A Darker Side of the Justice League
Last week, the latest DC animated movie was released. Set in the same universe as the previous 6 movies from DC, this movie is based around "Justice League Dark", a comic book line portraying some darker character's, and more adult themes than the usual Justice League comics. There is also a lot more magic, and supernatural elements to these comics than that of Justice League. The producers of this movie wanted to stay as true to the comic's as they could, so this id DC's first "R" or 18 rated film they have released. As an avid DC fan, I can saw, the movie is good, it is not amazing, but it is in no way bad.
What I liked:
When going into this movie, I had no expectations what so ever, I just knew, that with it being a DC animated film, it would obviously have the same aesthetic, with the same designs and character's as have been in the past few movies. I expected there to be less of the main cast to make way for the new character's being introduced in this movie, however I was pleasantly surprised to find there was still 1 member of the original Justice League present the entire time, that member being Batman. With Batman not having his own movie this year, it made sense for him to be more in the limelight during a Justice League movie.
The new character's which were introduced, were all done quite well, about as well as you can introduce about 6 main character's in an hour and a half long animated movie. The designs of the character's were all classic and yet modernised and refreshing, which made it a pleasure to watch them at all time's. I did not expect this movie to be funny, with it being an 18, however I found myself laughing a fair few times, which made me appreciate the character's a bit more, because they did not take themselves too seriously. The general flow and plot of this movie was ok, there were times which were a little slow or too convenient but it was fine, and I appreciated what they were going for.
What I disliked:
There was a lot of times when watching this movie, when I thought that it should have been renamed "Constantine and Justice League Dark". His presence in the movie was great, but he often overshadowed the rest of the character's apart from Batman, and really a lot of times the other character's had very little to do. Especially character's like Etrigan the Demon and Swamp thing, always made their presence known on screen when they were given the time, but they felt incredibly underused overall.
As a huge Batman fan, it feels strange to say, he was unnecessary, the part I thought he would play, is to connect the new character's to the original ones. however the original ones were hardly in the movie, therefore making Batman's role insignificant. He was there to make a few cheap jokes, often during the fight scenes he offered absolutely nothing and wasn't really shown.
Overall:
Again, this was a good movie, it had it's flaws, but ultimately it was quite enjoyable. If you want to check out the movie trailer go to:
