Justice League Review: Sound and Fury but Signifying…What Exactly?

The Justice League wait is finally over. DC finally unleashes their full potential on the lucrative superhero movie fan base, and it’s not as bad as most reviews will have you believe. But don’t worry homies, I’m here to hit you with some reasons why you should or shouldn’t head out to see the squad up, and try to clap back at Avengers this weekend. Justice League is…acceptable, but not a movie without plenty flaws. Bast believe, we gone get into all of’em. The first and most glaring hole is that the villain, the antagonist, the entire reason the team is forced to unite… is really wack, fam. Steppenwolf just ain’t cuttin’ it. I hate to chalk it up to weak CGI and a basic ass motive, but those are the cards we’re dealt and our hand is trash, B. Snyder and his writers should throw their hands in cuz they ain’t got no villain spades. Luckily, we only have to endure that ashy gremlin titan like four times the entire movie, but you know what’s going to happen each and every time he does pull up? What’s beaming him to and from Earth? No clue. Why is his ax so powerful? Zero backstory or even an inkling of storytelling. Crusty sock Parademon soldiers and Regina George reasoning, that’s what you can expect.

The other area that falls a little flat is the recruitment phase. Bruce and Diana spend all this time reaching out to Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg to join this team, but we’ve seen all of these scenes in the trailers, sneak peeks, and special scenes that play during halftime of…