by canofhumdingers » Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:04 am
Justice League - I don’t care what people say. I really enjoy the current DC movies, and this is no exception. I saw it once in the theater and really wanted to see it again but life was too busy. So I’ve been eagerly anticipating the BD release. I’m not blind to its faults, but (much like a certain Kaiju series we all love) I just don’t mind them. I love these takes on Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman (and I’m really starting to dig this Aquaman too) and I think the casting is absolutely spectacular.
I won’t do a full review since I’ve mentioned what I thought before, but there were some things that stood out on second viewing. I liked the Flash a lot more this go ‘round. The first time I just couldn’t disassociate from Grant Gustin’s protrayal to give this version a fair shake. This time I knew better what to expect and enjoyed his character a lot more. The tv version is still superior, but this take on the Flash is enjoyable in his own right, and I’d be happy to see more of him on the big screen.
Contrary to some posts above, I actually like the way this film looks. It certainly doesn’t look real, but it’s kinda a heightened, over saturated reality. It looks like a modern digitally created comic book come to life in the “real” world, if that makes any sense. Not that I don’t love and appreciate classic hand drawn, inked, and colored work (I absolutely do!) but I also enjoy the crisp detail, slick pages, deep inky blacks and over-saturated colors of modern comics (when done well) and I think they did an admirable job mimicking that look on film here.
Henry Cavill’s mustache. I totally didn’t notice it in the theater (I know I know! I was just too busy enjoying the movie I guess). Here, I could definitely see it if I was watching for it. But if I wasn’t specifically focusing on watching his upper lip for oddities, it really didn’t stick out as anything unusual. I certainly don’t think the cgi lip is as bad as people make it out to be (though I whole heartedly agree that the fact it was done at all, and the reasoning behind it is absolutely, insanely, preposterously ridiculous!). But while watching the movie it really didn’t bother me. However, after a few minutes of him onscreen, my wife asked, “what’s wrong with his mouth?” so I explained the reshoots. About 30 minutes later she asked, “did they reshoot every flipping scene he was in?!” So your mileage may vary...
Bottom line is (like all the DC movies) it’s certainly not perfect. But I don’t think it’s nearly as bad as the internet population would have you believe. It’s a decent “save the world from invasion” story featuring my all time favorite super heroes played by some of my favorite actors to have ever donned the costumes. I personally find it immensely enjoyable. I hope this universe continues long enough to get at least JL2 with this cast. And I hope they learn the lessons from this one so the sequel is truly great a’la the best MCU entries (while I strongly prefer DC characters, I have no problem admitting the MCU has easily produced the better films on a critical level. And I don’t dislike marvel. I just find DC heroes resonate with me more. It’s probably why I like Captain America the most by a huge margin of the MCU heroes... he’s the most like a classic DC icon such as Superman or Batman.)