I grew up watching the Justice League animated series and I enjoyed every DCEU movie so far, so I was really excited to finally see these heroes together for the first time on the big screen. Unfortunately, the movie was a letdown. It's not bad by any means, but it was not as epic as it should have been. Here are my pros and cons:
Pros:
+ The acting is really good
+ Great chemistry between the League
+ Some good action scenes (Amazons vs Steppenwolf is one the best moments of the movie), even though the movie lacks any memorable action like the ones in Man of Steel, BvS or Wonder Woman
+ Superman is finally done right
+ There are some fun scenes
+ The Flash is great and you can't ignore Wonder Woman every time she's on screen. Aquaman and Cyborg were fine. Batman was fine as well (Ben Affleck didn't look very interested in this movie as he was in BvS)
+ The post credit scenes are great
Cons:
It's not a bad movie, but it's not great either. Unfortunately Justice League is just okay. You won't remember it in a year. I didn't love the movie, but based on the last post credit scene, I'm excited for where this universe can go next.
Pros:
+ The acting is really good
+ Great chemistry between the League
+ Some good action scenes (Amazons vs Steppenwolf is one the best moments of the movie), even though the movie lacks any memorable action like the ones in Man of Steel, BvS or Wonder Woman
+ Superman is finally done right
+ There are some fun scenes
+ The Flash is great and you can't ignore Wonder Woman every time she's on screen. Aquaman and Cyborg were fine. Batman was fine as well (Ben Affleck didn't look very interested in this movie as he was in BvS)
+ The post credit scenes are great
Cons:
- The plot is weak (bad guy wants to destroy the world, just like The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Man of Steel, Suicide Squad, X-Men: Apocalypse, etc). You can tell how it all ends, everything is very predictable
- The villain is really awful. I didn't fear him for a second
- Not a lot of surprises
- The VFX is a letdown compared to Man of Steel and BvS (Superman's erased mustache is really distracting)
- Very little character development
- You can tell basically all the scenes added in reshoots
- The jokes didn't work. Most of them are silly, not funny
- Gal Gadot's acting is not very good in some scenes. It looks like she is as good as her directors. With Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman's director), she was great. Here with Zack Snyder/Joss Whedon, not so much
- Some of the dialogues are really bad (like the ones with Mera and Aquaman). Half of them are pure exposition
- The movie lacks stakes or any sense of danger
- The final battle is really generic
- The movie is never really exciting. It's almost exciting, but never really really exciting.
It's not a bad movie, but it's not great either. Unfortunately Justice League is just okay. You won't remember it in a year. I didn't love the movie, but based on the last post credit scene, I'm excited for where this universe can go next.