Justice League Dark (2017)

That was an excellent one.

So much average

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I liked Justice League Dark. Not a favorite, but it had some great lines from Batman and some nice different creatures to fight. John Constantine is a DC Character who needs more time in the spotlight, because his magical powers are really cool. He pretty much steals the show, but his compagnons of Deadman, Zatanna and Swampthing should get that too. They could've used more screen-time. It was nice seeing a different enemy with dark magic. Even though I found the voice provided for Felix Faust annoying, he had some good fight scenes with Constantine and the crew. Not a personal favorite, but I liked Constantine, Batman and the magic and I'd prefer Justice League Dark over Justice League: War.

Considering how bad Justice League VS. Teen Titans was I lost my hope for a good movie from New52 but this movie changed all of that.There was more fighting, scary and gore scenes and an actually story behind it even though I wished they used Hawkman, Flash and Martian Manhunter properly for a better movie. But I am glad the never used Hal Jordan but instead John Stewart. However there are a few scenes that are pretty WTF is this like when the purple alien lady walks into a fire place and burns to death and in the last scene when Ritche gets dragged by demons into the portal. Also some unexpected deaths like Alec Holland and Jason Blood's. The opening scenes of the movie was also WTF because Wonder Woman stops a woman driver after running over a bunch of people because of the demon visions, Superman stops a husband from killing his wife and two kids because again the man sees demons and finally Batman tries to stop a mother from throwing a baby from a building because she believed she gave birth to the devil. She throws the baby batman catches him/her and as an ending to the opening the woman commits suicide .Overall considering all those scenes it was actually a good movie with a great voice cast and good music. It was even nice seeing Matt Ryan reprise his role as John Constantine.

One of the most audacious decisions of DC Comics during the launching of The New 52 was the comic Justice League Dark, which promoted the integration of "magical" characters (such as John Constantine, Swamp Thing and Zatanna) to the universe of "normal" superheroes (like Superman, Flash and Batman). Many of those characters were kept for years (some ones even decades!) under the shelter of the publishing house Vertigo, in which editors such as Karen Berger and Shelly Roeberg organized a sturdy sub-universe theoretically included into the DC Comics cannon, but with its own rules and continuity, established by authors and artists akin to those themes. The comic Justice League Dark broke that barrier, and even though it never was a big sales success, it earned various fans throughout 4 years and 40 editions. However, I have never been one of those fans, and as a consequence, my expectations for the animated film Justice League Dark were quite low. Fortunately, the movie ended up being much better than I expected. The simple premise is pleasantly complicated with betrayals, false clues and the gradual acceptation of Batman by his "alternative" colleagues. In fact, I liked the magical plot of Justice League Dark much more than the one of the movie Doctor Strange, specially regarding the coherence in the villain's plan and the clarity in the answer from the "good" ones. I also found the humor much funnier, thanks to the sarcastic reactions from Batman when something completely away from his earthly experience happens. The voice performances are perfect, and the animation is above the average of the DC Animated Universe. In conclusion, I found Justice League Dark an excellent film on its own merit, and a very promising augury for future collaborations which had previously been relegated to the "fan fiction" world.

Since this new 52 reboot in DC animation where all the films are based in the new 52 continuity they haven't been as good as they were previously. But as they have continued they really feel like there getting close. From the very start of the film it has this dark and deadly tone to it as we get some really gruesome scenes. Law biding citizens are doing heinous acts and things don't look pleasant. Sadly the film's first halve doesn't live up to the rest. That right the scene that was released on the PlayStation network is probably the darkest scene in the entire film. Everything else is just par for the course and feels like every other Hollywood blockbuster with some over powered villain and some light in the sky. The main antagonist really doesn't do the film any favors. He feels like he was plucked right from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is typical and kinda unneeded and is something we have seen before. There is just nothing new there. The film does succeed tho with the way the characters are developed. Zatana, Constatine, Swamp Thing and Etrigan the Demon are given quite a lot of interesting development and we come to care about all of them. Deadman does also have a good role to play even if his voice doesn't really work for the character. The voice work here overall isn't very strong. Aside from Matt Ryan returning as Constantine there are no notable performances which is kinda sucky. The casting director, Wes Gleason, needs some work. I wish they could get back Merdith Layne who worked on Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox and has Emmy Award on her mantle. I know I sound like I am ragging on the film, but I did like it. I loved Constantine and Zatanna's relationship here. And I actually did feel all the other members got just enough needed screen time. I don't feel Batman was needed, but I didn't mind him when it was in the context of the film.I actually loved the way all the Justice League members were used.So I would consider this a pretty good film. Maybe not worth the extra money on DVD or Blu Ray, but still a pretty nice film if your a fan of DC animation.