Your right OutofTheCube I fell for the same trap, I guess its inevitable they be compared to each other, it's only human nature. If Justice League came before Avengers it probably would have been better received, and if Marvel ever makes a Namor movie it will be compared to Aquaman. I just hope that because DC is building their connected universe after the MCU started, people will not just assume it's a Marvel clone and will let it be it's own thing. People forget the missteps of the MCU at the start.
You made some good points CaptainCrunch, but I would counter with that's fundamentally the difference between the two brands. Marvel heros are much more your every man if you will, and plus I think MCU has changed a bunch of the characters from the comics. From what I know Iron Man and Thor are different from the comics but I haven't read the books so I can't say for certain. The MCU heroes are all very charismatic, and well received. There really isn't one casting that people don't like. Being around for over 10 years and 20 films people have grown up with these heroes, and we are just getting there with the DCEU heros. Certainly Gadot and Mamoa are well liked but that's about it so far.
If you compare the Justice League to the Avengers, the heroes in Justice League are much more powerful, and maybe for some people too powerful. DC heroes as Grant Morrison said are more like your Greek Gods. But you can still relate to them in other ways. Batman experienced a great tragedy and that caused him to turn into Batman, Superman is the classic American immigrant story where he comes from a different world to live in America. Wonder Woman leaves her home and everything she knows to help mankind. Aquaman is a man from two different worlds and doesn't know which one to embrace.
The villains have been hit or miss for DC, but up until now the same can be said for Marvel. Zod to me was great, same with Orm and Black Manta. Luthor and Joker are incomplete for me, still like to see more. Enchantress & Steppenwolf were both terrible.
MCU has Thanos, Killmonger, Winter Soldier as excellent villains, but also has one's like Malekith, Mandrin, Ultron, Ronan, and Whiplash which were forgettable.
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