Whether you’re a superhero movie lover or superhero movie hater, I think everyone can agree that “Justice League” was just plain awful. The fatal flaw DC Comics made with this film was how rushed it is. We aren’t even introduced to three of the five superheroes up until this very movie, and there’s not much familiarity with the ones we’ve already seen. Apart from any preexisting attachment to the fictional heroes, the audience barely has any connection with the main characters.

Alongside an extremely rushed introduction, the heroes themselves seemed extremely one-dimensional. Although there was a very obvious attempt at creating character depth, it was displayed very lazily with short, unremarkable scenes that completely miss the target.

DC’s newest superhero movie “Justice League” follows Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, as he assembles a team of heroes to create the Justice League. This team includes some of DC’s most popular heroes: Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman. They must face a terrible villain and save the whole planet.

This film is especially comparable to Marvel’s “The Avengers.” It’s essentially the same concept in regards to having a group of superheroes come together to defeat some type of evil. Although I’m not particularly a big fan of either movies, there is no doubt that Marvel did an exceedingly better job when working with this concept. Among other aspects, I think the main reason “The Avengers” is so much more successful than “Justice League” is due to the amount of previous movies Marvel released for (almost) all of the individual heroes. This causes the audience to feel connected and familiar with the characters, which makes the movie far more intriguing and enjoyable to watch.

Overall, “Justice League” was a hyped up, terrible movie with flat characters and a static storyline.

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