Not sure why JL dosen't have its own thread but....
I really liked this film... I am not partial to DC or Marvel, I like them both pretty equally, but I am a product of the times I grew up in. From the late 70's to mid 80's it seems animated shows about DC characters were probably on the air 2 to 1 vs Marvel characters, and I really didn't start reading comics outside of Transformers and Godzilla until my late teens. As a result, I knew of the Justice League, long before the Avengers (Also remember that basically from the 80's to late 2000's, the X-Men had overshadowed the Avengers as Marvels Iconic team, what a difference 10 years makes.., and being bought out by a corporate giant)....Also considering the first appearance of the Justice League pre dates the Avengers by 3 years, and that the DC heroes seemed more Iconic to me is what drew me to them.
Now I know this will sound odd. But in 30 or so years of wondering what a JL movie would look like, I will admit that THIS FILM. is not what I pictured...However...in this unique case, it is not a bad thing. I really enjoyed the film. Did it feel quite as iconic as it should have...no, but maybe if this had come prior to The Avengers (2012), I might feel different (I mean that film, I don't think anything will ever touch it...maybe Infinity War, but we'll see...).
I really liked the team chemistry, and how they all came together. The lighter tone (while not descending to being disrespectfully goofy like Thor 3) was a nice change. I had no reservations of taking my kids to see this, unlike B v S. I really liked the backstory. I know many people are complaining that Steppenwolf was the typical generic villain, but I thought he was fine, serviceable. We all know something (well actually several things) better could be coming. Hopefully Warner and DC figure things out on the business and story sides so the movie verse doesn't implode on itself.
I think it did draw from the New 52 a little more than I hoped for, but I understand why they are doing it. I've heard many people speculate that a longer cut could be made available when this comes to DVD. If so, I will be all over that. I know probably people would praise the decision to cut this film to 120 minutes, but I would not have minded if it was a little longer. In fact, I dont think I've ever complained about a movie being too long, and I've seen the extended cut of Return of the King several times
. I just hope this movie does well, and we can finally just movie forward without all the studio politics, and drama, and just make good comic book movies like this one.
I just wish, that in some way shape or form, we could get a movie with the original 7. Heck I'd take an animated film, as I am a huge fan of animation anyway. Did you know of all the times that members of the Justice League have appeared in cartoons, film, and TV the "Original 7" have only appeared all at the same time in one animated film (New Frontier), and one animated TV series (Young Justice) that I can think of...An animated film about the first appearance of the League in its original form would be amazing IMHO.
There are no more good TV Shows, only ones that haven't disappointed me yet.