Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three Review

 

NOTE!: After This Review I'll Be Giving My Thoughts On The Ending & About Certain Universes Being "Erased", Which Will Contain Spoilers. I'll Also Be Giving My Thoughts On Where DC Should Go From Here. So If Don't Want To Read Those, Just Leave After I Give My Rating.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three is an animated comic book movie based on the comic book event story arc, Crisis on Infinite Earths. It serves as the sequel to Part Two, the final part of the trilogy, as well as the final installment of the Tomorrowverse. It's produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Justice League - Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three is written by James Krieg and directed by Jeff Wamester.

The story is, the Justice League along with their fellow heroes whether from their Earth or others are making their final stand against the entity responsible from the Crisis. Both time and options are running out, can the heroes pull through, or will all of the multiverse fall?

Initial Reaction

While I was still interested in this movie, I'll admit I was skeptical. Because while I didn't hate Part Two, I wasn't extremely pleased about it either. So I was going into this with some doubts but still hoped for the best.

Cons

I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

One mix bag was the pacing. The first half have this is is pretty slow. Sure seeing the Supermen fighting dinosaurs and the Bat Family fighting Nazis with weapons from Batman's villains was fun, but at the same time I felt like we were just killing time until we finally circle back to the Anti-Monitor. Then there's the art style. Since Superman: Man of Tomorrow, I've have no real issue with the art style. Sure some character designs leave more to be desired, but overall I didn't hate it like most people. However, and without spoiling too much, Batman along with somebody else travel to another universe, and it's the same art style. So what's the problem per say? While the thing is we've traveled to that universe before, and they had no issue changing the art style, so why didn't they do it here? Maybe this is more than likely just me nitpicking but it felt like they could've done that trick again. It was actually a tiny bit cool when they did it.

Pros

One positive came from the story. Yes, I know I wrote about a slight issue, but I still liked the story, not love, but liked. Anyhow, I especially enjoyed how we finally got an answer of how the crisis came to be. After so much teasing back in Part One, we're given a really good answer. I'll explain why, after the review. The next thing I'll give credit is the action. Like I said, Two Supermans fighting dinosaurs and the Bat Family fight was fun, but the final fight with the Anti-Monitor was not only exciting, but there's actually a pretty good bit of drama and build-up to it. I was truly getting excited for the final blow to be struck.

While there are flaws, I still had a good time with this one, far more than I did with Part Two. However I think the good aspects slightly helped a bit. I won't be saying this is the greatest movie of all time, but it was a lot better than I thought it was gonna be.

My final rating is, Good.

Questions Answered

Okay! This is your final warning! I'm gonna be heading into spoiler territory! So back out now!

So after waiting for so long, we finally have an explanation to the Crisis came to be. When Batman & Constantine were investigating we travel back to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. There were told Constantine put a spell on The Flash (aka Barry), where yes, Barry did do another Flashpoint, but not in the traditionally sense. While it did go back in time, where he was gonna kill a baby Darkseid because that's the only time Darkseid was ever vulnerable. However, because Constantine knew Flash didn't have it him, his spell not only convinced Flash to do another Flashpoint, but it also turned him into a walking plague. So Barry didn't need physically kill Darkseid, he just needed to be in the same space as he was. And because Darkseid is an essential piece to the multiverse, this would cause a shattering to said multiverse. Like I said, it's actually a really good explanation. Because for the life of me I was trying to figure out how Constantine & Flash could've possibly screwed up THIS badly.

The "Erased" Universes

Now during this movie, we see a lot of childhood favorite universes be "erased". We see the SuperFriends universe be wiped out, we see the DC Animated Universe (the franchise that gave us Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, etc.) be wiped out, and we the 2003 Teen Titans universe be wiped out.

Why do I bring this up? Because I read so many people get upset about how this was disrespectful, and now the stories that were told don't mean anything. It was basically the same complaints I saw last year with The Flash. I want to rant on this because I feel like people are blowing this way out of proportion.

People can be rightfully upset, but I don't think they should act like we never gonna see those universes again. Take me example with The Flash. In that movie we see Christopher Reeve's Superman be "erased", and guess what? That verison of Superman still got a comic miniseries five months after that movie was released. And you know what happens in all of these big Crisis events? A universe gets "erased", and next thing you know through some sort of miracle the "erased" universe is back fully restored.

So if anything were more than likely gonna see those universes again one way or another. Although the DC Animated Universe one might be tricky given the fact of Kevin Conroy's tragic passing. But if we don't, everybody's fully aware you still buy the DVDs and Blu-Rays right? You can act this film isn't canon. It's the fun part about being a fan of all the superhero/supervillain stuff.

Where To Go Now?

So, now the question is where to go now? Well if any of you have been keeping track, you know we're going to get a two-part animated Watchmen movie. Hell, Chapter I is gonna come out next month.

Now people have speculated that the ending of Part Three is gonna connect to James Gunn's upcoming DC Universe. I have no conformation if that's true, it's just people guessing. I say, what DC needs to do is, no animated cinematic universes! At least not for awhile. DC needs to a break from that. Cause first we had the DC Animated Movie Universe which turned into the Tomorrowverse. What should happen is we get some stand-alone movies. Focus on making movies based on critical acclaimed/fan favorite comic story arcs, make something original, give us an Elseworlds, revisit those universes that got "erased". Just do something that's not connected to a cinematic universe, James Gunn's or otherwise.

Okay everybody, that's all for now. Sorry if you felt like this was too long, but there were somethings I wanted to write about. Anyways, come back on Saturday, Jun 20th, for my review of, Twisters. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.