Justice League Review (Spoilers)

Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And guys, if you watch the channel, you know my routine when a movie like the Justice League comes out. Usually give you guys a few weeks, let it marinate, so we get back here, talk about spoiler territory. And if you haven't seen the movie yet, please go watch Justice League and come back here and join us. So let's talk about it, guys. Um, you know, from the very beginning, we had been getting a lot of information coming out with the Justice League movie, the direction it was going in. Tragically, unfortunately, Zack Snyder, uh, had a personal tragedy. He had to step down from the Justice League It was taken over by the Wonder Boy from Marvel, Joss Whedon. And, um, you know, I've had my issues with Mr. Zack Snyder, but I've also praised Zack Snyder for great work he's done on movies like The Watchmen, uh, even like the 300 movies. The, uh, he has it when it comes to visuals. That's what Zack is. He's a visual person. Um, but Zack Snyder, when it comes to putting together movies and, uh, basically, um, stories, I, you know, I just don't think, uh, this type of— the type of movies he's done, uh, in the DC franchise over the last— these— he wasn't the best person picked to do these movies and And that's nothing, you know, negative against Zack Snyder. I just think his talents were not used where they need to be. But what was very clear to me is that when Joss Whedon took over, it looks like everything worked like it should, you know, like it should. I, guys, really enjoyed this movie. I mean, this— I was shocked and surprised that I enjoyed this movie. I was really looking at it like Wonder Woman would come in and she would do her— have her great presence like she did in the Wonder Woman movie, and it would be, you know, basically overshadowed by what I thought we was gonna probably get in a disaster movie. And it didn't work that way. Everybody to me, everything worked out well. All the characters to me, they had just enough time to get me interested enough, get me invested enough, and move on. And I thought that was very important. A lot of people did complain about the, uh, the, uh, the, the link— the, the length of the movie, uh, the runtime. And Warner Brothers had, uh, you know, cut the time to under 2 hours. And, uh, this was a lot of, uh, characters and a lot of story to tell, but I was very appreciative they did cut this down because I thought I got just enough. I thought I was invested enough. I thought it told the story enough and it moved on. And I appreciated that because, you know, like with the Man of Steel movie, I thought it just ran on way too long. And then I was just exhausted by a lot of action scenes. And so that started the problems, uh, you know, for me with Zack in the DC Universe. Joss Whedon comes in and it looks like everything's been cleaned up, uh, for the most, you know, for the most part. The story was great, the way it was done was great. Um, you know, a lot of people had a problem with The Flash's humor, and, uh, to me that's just an indication of what I had always been saying about how DC's story, uh, DC's stories go. DC, when it comes to putting together, uh, these superhero movies, their movies have the most realistic serial series feel, I think. And I think that's— that kind of shows with, you know, people complain about The Flash because when we see this done with Marvel, Marvel just has Every line is a comedy line. You know, everybody is a comedian over there, and it works for Marvel and nobody complains. But we have it here with The Flash and they're saying it's not working, and I think that's because of how DC movies are done. I don't think we're really used to humor in DC movies, and I think what Joss Whedon was attempting to do was kind of lighting this movie up. You know, it's one big complaint of DC movies had been they just had went way too dark. Everybody was leading off Batman, in a sense. And, uh, I thought that the Flash character, uh, he was, uh, more on that, on that more of that very socially awkward side, and he was doing a lot of comedy bits. But because nobody else was and he was the comic relief, for me it kind of worked. I didn't have a big problem with the Flash. I did think it was a bit too much at times, but it wasn't enough to, you know, really make me— and that's very rare for me because a lot of times I don't like the comedy relief in movies if they're put in the wrong place, especially when I'm, you know, in certain places in the movie and then they take me out of the movie. And the whole movie just kind of falls apart and feels unrealistic to me. But I think the Flash is a bit of comedy