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** Note: A tiny spoiler if
you haven’t seen even the promotional images.
Lots
of good in the Justice League movie.
I will say that two/five who went with us last night fell asleep! So ... yeah,
there’s that.
The
movie lived up to all the wham/bam potential. The interplay between characters
was strong, and each held their own. The movie covered a lot of ground
We
needed to see way more of Aquaman than brooding. Flash was fantastic -- very
like the new Spiderman character, young and quirky. He adds a lot of the comic
relief.
Most
well-rounded new character: the troubled Cyborg. The audience roots for him,
and wants to know more. Since I read that the actor reshot some scenes when Josh Whedon took over, I'm going to guess it worked!
Bad: The film plays upon past superhero
conventions. There’s an early scene with Wonder Woman doing something “no man”
can do. Pfft. Been there, done that. Still cool but not as powerful the second
time.
Likewise,
a la Avengers: Age of Ultron, I feel
sorry for those isolated towns that become fodder for the final battle.
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Batman: Try as I might, I’m having
a hard time differentiating all the trash happening in real life with Ben
Affleck (who I’ve traditionally really liked), and the character. The graying
hair and chiseled chin pulls me in, but I really don’t want any chemistry with
Wonder Woman. Nope. Not ready to go there no matter how much Alfred insinuates.
My
10-year-old said it looked like Affleck was wearing a corset under his Batman “chiseled
chest,” and what’s it say that a Tween picks that out?!
Now
on the man-chest discussion. Barely a glimpse off Aquaman. Seriously, we don’t
want armor from the “mer-man” (again, Tween).
On
the other hand, Superman lived up to his super name. (Hopefully, no spoilers
because he is on the promotional posters).
“I hope Henry
Cavill got paid extra for going around naked the whole time,” the Teen.
“Was that his
real chest?” – the Tween.
These two kill
me! We’ll definitely be seeing it again in theaters, thanks to the younger one
falling asleep, and hopefully, I’ll get to pick up on other nuances.
Extra scenes: DC must have gotten the memo. There are
two extra scenes. IMHO, they still need to figure out the magic. The second
scene goes way too long. We don’t need that much of a teaser!
Louisa Bacio
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