Justice League - movie review

The long awaited superhero team up is finally here for the very first time on the big screen.  Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Cyborg, Aquaman, they are all here!  Is this action-packed extravaganza worth the ticket price?  Well, both yes and no.  The positives are that the action sequences are fantastic!  They are very well shot, they look cool, and the characters are really what make them fun!  This movie also has a nicely written script with some really good humor.  This so far is the lightest movie in the DC Extended Universe in tone.  It's light hearted and humorous.  Batman, Wonder Woman and The Flash are by far the best parts of the movie, they kick the most ass in the action scenes, and they have the best humor.  With all the positives out of the way, now we have to point out the negatives.  First of all, the CGI in this movie for the most part is really weak, sometimes Baywatch levels of weak.  Cyborg is very poorly executed in the movie, not only is the CGI on him pretty terrible, but he has some of the worst humor and lines in the movie.  For example, he says "Boo-yeah" in this movie.  I wish I was joking, but I'm not.  Steppenwolf is actually worse than most MCU villains.  He is so bland, so forgettable, and just there to be the bad guy, it's actually really pathetic.  The film also feels very rushed at 121 minutes.  I heard the original cut was 170 minutes, and I wish it could have stayed at that.  This movie would have been so epic at 170 minutes, but thanks to Warner Bros. and their awfully stupid decision making, that never happened.  Hopefully the Blu-ray comes with the original cut.  Make it happen!  So in the end, Justice League is just an okay film, it's nowhere near the epic, badass movie I was hoping for, but for what it does, it gets the job done.

Grade:  B
MPAA:  PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action