relief in certain points. I think it did work good enough. You know, Justice League wasn't a perfect movie, but it definitely to me is one of the best DC movies, and it's almost on par to me with the Wonder Woman movie. Um, um, you know, give or take a little bit. Um, you know, Batman, uh, you know, played by, you know, Ben Affleck. Of course, you know, a lot of us were like, you know, uh, this is bad casting. Uh, we don't see how bad, you know, Ben Affleck's, you know, gonna be able to do the Batman role. Some people were on board from the very beginning. I wasn't. I thought I was going to see Ben Affleck in every scene, and I do see Ben Affleck in every scene. But I will say this, In this movie, he really sold me as Batman. And I think the idea of Batman I had always had in my head coming over from the comics, coming from the Frank Miller Batman, was that, you know, he was always this kind of, you know, dark loner type, you know, person. But I think Ben Affleck works well in this because this is more of a team player Batman. Now we know that when when Batman teams up with the Justice League, he's like one of the senior leaders and he's leading a lot of things with the Justice League. So this is a team player Batman. This is a captain of the team, put the team together, be the leader of the team Batman. This isn't the dark Batman. I thought Ben Affleck fit that well. And I think he's really coming into his own with the Batman role. Unfortunately, now we're hearing, you know, we had heard the stories about he doesn't want to do Batman anymore because he wasn't going to be able to direct the Batman movie, I think it was. But the thing about it, I don't even think his version of Batman needs a standalone movie. I think this version of Batman only needs to be part of the Justice League. I don't think we need to see another Batman movie, a standalone Batman movie. Movie personally. Wonder Woman, as always, did a great job, uh, coming over from her Wonder Woman movie. Again, I was afraid that Justice League was going to be a disaster and kind of overshadow a lot of what she did in Wonder Woman, but it didn't. It surprisingly to me— again, guys, this was a good movie. And, uh, when I say I felt it was a good movie, I don't mean it was just a good movie on the level of just better than, you know, what we've been getting from DC. But I thought on its own it was a pretty good darn movie. Again, not a perfect movie. It was some stuff that I felt it didn't need to be in there, but it was— it is— I feel they're on the right track. I enjoyed this movie. I thought the link time was good. And, uh, you know, so Wonder Woman um, was the same Wonder Woman from the movies. Well, she, of course, she had grown, uh, more from that movie, how she looked at, uh, you know, humanity, but still very optimistic, still being that beacon of hope. And I, I loved her scenes. You know, Gal Gadot never, um, disappoints, and, and she did well. Uh, The Flash, uh, The Flash, uh, you know, again, uh, the, the, the, um, the, uh, comic relief overdone a lot. I didn't think I was going to like The Flash at all from the trailers. I thought he was going to be this very goofy, awkward comic relief, you know, person there for comic relief, and it wasn't going to work well. But I did, uh, like Ezra Miller's portrayal of The Flash. I thought he did pretty good. I see him as a younger Flash, you know. I see him like the Spider-Man, uh, uh, uh, um, you know, crossover to, you know, joining the Avengers. And, um, you know, and how that worked out with him coming on and, uh, Peter Parker being, uh, you know, very, uh, inexperienced and young and just gaining his superpowers. And I kind of see this with the Flash. I'm looking at him as a very early version, like he just you know, uh, you know, has gotten, you know, the Speed Force and just, you know, coming into all of that. So, uh, Aquaman. Aquaman I thought was great. I liked Aquaman, um, played by Jason Momoa in this movie. I wasn't sure, uh, about Aquaman either because I, in the trailers, you know, him being this like surfer type dude, he, you know, we get the trailer with him fighting the Parademons and he falls out of the sky. He kind of does this, uses one as a surfboard, and I was like, okay, this looks like Mr. Zack Snyder at work here, and it looks a bit goofy and silly, so I don't know where it's going. But it actually ended up working quite well, and we ended up getting a good story about how they're doing this Aquaman. And of course, this is the Arthur Curry comic book Aquaman, where, you know, he's not raised in Atlantis, where he is dropped off as a baby to be raised, it looks like, by a human father, but then becomes the