Pretty Good

Memorable, crazy movie

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Batman is always on. And in this, his predilection for wanting to stop trouble before it begins leads to massive problems. Turns out bats has a file on how to beat everyone else in the JL and it gets stolen... really excellent adaptation of Tower Of Babel.

Justice League: Doom is one of the best comic book adaptations there is. The characters match their personality and their abilities. I watch this movie whenever I have free time and I'm always entertained.The way the plot unfolds is great and is an awesome story from the comics and the movie does and excellent job transferring it to the film. At first I was a little confused with who some of the villains were, but once they explained and the story rolled out everything made sense.If you were a DC fan then this would be a 1st pick to watch but if you are not a DC or superhero fan then this is probably a 3rd pick movie if you have nothing to do but still it will leave you entertained and craving more comic book movies.

Dwayne McDuffie, the writer of this film, sadly passed away while it was being made and it is dedicated to him. McDuffie wrote some of the greatest episodes of Justice League, one of the finest superheroes ever made. (In my opinion the first 2 seasons are THE very best with McDuffie's episodes being the finest of all).It must be said that Doom is not among the best of his work on JL, possibly because it is based on comic-book original with some shaky aspects to the plot. The changes made to turn it into a film have made matters worse. In the comic, it is plausible that Ra's Al-Ghul(the original villain) would know that Batman would store data on how to subdue his team mates, but why would Vandal Savage? Batman states that his original plans were to incapacitate the JL and that they were somehow changed to make them lethal. But they all seem lethal in their conception and its hard to see what changes were made. For instance, Superman is shot with a Kryptonite bullet- what was the original non-lethal version of that? Some of the legion of Doom seem strangely chosen for their tasks. The huge robot Metallo was able to disguise himself as a human somehow- wouldn't an actual shape shifter have been a better choice? Cyborg did not appear in the original comic, and it shows. In all ways he seems superfluous to requirements. The omission of the Legion of Doom (or indeed Batman) to deal with him is a serious oversight but not one that has much bearing on the plot. Batman escapes his trap by himself and then organises the escapes of others, with Cyborg offering only minor assistance to Wonder Woman which, one imagines, Batman could have also sorted out.Having said this, this remains an enjoyable adventure.

I'm not a massive fan of comic books but I have found myself reading more of those considered "classics" as I have had more access to them than before and it has made me more interested in the genre. This has also led to occasionally checking out some of the animated films featuring the characters and brought me to this film. I don't think I've read much featuring the Justice League together as an entity and when I started watching I was a little bit put off that it included characters that I didn't particularly care for (mostly, in fairness, because I've never given them much of a chance, don't know them or have decided that based on rubbish film versions of them).Once it got going though the film was actually pretty enjoyable. It spread the load across all the characters, giving each enough action and time to fill but not too much to overload anyone or make any of them stand out as the lead. The plot is relatively straightforward but it does produce plenty of events and action and I found it pretty entertaining for what it was. The animation is colorful and accessible – personally I prefer it darker and with more menace, but again it worked for what it was. The voice cast are strong throughout – Conroy as ever but I really enjoyed Fillion, Lumby, Rosenbaum, Black, Blackthorne and many others in there, not only are they good nods to other things but they are good here.This is still an animated superhero film though and as such it is bright, full of action and fairly simple in terms of plotting and delivery; it does work though and I found it entertaining and enjoyable throughout the short running time.