This is what watching superhero movies for one week taught me

Justice League (2017)

Obviously the saying that less is more doesn’t apply to comic book/superhero movies. I’ve learned bigger is supposed to be better and the more is, indeed, the merrier. Sadly, these tactics don’t necessarily guarantee a good movie. Justice League isn’t an entirely unfortunate film, but its lows outweigh the highs.

Please don’t stick Aquaman in a movie where the climactic scene takes place in an area that is landlocked. I’m savvy enough to understand Justice League partially served as a very long promo for Jason Momoa as the hip “King of Atlantis” (lusted after by soccer moms everywhere).

Justice League also introduces the Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher), and unlike The Avengers, their abbreviated origin stories don’t impact the plot.

This is a good place to confess that when it comes to the storylines of movies based on comics, my brain is not capable of holding on to much information for very long. It’s almost as if I’m Eternal Sunshine-ing characters, events, etc. as they happen. This puts me at a definite disadvantage when studios are counting on audiences to watch each film and every franchise as many times as often as possible in order to be prepared for the next installment.

I don’t believe my brain’s attempts to discard this information is indicative of anything more than self-preservation. It’s got nothing to do with gender because I know many women (and their daughters) who love these movies. I also don’t blame it on age although I do believe Millennials have an advantage since they’ve practically been weaned on this stuff while John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) is more my speed.