Justice League is a little lighter (visually and in respect of tone) than the dark and dismal Batman vs Superman, but as a film it does not gel, and not necessarily because of the split directorial circumstances. With the WB determination to tighten the running time, the film feels extraordinarily empty, with an astonishingly simplistic (and sometimes oddly judged) storyline with a script that hardly sparkles, leaving a bunch of invulnerables having regular punch-ups and lots of CG/explosions that are quite unengaging. Individually, the League members are fine - Affleck still makes for a good Batman, Gadot is again wonderful as Wonder Woman, Mamoa turns Aquaman into a musclebound bad-boy, Ray Fisher at least has some character progression to work with as Cyborg and Ezra Miller is good fun as The Flash, but together they still come across as a grumpy Avengers-lite. The mid-credits scene is a bit of comedic fluff, and the very end of the credits has a scene that sets up a future DCEU movie, but there clearly needs to be some creative re-tooling and change of direction to make these characters work together properly.
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