera cool. It was fun to get a glimpse of green lantern. I liked that when the world is invaded by giant insects that feed off fear, people prepare to battle them with raid. The bat rock crawler was cool but not near as cool as the batmobile.

What I didn't: Batman's suit. No it is not just like every other Batman suit. It has a weird texture that makes it look like Batman is a CG computer game character. And there was too much CG happening, real stunts and practical effects are cooler than the completely impossible CG fight scenes. Superman was way over powered. I know that this is the ever present argument against Superman, but this was just absurd. He should not be able to stand alone against the entire Justice League, each of them has defeated him at least once. The core Justice League is an assembly of peers, not Superman and his sidekicks. They did a good job of making the world seem bleak and hopeless without Superman but bleh. Um... that was your plan? a) it's gross b) couldn't you just use the Lazarus Pit like everyone else in the DC continuum? c) did you not think that turning on the doom box would have negative repercussions? d) this feels oddly stilted. almost like the whole point of this plot was to bring back Superman. Also why would you live right next to Chernobyl? And if there are only 20 civilians total maybe you could have told them to leave before you started? So we have an early warning system that reaches exactly none of your allies, come on Amazons! you couldn't give the Atlantians a heads up? Plus an entire army of fierce warriors who participated in the battle of the gods should be able to do more damage to zombie insects. The batplane has serious aerodynamic problems. It looks more like a whale than a plane, maybe it was supposed to be a submarine instead.

Who should watch this? People who like Superman.

Would I watch it again? Once was enough, I would have preferred it though if my DVD player had been working and played strait through the movie instead of returning to the menu every 20 minutes.

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  1. TinaApril 21, 2018 at 9:13 AM

    You demonstrated amazing determination and perseverance to endure to the end. Even your DVD player was asking you, "are we done yet?" And still you continued. Once again you receive the Tenacious Award.

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