ruler of Atlantis, returns to Atlantis. And of course, I love how they did— I was wondering how they were going to do the underwater scenes with Aquaman. I love how they did everything with those scenes, you know, with Aquaman. And we got to see that there was a lot of conflict with him there in Atlantis, him now being king and bearing the responsibility of Atlantis. But you can see that there is a lot of resentment for being left and raised outside of Atlantis, being like this outsider coming home and mirroring him or, you know, dealing with that. And so I'm very much looking forward to the Aquaman movie when it comes out and exploring Aquaman more. I was— I think I was more interested in what he'll do with— in his movie than anybody else because I'm really not that interested in The Flash. I don't know what it is. I kind of see Flash like a like another one of these Spider-Man movies, even though The Flash hasn't come to the silver screen yet. We've never seen him on the silver screen yet. Um, I, I just don't know. I, I think I— some of these characters, I think, just fit better within the scope of the Justice League. I don't know if they need to get their own, uh, movies. I think I'd much rather see, you know, someone else, maybe a little bit unfamiliar character. Um, um, but, uh, the Aquaman movie We've never seen him on the silver screen yet, and that looks really good. I think that would be very interesting and work very well. Now, Cyborg, you know, Cyborg, obviously we got to understand Cyborg was partially created by one of the Mother Boxes, and his story was very interesting. Obviously he was all the intelligence and information that the Justice League was receiving and able to figure out many of the things. And a lot of people don't feel Cyborg was used enough in the movie. I thought he was used enough. I don't think he's going to get his own movie, and I'm fine with that. I don't think a lot of these guys need to get a standalone movie. I'm fine with them going forward as the Justice League. And I thought Cyborg his character was interesting enough. I thought I got enough of what happened to him and what I know from the comic books, but I thought within the scope of the movie, I understood enough of what happened to him and how he was created like that and what his role was in that movie. And so I thought that was fine. I got it, and that was good enough for me. And then we moved on to Superman, and I was quite surprised with what we got with Superman. I really thought they were gonna, it was gonna be a lot less Superman in the movie. I was like, well, they're setting this up. In the very end, they're gonna wake Superman up some kind of way, and they're gonna get Superman, and Superman's gonna save the day, which is what happened, but it happened a lot differently. I would say we got Superman at about close to half the movie, and we got a lot more Superman than I thought. Also, what was very interesting is, how Superman came back to life as we got to see. You know, a lot— I was led to believe that maybe, you know, at the end of Batman v Superman when he dies, I was led to believe that Superman was not really dead but maybe in a sleep-like state and the yellow sun was regenerating him. You kind of see the pebbles floating up, things like that. But you know, that wasn't the case at all. Superman was dead and they were able to use the Krypton ship, as much like how Lex Luthor created Doomsday from Zod. And they kind of, with use of the Mother Box, was able to bring Superman back to life. Now this is of course where we got to see the movie at its best for me. And that was, they bring Superman back to life. Obviously there are more implications about doing this, as Wonder Woman warns. But this is the only way they can defeat Steppenwolf. And we'll talk a little bit about Steppenwolf in a bit. But this is the only way they can defeat Steppenwolf. They need Superman. They need the Kryptonian. And this is again where I thought the movie shined. I could see a lot of Joss Whedon in this too. Joss Whedon for years with his television series and everything he does, No matter what he's done, I pretty much found it entertaining, and it carried over into the Justice League. And we get, you know, of course we got to see what happened when Superman comes back from the dead. He doesn't remember what's going on, who he is, or he's kind of in this, this state of madness, and he's fighting all the Justice League members. And when the Flash is trying to run around him, because as the Flash says, you know, he's not really a fighter, he just kind of runs around people and gets out of people's way. Only we get to see he can't run away from