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Justice League: I have opinions

23/11/2017

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So: Justice League.
Yes. Hmmm. Well.

I've seen it.

Here's the thing. It was not a train-wreck of a movie. It was better than Batman v Superman, which made me actually angry to watch. It was even, I dare say, better than Suicide Squad, although that's a bit unfair since SS had Jared Leto in it, and that deserves at least one star out of sympathy. I enjoyed most of League. I truly did.
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As an ensemble movie, a strange-bedfellows, disparate-comrades, multi-skilled-adventuring-party movie, it had a lot going for it. Each character had their own development arc, even if sometimes clumsily handled. We finally get more than a brief glimpse of an on-screen Flash (who was great), we finally get a worthy Aquaman. Wonder Woman still wears wedge heels as armour and some of the Amazons had leather bras and for those reasons alone I want to punch Zack Snyder in the face, but...

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