
Daniel L. Bamberg (1 KP) rated Justice League (2017) in Movies
Nov 22, 2017
These heroes are portrayed mostly spot-on and in the cases of Cyborg and Aquaman are miles more interesting on screen than they ever were in the comics.
Justice League has a very basic plot, but this allows us to really get to know the characters through interaction rather than backstory.
The villain is weak but we feel his threat more through the way the heroes respond because of it.
It's an origin tale that doesn't pander to the audience, rather it tells us all we need to know through amazing visuals, entertaining dialogue, and solid characters.
Justice League is also one of the first "team up" comic book films that flows through a well "beaten" three-act structure. The pacing is a thing of mastery.
Highly recommended.

David McK (3600 KP) rated Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) in Movies
Feb 10, 2019 (Updated May 8, 2021)
Personally, I feel a large reason for that underperformance is that, of all the characters in the original saga, Han is probably one of those least in the need to get an origin/prologue movie and that this was released during the summer months instead of the more traditional festive release period for a Star Wars movie.
Whereas Rogue One was, largely, a war movie, this one takes a different approach: more of a heist (complete with double and triple crossing) Western movie, if anything.

graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Zodiac Starforce: by the Power of Astra in Books
Feb 15, 2019
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Check out more illustrations from Paulina Ganucheau: https://paulinaganucheau.tumblr.com/

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The World According to Batman
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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Walking Dead - Season 10 in TV
Apr 10, 2021

Andy K (10823 KP) rated Shazam! (2019) in Movies
Aug 30, 2019
Kind of a DC PG-13 version of Deadpool (or at least it wants to be).
I was really hoping the humor would be funnier and there would be something that would make it stand out for DC. Especially after really enjoying both Wonder Woman and Aquaman.
At 133 minutes, the movie needed quite a trimming as the beginning dragged and the movie lost its way a few times before coming together well at the end. I looked at my phone several times to see how much was left to go and that is never a good sign.
Zachary Levi stood out as the humorous protagonist (with a stupid-looking costume), but the rest of the cast was generic and boring including the blah villain.
If they make another film, hopefully they can concentrate more on the non origin story and make the humor and action scenes sharper and tighter.

Helen of Troy
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The story continues to touch on the lives of former B Team members and their families while new...
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