I have to admit...I went into expecting to be massively underwhelmed in yet another DC failure of a movie...and I was very pleasantly surprised to find it one of the better DC movies.
I found the breakneck pacing to be really indicative of the fact that this was two movies smooshed into one. I am decently well versed in pop culture...but had never heard of Steppenwolf (aside from the band...) before this and he really wasn't very impressive as a villain just in general (I'm wondering if a lot of his motivation/scenes got binned).
It was a little too much of "The Batman and Friends Show" for my liking, but I have a feeling that's because I really liked Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman.
The humor struck a good place. It was nice to go into a DC movie and find funny bits. To have characters banter back and forth a bit, and to have that be funny.
I'm not sure I LIKE this 'new' Superman yet...but I can definitely find myself warming up to him, quite unlike the MoS/BvS one.
DC has finally taken some good steps in the right direction, methinks.
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