Justice League: War - Film Review

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Justice League: War is directed by Jay Olivia and stars Christopher Gorham, Justin Kirk, Shemar Moore and Jason O'Mara.

So I just watched this movie for the first time today, and I can say that it's good, not great or bad, but good.

Plot
Justice League: War is pretty much an origin story about how the Justice League started. It has Batman and Green Lantern discovering a Mother Box, some sort of alien computer, and they go to Superman to ask if he knows what it is, he doesn't.

It also has the origin of Cyborg in it too, as the son of a scientist studying a Mother Box supplied by The Flash. It explodes when he grabs it this summons Parademons to the building, leaving Victor (Cyborg) injured and he is rebuilt as Cyborg.

A while later and several portal bringing Parademons on to Earth later, Darkseid invades Earth and after a long battle, he is defeated.

Review
As I said, this movie was just good. It's enjoyable but it's not up ther with some of the best of these DC animated films. Guess that's what happens when you've reached 18 out of 29 of these films.
The acting is good and the animation's really good but in some parts, most notably in Cyborg's origin scene, there is CG and it doesn't really look that good.

This film is based off of the comic book Justice League: Origin, I haven't read the comic so I don't know what they changed or removed, like they do with all the DC animated films I've seen except for The Dark Knight Returns, which at 2 1/2 hours included pretty much the whole story.

This movie got a sequel, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, which I have not seen and is teased during the credits of this movie.

For some reason, Superman just looks weird, I'm not sure if it's just me who sees it, but he looks weird.

There are some funny parts like Wonder Woman discovering ice cream, the guy admitting he cross dresses as Wonder Woman after saying she dresses like a whore, Green Lantern realizing Batman has a satellite, some others.

One complaint I have about the film is the movie's villain Darkseid, he has no motive for wanting to take over the Earth, and his power varies depending on who he hits. He also carries on fights when he shouldn't be able to. I mean seriously, if I where him, I would be on the ground weak if I have both my eyes stabbed out by Wonder Woman and the Flash.

Overall, Justice League: War is a fun movie, it's not up there with movies such as The Dark Knight Returns and other DC animated movies, despite it's problems. I'd recommend checking it out.
Stay tuned tomorrow when we actually get into the DCEU with Man of Steel.

7/10

Previous review - Justice League: The New Frontier
Next review - Man of Steel

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