Superman. Superman's just tracking him with his eyes in slow-mo at the same time. And that was just an awesome, funny, and just well-done scene. And of course, you know, uh, for the, you know, the comic book fans, we know when it comes to the contest between Superman and Flash, it's always been the speed contest and these races. And, uh, uh, you know, Flash is always what was always supposed to be the fastest man alive. And sometimes, in some ways, they've kind of left off like, you know, who could win the race, who's really faster. But we kind of get hints of that. We get Superman flying as Flash is moving through the Speed Force. Superman's flying and telling them, call them slowpoke and things like that, and they kind of cut away. But I enjoyed all that. I thought that was excellent. I thought it was paying great fan service and just awesome, you know, just awesome, awesome scene. The movie was well done, guys. I gotta give it to DC. And I hate to say this, but, you know, maybe it's time for Zack Snyder to just stop, you know, completely step away. I hear they're getting a Justice League 2. Uh, he needs to completely step away from these projects now, uh, and just let it, you know, let it go. I don't think it was a disaster. Uh, I didn't look at the— I did one time see the Rotten Tomatoes score. It was crazy. It was like 33, and I don't understand why that was. I don't understand how Batman vs Superman was much higher than, uh, you know, this movie. And, uh, so I don't know who's— you know, I don't— I'm talking to you guys as an audience and whoever else is watching this. I don't understand how that occurred. I don't understand how this movie, uh, is not seen way many times better than, uh, all these other DC movies, with the exception of Wonder Woman, you know. So that, that puzzles me. But that's what we got, and, uh, we just had this great ensemble and they came together well. So let's talk about Steppenwolf for a second. And, uh, you know, Steppenwolf's character, you know, uh, basically a, uh, uh, you know, this is like, you know, like when you play the video games and you got the main boss and then you got the underbosses. Well, obviously, you know, Steppenwolf was the underboss. So I don't think people should have expected a lot from Steppenwolf, but what we did get with Steppenwolf was a good underboss character, you know. I, I, you know, and, uh, I thought Steppenwolf was a good, uh, character before you get the dark side. And obviously, we, you know, Steppenwolf's goal was to lay the foundation create this world, get it ready for Darkseid, create the planet Apokolips much like their own. In the comic books, they're a part of the New Gods series. And, you know, with Steppenwolf going back to when they were first trying to retrieve the Mother Boxes, we get to see these great epic battles with Atlanteans, and before they're driven underwater, with the Amazons. Even the Green Lantern Corps is part of it, and one Green Lantern is killed, looks like, by Steppenwolf. And, uh, Rob, those scenes were great. I really enjoyed how they went back. I was, I was very excited to see all of that, how they did it, and, uh, how the Amazons fought alongside with the Atlanteans. And, uh, all very interesting stuff, well done. And this excites me to see, uh, Justice League 2 when it comes out. Again, I just hope that Joss Whedon's part of Justice League 2. You know, much like, you know, unfortunately this is something unfortunate had to happen to get him on board with this one, but he obviously will take DC in the right direction. And, you know, and I would like to see that occur, and I'm glad to see DC for me is finally getting where it where it needs to be. And I foresaw that they could be like this, but again, under Zack Snyder, I just didn't have hope that was gonna happen. To me, he had just completely destroyed everything about the entire DC legacy, and I just felt people should have been up in arms about it. People weren't. Some people were. I was one of them. Everything now seems to be working out well with Justice League. I hope it stays going in that direction. So guys, that's all I want to say about the Justice League. I give it a thumbs up. It's not a perfect movie, not the best DC movie, but one of the best, putting DC back on the right course. And is DC on Marvel's level? No, still not on Marvel's level. I don't know if it'll ever be, But it's definitely moving in a better direction. Guys, let me let you know, let me know what you thought about the Justice League movie. If you think it's going in the right direction, if you enjoyed the movie. Guys, if you like content like this, don't forget to like, subscribe. And until next time, take care.