Justice League: War Movie Download

3 / 10

Terrible just like the comics that inspired it
Animated movie based off of the “New 52” Justice League’s first comics storyline. If you don’t follow comics and are unaware what “New 52” is, just look in your toilet before you flush next time — there’s your answer. The characters beloved for decades are butchered beyond belief. They’re turned into nothing more than action figures macho posturing through mindless brawl after mindless brawl. Superman is a total jerk. Wonder Woman has a sword and is stabbing things right and left. They’re both super violent and aggressive. It’s bizarre. Oh and apparently Batman and Green Lantern are into each other. Who knew? They spend the entire movie having flirty banter. Batman even reveals his identity to him after about a half-hour of knowing him.

All of the voices are poor. No personality. Batman sounds far too nasal. Michelle Monaghan as Wonder Woman sets voice acting back a hundred years. She sounds like she’s reading her lines instead of acting. Sean Astin is Shazam (formerly Captain Marvel for over seventy years — don’t get me started on that!). Astin makes “Shazam” sound like Artie Lange. The dialogue is worse than anything from a ’60s comic. Painful to listen to. The use of regular actors instead of voice actors continues to be a mistake. Many of the actors here have never done voice work before and it shows. Quality voice actors are so much better than this, as the DC animated stuff from the ’90s through early ’00s can attest.

Wonder Woman suffers the worst, but Superman is a close second. The redesigned costumes are excrement. The animation is adequate but nothing impressive. Parents who care will probably regret letting their kids see this. There’s lots of swearing to sound cool and an excessive amount of violence for a cartoon, complete with eyes being gouged out and blood and everything. Hardcore DC fanboys will probably love this. Former DC fans will think it’s vomit. Casuals will turn it off. Future of DC animation is looking like the future of DC Comics — bleak.Read More