Justice League Villain Steppenwolf Never Met the Cast
There are still a lot of details about the Justice League movie that have yet to be officially [...]
Why It Matters
DC Comics and DC Extended Universe fans are going to read that quote from Hinds, and for a lot of them, there will be a collective reaction: "Not again."
More so than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe has amassed a negative stigma for (among other things) having third act "Boss Battles" featuring CGI monsters and backdrops hat seem to lack the substance and "feel" of a real-world battle, instead coming off like the cut scene of a video game.
It's a criticism that became particularly noticeable with the recent release of Wonder Woman, as that film was almost universally praised for being the best of the DCEU films released (to date) - and yet, it was still criticized for having a an overly bombastic and CGI-filled final battle between the Amazon warrior and Ares, the God of War, with actor David Thewlis adorned in CGI armor and tossing around ever digitally-created object in sight.
Wonder Woman was supposed to be a turning point that signaled DC Film's new approach to movie-making, with fan criticisms taken to heart and corrected. However, the news that Steppenwolf is another CGI creation and that Hinds never even had the chance to base his performance on actual interaction with castmates and environments, proves that the learning curve is still taking shape.
Of course, it's way too early to state any of this as a complete certainty - but don't be surprised if Justice League ends up being another DCEU movie that impresses... all the way up to that final battle.
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Justice League is directed by Zack Snyder, from a screenplay by Chris Terrio, based on a story by Snyder and Terrio, Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Ciarán Hinds, Amy Adams, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, and J. K. Simmons.
Justice League opens in theaters no November 17, 2017.
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