JUSTICE LEAGUE - GODS AND MONSTERS
Ok, here's the skinny: This is an alternate universe
story about three of the Justice League, Superman,
Batman and Wonder Woman!! General Zodd's son
is now Superman(due to interference from him while
Zor-El is attempting to send his son to Earth during
the distruction of Krypton)! Batman is a creation of
a serum that he used on himself for some anomaly
that is never revealed! Wonder Woman is a refuge
from a planet that her family helped to destroy!
Putting all this together, makes for some pretty
vicious "superheros"!! They still fight crime, but
with a viciousness that doesn't give a hoot about
life!! You have to totally forget about the original
trio to enjoy this, but it IS enjoyable! Just a little
too dark for me!! B
From an IMDb.com customer
So this plays in an alternate version of the well
known DC universe. Superman is the son of General
Zod, Batman is actually some version of Man-Bat,
and Wonder Woman is Bekka from the New Gods.
They form the three person Justice League, but
a more cruel and consequent version of it - including
killing and a egotistical attitude.
After swallowing this premise, the movie unfolds
pretty much like most of the other DC Animated
movies - which I still won't spoil. It pretty much
means that the story is on par with earlier endeavours,
however it seems like it has less scale or importance.
I'm a conventional guy when it comes to comics, so
I was not really happy at the beginning with this set
up. However, the character versions actually grew
on me. For such a short movie, they actually
developed a backstory for each main character
quite well, making their actions somewhat
motivated and relatable. The character designs
worked for me (especially Superman).The
voice acting was very well in my opinion, up
there with most of the other DC animated
movies.
The animation is good quality - nothing breathtaking,
but quite enjoyable. Choreography of fight scenes
is lacking though - pretty much reminded me of
the Justice League TV Animated Series and nothing
compared to the likes of Wonder Woman, Crisis
on Two Earths or Under the Red Hood.
The mystery on who the main villain is was in
my opinion well constructed, even if it was quite
foreseeable. However, the wrap-up at the
end seemed quite rushed and the scale was
just not there - it did not seem that menacing
and grand scale.
In general, I was not as impressed with it than
with other examples of the DC Animated Movies,
but it was a better than average one. It had
more heart than the recent Justice League:
War and the characters resonated more with
me, even if they are not the real Justice League
versions.
I'd give it a 6 on my scale. - idontdodrugs