Going to see Justice League with two fellow superhero fanatics, I did not have any expectations and had only seen a couple of short trailers for the film. I have never been the biggest fan of the DC movies; Justice League did not convince me to become a fan.
In the film, Batman has to form a team of superheroes (in a very similar style to The Avengers) to which some obviously refuse and then turn up “unexpectedly” mid-battle in order to be more dramatic. Of course Ezra Miller and Gal Gadot’s acting outshines the rest of the film and their characters individually are very charismatic in comparison to Ben Affleck’s portrayal of Batman. I am not implying that his acting was bad but I think that the writing did not reveal anything about his character as he spent half the film being sad and angry that Superman was dead and barely contributed to the plot. There was no character development for Batman at all in Justice League
The overall plot was predictable and had no originality or plot twists in comparison to other movies of the same genre. The villain ‘Steppenwolf’ had the very predictable plan of taking over earth with unearthly power without any empathy towards human life. The team soon realizes they do not have enough power alone to defeat the villain and have to resurrect Superman by using the dangerous power that the villain needs to take over earth. I think that this moment was the highlight of the movie as Superman added more character to the team.
This film wasn’t all bad, it definitely had good moments and introduced two new characters well; Aquaman and The Flash, however I think it lacked plot and a climactic ending and was instead very predictable and clichéd.