My favorite moment was probably when Superman resurrected and was clearly far better than everyone else. He's the god among demigods. That was cool -- I do love displays of power.
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Justice League (2017)
In the past year I watched the new Star Wars trilogy, much of The Avengers, and now Justice League, and amazingly I still crave more of this. How can these movies be so disappointing and so tantalizing? Do other people find them satisfying? I guess the most basic premise is stimulation, which I guess they deliver; but isn't satisfaction next up? Awesomeness? The whole thing is just a tease, yet I keep telling myself the next one will deliver. Justice League seemed to suck, yet I'm tempted to return to Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. This reminds me of that definition of insanity people attribute to Einstein. I should probably stop. For years I desired these movies, and stomached all the costs for the expected payoffs, which tarry still. The costs are high, and the opportunity costs higher -- it's probably time for me to give it up. The unapologetic box office gluttons are probably not for me. I opened myself up to the stupidity; I gave them many chances; I found them empty not just to the intellect but to the emotions.
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The version of this movie that is available is pretty weird since Zach Snyder left in post-production and Joss Whedon came in to put together the scraps.
ReplyDeleteRecently Snyder has been working on a new 4-hour cut that will supposedly release this summer.
I heard, just after I watched it, and wondered whether I should have looked first and waited for the new one. I read it's next month. For a moment I felt like Snyder's would be good -- but then I remembered the movie, and remembered Man of Steel, and figured there's minimal room for improvement to justify the run time. I bet it'll be more interesting though than Whedon's hodgepodge.
DeleteBy "minimal room for improvement" I mean low ceiling, not it's so good it can hardly improve, of course.
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