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Introduction to Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie Review

 

After checking HBO Max periodically over the past few days to see if anything worth my time and attention was on, I found out that Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie was playing. You may be wondering if this movie is worth watching and if so, why or why not. Check out my movie review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie to find out.

 

 Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie Length

 

I know the league is composed of various superheroes but in order to streamline and possibly shorten the length of this movie, many of the superheroes could have been omitted from the film.  By the way if you have not yet watched this movie, the film is about 4 hours and 2 minutes long -- which is...well …very long. 

 

 

Plot of Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 

Of course there is an evil villain that the Justice League needs to band together to defeat. In addition to defeating this villain, the league's mission was to prevent the villain from retrieving three boxes, one of which seemed to be ultra-destructive. The storyline also included back stories on some of the superheroes such as Wonder Woman, Cyborg and Superman.

 

 

The Leader in Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 It was obvious to me that this movie clearly showed Batman as the leader; however, not only was this a poor choice but Batman did not make any ground-breaking type decisions. Additionally, his appearance in costume did not seem up to par. Namely, somehow the art or costume movie-making department managed to make Batman look out of shape when he wore his Batman outfit in various scenes.

 

With that being said, who should have been the leader?  My vote goes to Wonder Woman who during this movie, did not seem to have a lot of baggage and had a solid grasp on how to defeat the enemy.  

 

 

 

 

 

Action Scenes in Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 

The action scene that stood out for me occurred during the first part of the Justice League movie when Wonder Woman made her appearance and not only courageously fought, but defeated criminals and saved people who were in danger.

 

In my opinion, Wonder Woman’s fight scene was notably one of the highlights of the complete movie. In fact, to save time watching Zack Snyder’s Justice League ultra-long movie, I suggest you fast forward about twenty minutes in the movie to the scene that shows Wonder Woman standing on a ledge inside of a building with one of the criminals dangling from her golden lasso.  

 

I won’t spoil this movie any further here, but I must say this Wonder Woman scene and even her dialogue was well written during and after this fight scene.  Hint:The dialogue involves her using the words “Believe it,” and what she said to the little girl who proclaimed that she wanted to be just like Wonder Woman.

 

As for the other action scenes in Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie, they all seem to blur together with lots of fights, noise, fires and explosions.

 

 

 

 

 

Miscasting of Actor in Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 

The actor who stood out to me as being miscast was Jeremy Irons who played the character of Alfred, Batman’s elder butler as he usually appears in the comic books. Not only did he seem too young to play this character, but his language accent was out of place as well. 

 

 

Actor Jeremy Irons should have been cast as maybe a villain, similar to the late Alan Rickman who played Hans Gruber in the Bruce Willis classic action movie, Die Hard. The good news is that his lines in the movie were few and he played a relatively small part in Zack Snyder’s Justice League film.

 

 

Too Many Superheroes in Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 

Let’s be frank here. There were a lot of superheroes appearing in Zack Snyder’s Justice League film who did not add anything to this movie. Some of these heroes were Aquaman and the Flash.  Maybe Aquaman was cast because his solo movie had relatively good reviews, but since most of the action took place on land or in space, clearly, there was no need for his aquatic-based powers. 

 

Regarding Flash, he may have the superpower of being fast, but outside of him saving someone from an accident towards the beginning of the movie, his part in the film, to me, was purely fluff.

 

 

Positives of Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 

Including certain superheroes in the movie presented both positive and negative aspects of the film. I think maybe the movie tried to stay true to the Justice League by including just about all of the characters so no one could probably say that a particular superhero was left out.  On the other hand, adding the non-essential characters also unfortunately made the movie much longer than it should have been.

 

 

As mentioned earlier, and I repeat -- a plus for the movie was the Wonder Woman

rescue scene towards the beginning of the film.

 

Assessment of Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 

To make a long story short, Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie was not quite my cup of tea, and except for the Wonder Woman scene I mentioned previously, was not, in my opinion, worth watching.

 

 

Rating of Zack Snyder’s Justice League Movie

 

 

Based on a rating of 1 star to 5 stars with 5 stars being the highest, I rate Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie 3 stars.