Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
A pleasant surprised after the unrelenting negativity in early notices. Much has been made of the inconsistency (late reshoots by Joss Whedon adding his trademark comedic touch), and the tonal shifts are sometimes jarring, but in general those those scenes are for the better -- generally making the heroes more human, a much needed change. Henry Cavill's digitally-removed moustache is also unfortunate, but the rest is all... OK.
Where The Avengers was the MCU's triumphant set-piece, Justice League feels like a glue movie: Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill) and Wonder Woman (Gal Godot) get a bit of character progression to move them towards a team dynamic, while Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) get introductions. Even the villain, Steppenwolf (voice provided by Ciarán Hinds), is known in the source material as a minion of Darkseid; his presence sets up a future meeting, while an end-credits sequence foreshadows a Luthor-led Injustice League.
As such, it sets a low bar and generally meets it. Warner kept it to 120 minutes, which is a little light; Superman in particular is given short shrift and his recovery not given enough time to feel genuine. (This tendency to cut out character development to spare the action seems to be an unfortunate hallmark of the franchise.) The plot moves at a good clip, though, and the action set-pieces ticked off one by one. I won't say that it's great or even good, but it's not bad.