Justice League
Possibly the least creative poster design I've ever seen for a movie of this size.
Do you remember when Star Wars: Episode III was coming up, and everyone knew it was going to be about Anakin turning to the dark side? Everybody expected the teaser poster to be a headshot of Hayden Christensen that was half Anakin and half Vader. That's what all the fake posters were. But in my heart I knew they would come up with something better. This was Star Wars, after all. And they did.
Is that not the greatest teaser poster of all time? That's inventive. A billowing cape that takes the shape of Vader's mask. The shape of the mask, the cape itself, and the red lightsaber all point toward what we know is coming in this movie.
And on the other hand we have...
"Just get all our heroes in there. Make sure we can see their faces. Okay, good, now come up with the most simplistic superhero team up tagline you can."
"This tagline has a 'W' in it. Wonder Woman's logo also has a 'W' in it. Oh my gosh! We can put her logo in the tagline!"
"Good thinking, Debbie. Make that happen. Throw the rest of them in too. Yep. That'll do."
What happened with the poster seems pretty representative of what happened with the whole movie. It's all just "that'll do". If the entire DCEU had a tagline, it would be "that'll do".
It's just very sad. This is their answer to Marvel? Really? Five years ago, the MCU brought us The Avengers and it literally blew everyone's minds like a nuke through butter. And the first studio in line to try to copy that was Warner Brothers, because they have the DC film rights.
Unfortunately for Warner Bros, they hadn't been developing the brand new "shared universe" concept as Marvel had been, and their Nolan Batman cash cow came to an end that same summer. And they've been playing catch up ever since, tripping over themselves endlessly while doing so.
And the fruit of their labor is here. Justice League. The future of Batfleck is in question, three of the five main characters have had almost no prior introduction, and for some reason Superman is dead. It just doesn't seem like anyone really cared. That's the feeling I get.
But I'm DEFINITELY still gonna go see it!
Justice League is rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action.
The Star
It's the nativity story told from the perspective of the animals involved.
The voice cast is loaded. But, just being honest, it looks very second rate. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it put a smile on your face every now and then.
The Star is rated PG for some thematic elements.
Wonder
"You can't blend in when you were born to stand out."
Wonder is the fictional memoir of a child with a deformed face. Hence the helmet. He wears it sometimes because it's weird - but not as weird as his face.
His name is Auggie for some reason, and he's just starting fifth grade at a public school. So it's inspirational and all that rot.
It actually looks pretty solid. Like, I would see it if someone invited me to go with them. But I probably wouldn't be all like, "Hey, everybody, let's go see Wonder!"
Wonder is rated PG for thematic elements including bullying, and some mild language.
Big Shot Critic
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