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Pretty alright.

To refresh your memory, it is where Superman (Tom Holland) fights General Zod (Jake Gyllenhaal). We also get appearances from Wonder Woman (Cobie Smulders) and Carter Hall (Samuel L. Jackson), the architects of the original Justice League. Basically, we still truck along Clark Kent's university career and on a trip to Italy, he reunites with his Kryptonian past as Zod, posing as a hero, fights and defeats the Intergang in front of Kent and his classmates. It is later revealed that Zod isn't who he says he is and is only on Earth to conquer it, rather than save it. Superman needs to stop him before Earth is turned into New Krypton.

It is also later revealed that the Hawkman and Wonder Woman on this Earth are actually White Martians.

To be honest, this movie had a lot of twists and turns in it that I wasn't expecting but I still enjoyed it. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a convincing villain who is very much wrong but has convinced himself that he is right. Tom Holland as a hero still trying to come out of his shell without the help of Ted Kord (RDJ) was also interesting to see. He receives minimal help from other Justice League members like Diana, Hall, and The Question (Jon Favreau) (OOC: my Blue Beetle knowledge is shit outside of the JLI comics so I just thought Nite Owl : Rorschach equals Blue Beetle : Question), so this is very much Superman trying to survive this villain's torment on his own. A big complaint I had with the first DCCU Superman movie was that he still felt tied to Kord so I like this film at least trying to pull him away from that.

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Honestly, what the fuck was that? The whole movie felt so excessive and so many of the main characters had nothing to do. They introduce The Flash (Aaron Taylor Johnson) just to kill him off in like 30 minutes, Black Canary (ScarJo) and Green Arrow (Jeremy Renner) aren't even together (COMPLETELY unfaithful to the comics) so they make the former get together with Martian Manhunter (Mark Ruffalo) which felt super awkward, and Batman (Chris Evans) acts so out of character in this just running around like a doofus without his mask and cape.

I could go on but it just felt like Joss Whedon, the director of the first Justice League, just threw together a bunch of random ideas from one brainstorm sesh but had no idea how to weave them together into a compelling story.

The saving graces included James Spader as Brainiac and Elizabeth Olsen as Zatanna. Spader was super menacing and Zatanna at least had a coherent arc and was played well by Olsen. This movie also featured Paul Bettany as Red Tornado, an android created by Ted Kord (RDJ) with strange and interesting powers. He had cool moments too.

What do you all think?

I was not expecting to "boo-hoo" cry during this movie but I did, and I think it might be one of the best comic book movies out there.

To refresh your memory, Captain Marvel (Chris Hemsworth) has to team up with Martian Manhunter (Mark Ruffalo), Mary Marvel (Tessa Thompson), and Black Adam (Tom Hiddleston) to face a threat unlike anything he has encountered before.

Earth Zero receives visitors from Earth Three in the form of a twisted version of the Marvel family led by the nihilistic Superwoman (Cate Blanchett), and Billy Batson needs to prevent her takeover.

I really enjoyed this film. The best scene was when Batson is about to be slain by Superwoman and he has a heart-to-heart with the Wizard Shazam (Anthony Hopkins) which empowers him to finally defeat this new foe. I also appreciate how this movie expanded on the friendship/rivalry between Manhunter and Batson from the first Justice League movie. I also liked the witty dialogue between Batson and Black Adam, which I did not expect to blow me away. Mary Marvel was a bit more forgettable but I didn't mind her as a character and Thompson played her fairly well.

What do you all think?

To refresh your memory:

Batman: Year One had Chris Evans as Batman, Sebastian Stan as Jean-Paul Valley, and Hugo Weaving as Black Mask. Martian Manhunter had Edward Norton, not Mark Ruffalo, as J'onn J'onzz and Tim Roth as Despero.

Year One felt more inspirational because we're seeing a guy with no superpowers risk his life to do the right thing, and watching him use his own wits and equipment to overcome near impossible challenges was entertaining.

Martian Manhunter on the other hand was something I could watch over and over again and not get bored. It gives off the classic, simple monster movie composition but with the skin of a superhero movie and I wasn't expecting to like it but it blew me away.

What do you all think?

To refresh your memory:

The first ever film in the DC Cinematic Universe. It starred RDJ as Ted Kord, Terrence Howard as John Stewart, Gwyneth Paltrow as Michelle Jane Carter (Booster Gold), and Jeff Bridges as Carapax.

Basically, it's the origin of Ted Kord as Blue Beetle. It explores his connections with the larger DC Universe by fleshing out his friendship with John Stewart, the Green Lantern, and his romantic relationship with a gender-bent Booster Gold, which I found odd but entertaining. The overall goal is to develop a full character arc where a know-it-all like Ted Kord becomes something heroic as a result of a personal catastrophe.

The villain was forgettable. It's just a dude in a knock-off Blue Beetle armor but it's red. Jeff Bridges did the best he could but I was expecting more. I was also expecting more cool Booster Gold stuff but she's just used to support Ted on the sidelines. Same with Green Lantern.

Overall, it's a good step up from the superhero movies before it. It has a mix of comedic and serious elements with solid performances across the board and I would definitely recommend it.