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[RFX45]

JL comes out this week, reviews been mix but sounds like if your a comic book fan, there is something for you to really enjoy.

 

[RFX45]

quick JL review

movie was fun and action packed and for that it was good, it was never boring and while not all jokes were a knock out, it was good for the most part

over-simplistic story and over-simplistic villain seem to sound bad but it benefits DC who struggles a bit on plot, this about setting up the team and I thought it worked while avoiding complications

not perfect by a long shot but it gets points for being fun and not dreary, some might hate it but I feel it is a move in the right direction

and you can finally clearly see the villain in the last fight :lol

it will get multiple viewings via moviepass

I am curious what the cinemascore is

few spoilers:

Spoiler

best fight is definitely Supes versus everyone, it showcases his strengths, it's also funny how dude just tosses bats away

nice GL cameo in the flashback war, not quite sure who it is

Hercules in the war was a nice surprise too

first end credit with the race with Flash and Supes was a nice tough

second end credit with Lex was a surprise, people hyped it up so when they showed it wasn't Eisenberg I thought the big surprise was he got recasted :lol but it turns out he just escaped and to see Deathstroke was awesome

I wish instead of saying "we need a league of our own," it would have been better if he said "create a legion"

 

[Jr Mouse]

Saw JL today and agree with most of @RFX45 thoughts. Pretty entertaining film overall. I was worried it would feel rushed due to all the edits to get the film down to two hours, but honestly the pacing isn’t half bad. The bad guy felt like another typical poorly written super hero film villain but he wasn’t really the focus. It’s all about getting the team together and on that it works.

I give it a solid B.

Spoiler

Superman was excellent in the film! I loved every moment with him. It felt like the DCEU finally understands the character.

Post credit scenes were great. I do wish we would have got more of the Flash vs Superman race. Maybe in a sequel down the line?

 

[dopey]

WSJ Panned it. The review had lots of praise for WW and contrasted it with the terrible acting in JL, blaming it on the stew of multiple directors and writers. Glad you guys liked it as I want to see it. I think, though, given the reviews, that I will be in no rush.

How was Aquaman? No lie- all I want is to see a AM/WW team ups I can watch the actors have fun together.

 

[venividivicibj]

Really liked the dynamic between the different heroes. Aqua man looks way cooler than I thought he would

 

[Jr Mouse]

One reoccurring theme i've noticed reading comments to various reviews of JL online is that the audience in theaters seemed to be having a good time. Lots of laughing and even some clapping. I'm really not trying to hype this movie as more then it is, but i'm under the impression that critics are being way too harsh on it.

 

[noob in 89]

Whatever...I just want to keep my wife away from naked Aquaman.

Would it have killed them to go with the orange suit!

 

[dopey]

Well I just watched the pilot of Abc/marvel ‘s Inhumans and that was awful. Hard to imagine worse than that.
On a related note, I am enjoying the Gifted.

 

[gort]

Aquaman lasso scene was hilarious.

 

[gort]

Found a list of all the things that were Whedon vs Snyder from someone who claims to have worked on set:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/co...-on-infinite-forums.465/page-130#post-1089110

 

[RFX45]

I do feel like they have been unfairly rated by the critics, cinemascore is at a B+.

there are reviews like these from mashable too:

"But it's ... fun! There are some great moments!" you may have read from the apology press, the increasingly identifiable group of chronically agreeable movie writers who've been carefully groomed by studios to say only nice things – or nothing at all – to keep the invites rolling in for early screenings, paid junket trips and red-carpet premiere parties.

Who just seems mad that he may not have gotten an invite and just seems to trying too hard to discredit the little praise the movie got from the press. If these were the case, then why is the film getting bashed so much and have a 39% RT score?

I mean isn't that more appropriate if this was a Marvel Studios film which every other studios gets compared to and already has a knock on them for not being made by them?

 

[willy cheesesteak]

 

[Texasmade]

Just saw JL. Movie was enjoyable. My only complaint is the villain is kind of lame.

 

[RFX45]

crazy and sad

DCEUs futures in danger, Aquamans done filming so thats coming out, WW2s probably safe off of the strengths of the first one but Flash, Shazam, GL, Black Adam, Cyborg, etc... might not happen now.

 

[El Argentino]

I thought JL was a pleasant surprise. I'd been sufficiently deflated by the early, negative reviews that I went in expecting to hate it. Came out of the theatre having enjoyed it.