Tonight's movie review: ‘Justice League,’ better than the last one!

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Manohla Dargis

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“Justice League,” the newest DC Comics superhero jam directed by Zack Snyder, is looser, goosier and certainly more watchable than the last one. The bar could scarcely have been lower given that the previous movie, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” was such an interminable slog. The superhero and villain dynamic is much the same (slayers going to slay, etc.), but there are a few fresh faces now and Wonder Woman has more to do than play backup. The story is a confusion of noise, visual clutter and murderous digital gnats, but every so often a glimmer of life flickers through. It has justice, and it has banter. And while it could have used more hanging out, more breeziness, it is a start. [More]