Well, I watched it. At 3.0x speed. And Jesus, is it bad. Just... bad. Affleck signed on thinking he'd do True Detective: Batman Edition and got... that.
I've tried to watch JL two other times and never really made it through, but I figured this'd be more "complete". It's corny, the writing is hammy yet it has a "dark" and "somber" tone and it's a constantly clashing atmosphere. I've made my distaste of the MCU assembly line flicks known multiple times, but this is somehow even worse. You want to do some epic story with capes, fine. But why the Hell do you have dialogue like
"Arthur Curry"
"the Protector of the Oceans"
"also known as... The Aquaman"
I've seen better writing in the actual capebooks aimed at kids and millenials stuck in arrested development. You have "ancient lamentation music" playing over every other scene, and you get scenes like
"can I be like you someday, Miss DemiGod"
"you can be whatever you want, princess"
It's not some inspirational moment Snyder, it's just cringy. The kids would be terrified, or awestruck. Who the **** asks the Immortal DemiGoddess "canz I biz like u plz" ? Jesus... Oh, and, let's not forget
"Ryan Choi, Director of Nanotechnology"
"that's your thing, right?"
"yup, that is my thing"
Get it? Because in the comics he's the Atom, and like, nanotechnology IS HIS THING! Boy, now that's what I call SUBTLETY (I wrote this in caps so you wouldn't miss it).
It felt like I was watching a CW show. No, seriously, the writing is pretty much the same as the CW shows, but here they've got a bigger budget and the lightning is dark. Don't get me started on the "Epic Battle". It felt like a 2007 videogame commercial but downgraded.
In all honesty, I'd watch a full Knightmare movie, but that's it. I know the flick's got its fans and all, but from the hype I figured this'd be more than a differently kind of bland cape****. In a way I suppose I was right, it was a distinctly bad cape****... Well, that's about it, I figure. I like some bad flicks and cape**** myself, so I'm not judging, but I don't get where people so all the "Epicness".
PS: And as we all know, the Terrorist Groups Europe has to be afraid of are Reactionary Middle Ages Fanboy Right Wingers. Not any other group. Nope, these are the guys planting bombs. Yup. Real good insight right there... Also, why would someone who's a fanatic of the period refer to it with the negative name of the "Dark Ages"? *********, this is some awful writing.