Justice League: Doom

2012 "The end of justice."
7.4| 1h17m| PG-13| en
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An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.

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Acensbart Excellent but underrated film
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
NotMoreMovies Although Batman trusts the Justice League, he was always worried the day may come when one or more of them might turn, get blackmailed, or possibly just go insane and be a threat to the world (himself being no exception). Therefore, he created a special protocols for each team member that could be used to incapacitate them should that event ever arise.Vandal Savage (being one of the most intelligent villains) found a way to hack Batman's computer and weaponize these fail-safe protocols making them deadly to each team member. Recognizing that his own protocols are being used against his own team, it's a race against the clock to locate each team member, analyze what Savage did to each one, and find a way to disarm it before it's too late...My favorite part of this film was when Batman explained what he had done, he was asked how he could have done such a thing. His response -- "You mean none of you have thought of doing the same thing?" When his team implied that they would never imagine such a thing he said, "Then you're fools!"This was a very deep and intense film, and it's a must-see for DC fans or fans of superhero sci-fi in general.
norsebaldur The art and voice acting were good I guess. That said, this has got to be the worst super hero movie I have ever seen. There were so many characters that the movie was basically 2 group fight scenes, fallowed by 6 individual fights, culminating in one last group fight. All centered around a plot with the WORST plan I could possibly imagine. When the movie gets to the ultimate plan my 7 yr old looks at me and says "how did the rocket get to the sun so fast". In in era of comic book story lines that stretch reality just enough to make it believable, or at least try to explain away the glaringly obvious parts, this is a HUGE set back
bob the moo 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.
TheLittleSongbird I do consider Crisis on Two Earths, despite its flaws, better as a Justice League movie. Justice League: Doom was still good though. I did think the ending was not gripping enough and ended far too abruptly, the villains were under-characterised in terms of depth and such and the plans didn't really ring true and could easily have been done differently. The story is also rather standard and rather uneven, the parts with Batman and Superman were fine but again the villains' plans and the ending needed more development. With a longer length and more time to breathe these problems could have been rectified. On the plus side, apart from the non-threatening character design of Metallo, the animation is very good, detailed and colourful and with fluidity. There is also an atmospherically haunting score, good pairings between the characters, compelling and well-choreographed action and sharp writing. The best asset was the voice acting, Kevin Conroy IS Batman, and Nathan Fillion, Susan Eisenberg and Tim Daly are just as top notch. All in all, Justice League: Doom may not be perfect and there are better animated superhero movies out there, but it is still worth seeing. 7/10 Bethany Cox