Favourite Moments:
1. Steppenwolf arrives at Themyscira and Battles the Amazons (You might have become indifferent to Steppenwolf by the end of the movie because of his relatively easy defeat but his arrival was great. First of all Ciaran Hinds did an amazing job, his voice was imposing and reeked of vengeance,of ruthlessness and sinister goals. The battle was perfectly shot and very creative. Wolf looked powerful)
2. Clark battles the League (Wasn't expecting Clark being capable of stomping the League but you can look this in another way. He was going all out and the League was fighting reluctantly. While the favorite scene in that sequence was when Clark stares at Barry and he is terrified, I also did like Clark and Diana's shockwave inducing headbutt competition. They should've not put Arthur down so quickly. I think Arthur doesn't have access to full range of his abilities yet. He said something in an interview about gaining the actual trident of Poseidon when he becomes King. That will make him at least Diana level or even more powerful)
3. The flashbacks of the Prehistoric Battle (Maybe I should put this in the moments I hate for it being so short. Seriously though, the grand scale of the battle alone makes this a favorite for me. Add in the old gods, glimpse of Zeus, the Freaking Lanterns and their beautifully done holographic suits and hard light constructs. That was absolutely amazing)
4. Cyborg Scenes (Ray Fischer did very well. Wasn't expecting that at all. He has only scratched the surface of his abilities and he's already very powerful. His bionic body can deflect heat vision and resist Steppenwolf's axe. His dynamic with the team was great. The little rivalry with Arthur, his dynamic with Diana and Bats, Scenes with his dad. They really did a huge mistake editing more of his scenes like his first flight scene. That looked amazing in the trailers.)
5. Arthur and Diana's lasso scene (That was creative and genuinely funny. I like humour done in a creative way, Don't like it when it's done in a slapstick manner and forced. Diana's smirk, Arthur's confession about how beautiful she is, Batman's reaction, Arthur and Barry's conversation afterwards, all really funny)
While the list of five is complete, I have one funny moment tied with the fifth one in my list. When Clark and Victor separate the mother boxes and after the huge explosion they crack jokes, Diana says, she is fighting with a couple of children. That moment was both funny and Adorable. Diana is like the mother of the league. Older and Wiser than everyone else.
What I didn't like:
Well to be honest there are quite a few things,
1. They made Batman less intimidating and his action sequences were Underwhelming. I mean I know he's supposed to be a changed man, not the dark and brutal guy he was back in BvS but the change is drastic. Also this version of Batman is supposed to be borderline Superhuman. His action sequences didn't do that fact any justice. I didn't like some of his Jokes. Batman doesn't crack jokes, not when he's in his Batsuit. The 'I didn't bring a sword' and 'I'm not the one who brought a Pitchfork' lines were okay though.
2. The battle sequence at the end was short and an overpowered Superman didn't help at all. I liked the fact that they didn't kill Steppenwolf like a disposable villain. The theme of him succumbing to his own fears and his minions preying on that fear was good and unique. If only Wolf were portrayed as more powerful. I'm okay with Superman defeating him but not like that. Clark didn't even care. It would've been great if they had shown that Wolf's Axe is unstoppable and Clark arrives, gives the team new hope and he uses his freeze breath to freeze it like he did and then they together defeat him with newfound zeal. That way Clark would still be the MVP without ruining Wolf's impact.
3. The edited scenes ruined the movie if you've read the descriptions of those scenes. Arthur would've got more character development which was needed a lot but above all, it was Steppenwolf's character motivation. According to Snyder's version of the script, the Mother Boxes contained the soul and spirit of his mother Heggra. That's why he called them Mother. Steppenwolf was weary of Darksied and wanted to fight him and end his rule over himself by releasing Heggra here on earth with the boxes, gain more power from her and use that power to defeat Darksied. He hated Darksied for banishing him after his first defeat and wanted to gain his place and position as a New God back. This sounds like a great character motivation to me. Editing out scenes had the most effect on character development of all the major characters. Some new scenes were unnecessarily long like the Russian family scene.
4. Superman's CGI mustache removal was awful. At the beginning he looked disgusting. The other scenes were watchable but still pretty badly done. How they allowed the movie release with such terrible CG is beyond my understanding.
5. While trying to be more light and different from its predecessors, JL suffered from some sort of Identity Crisis. I know dark and gritty doesn't appeal to everyone. But even though JL was significantly lighter in tone, some jokes and moments were unnecessary and too cliche. They took away the specific Identity DCEU had. Having a specific identity is a good thing in the long run. Helps you stand out. JL's tone doesn't stand out as much as it's characters and action sequences.
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