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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 277923" data-attributes="member: 23">Justice League (2017)

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My first time. With the way this film was panned (I watched the original version, not the Snyder Cut) I had a feeling it was going to be pretty awful.

Actually, I really enjoyed it.&nbsp; It probably helps that I&#039;m not a hardcore fan of superhero films. I haven&#039;t watched The Avengers, so I&#039;m not directly comparing this with its contemporaries, and I&#039;m able to enjoy it on its own merits. Not being part of the fanbase means I haven&#039;t bought into that &quot;one mind&quot; thing where I assimilate others&#039; criticisms of the film and form an &quot;opinion&quot; before watching. I have no real opinion about Joss Whedon and Zach Snyder and so I don&#039;t care who directed which scenes just so long as I enjoy the finished product. And because I&#039;m not twelve, I don&#039;t fear being uncool because Whedon&#039;s version isn&#039;t rated 18.

I still had a couple of my own issues with the film, mostly based on my comics-reading childhood.

Like, why is Lois Lane a redhead with Kardashian vocal fry? And why is Barry Allen a brunette twink when he&#039;s traditionally been a muscular blonde grown man? The film version - with his wide-eyed enthusiasm over tagging along with Batman - might as well have been Robin. It&#039;s a little odd that he&#039;s far younger than Cyborg when comics Cyborg was teammates with Barry&#039;s young sidekick in The New Teen Titans.&nbsp; All the same, I found this new young Barry Allen very endearing. It&#039;s difficult not to like him.

My stomach turned when I saw Amber Heard&#039;s name in the credits. How is she still appearing in films? I can&#039;t see her without thinking of the recording of her psychologically abusing her partner and of that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQFFm_X2lps" target="_blank"> deposition video</a>. Fortunately she and her righteous anger appeared in just one short scene.

Ben Affleck makes a surprisingly good Bruce Wayne. He&#039;s a contender for my favourite Batman. Great to see Jeremy Irons in the cast as well.

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[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 277923, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Justice League[/SIZE][/B] (2017) [IMG width="494px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FeRoXqOzciHkSPs1Z8pGnJMZo0Zb.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG] My first time. With the way this film was panned (I watched the original version, not the Snyder Cut) I had a feeling it was going to be pretty awful. Actually, I really enjoyed it. It probably helps that I'm not a hardcore fan of superhero films. I haven't watched [I]The Avengers[/I], so I'm not directly comparing this with its contemporaries, and I'm able to enjoy it on its own merits. Not being part of the fanbase means I haven't bought into that "one mind" thing where I assimilate others' criticisms of the film and form an "opinion" before watching. I have no real opinion about Joss Whedon and Zach Snyder and so I don't care who directed which scenes just so long as I enjoy the finished product. And because I'm not twelve, I don't fear being uncool because Whedon's version isn't rated 18. I still had a couple of my own issues with the film, mostly based on my comics-reading childhood. Like, why is Lois Lane a redhead with Kardashian vocal fry? And why is Barry Allen a brunette twink when he's traditionally been a muscular blonde grown man? The film version - with his wide-eyed enthusiasm over tagging along with Batman - might as well have been Robin. It's a little odd that he's far younger than Cyborg when comics Cyborg was teammates with Barry's young sidekick in [I]The New Teen Titans[/I]. All the same, I found this new young Barry Allen very endearing. It's difficult not to like him. My stomach turned when I saw Amber Heard's name in the credits. How is she still appearing in films? I can't see her without thinking of the recording of her psychologically abusing her partner and of that [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQFFm_X2lps'] deposition video[/URL]. Fortunately she and her righteous anger appeared in just one short scene. Ben Affleck makes a surprisingly good Bruce Wayne. He's a contender for my favourite Batman. Great to see Jeremy Irons in the cast as well. [MEDIA=youtube]PXrgvNXfN7M[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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