October 21st, 2007 Posted in opinions
Joe, over at
the Movie Show lists five well thought out reasons why the JLA movie might suck.
I think he's trying to find the dark cloud around the silver lining.
Yes, the JLA movie might suck. And it might be great. I'm betting on great, of course. But I'm worried about the length of the movie ( 90 minutes ) and the time needed to explain the characters before the plot rolls up. In a normal movie, you might have the first third or so of the movie doing basic character background stuff for the main characters. But the JLA is a team of seven characters, and thirty minutes will not be enough to give the audience context.
That's my main concern; that the JLA movie will be more about a single character with the other heroes as window dressing.
Most of the characters in the team, with the possible exception of the Martian Manhunter, are familiar enough to the target audience that they could have their own movie. I read that the executives are aiming at characters spinning off into their own movies after the JLA movie. I think this is backwards; just like Joe says "the JLA is the best of the best; these are established superheroes that come together for a bigger challenge." I think the windup character movies should come before the JLA movie.
