Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two & Part Three (2024)

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two (2024) It’s just great and exhilarating to see all these DC superheroes and characters together! But that doesn’t make it a good animated film. Once again, I was pretty bored, even if the action scenes are still amazing. The story is far from incredible. I get the impression that it’s stagnating between the desire to do something new, more adult, serious, and researched while being obliged to return to what’s already been done and worked.

In short, I’m not thrilled, and this is by far not the best animated film I’ve seen in my life. I’m going to see the next one and thus bring the trilogy to a close. A trilogy that closely follows Green Lantern – Beware My Power (2022) and Legion Of Super-Heroes (2023).

Jeff Wamester works well, releasing at least one film a year… but, alas, he’s not one of my favourite directors. I gave the previous film four stars, but basically, I don’t find any of his films exceptional. Maybe I’m too light-hearted and happy, but I don’t need to see ultra-dark stories. I like to go back to color. But that doesn’t mean I prefer Marvel. I like the humor in both and not necessarily just the brutality, the blood, or the utter darkness. And I’ve got a feeling the next one’s going to be even worse!

★★★1/2

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three (2024) I predicted that this opus would be worse than the previous one. I was wrong! The first one was surprising, fun, gripping, but tiring, with so much going on. It was based mainly on Flash switching from one mode to another and from one space-time to another, and that made it very hard to follow. Here, there’s a link with the first one. In fact, there were some scenes there that were a little incomprehensible, and now we finally have the answers.

It’s great to see all these teams. It’s great to see Batman with his whole team, both with the Justice League and with all the members of his direct team, with Batgirl, Robin, Huntress, etc. The same goes for Green Lantern and his Green Lantern Corps. Throughout the anime, we see the two Supermen, one called Clarke to differentiate them. Flash, who disappeared at the end of the first, reappears here at times, and it’s always a great pleasure to see him, especially when Batman takes him into account, into consideration, and we feel they’re linked. Because that’s not always the case!

We often get the impression that Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman are always the pillars and leaders of the group, while we tend to think of Green Lantern and Flash as the jokers and Aquaman as the most independent, who leaves and comes back when he feels like it. But let’s not forget that this is a truly linked team. Everyone uses their powers and resources to the best of their ability depending on the circumstances and situations. It’s also good to see super-villain reunions, with the Joker, Poison Ivy, Lex Luthor, Killer Croc, Cheetah…

There are also brief appearances by Bane and the Scarecrow. They’re more winks than anything else. There are still quite a few moments where I got bored, even though there are some very good scenes. Not all the dialogue is incredible, like the last thing Huntress says to Batman, for example. It’s actually pretty lame! We don’t see his mother, Catwoman, at all, though.

The ending is pretty good, sad, moving, powerful. But it’s not the most extraordinary ending I’ve seen either… just like the whole of this animated feature. This trilogy won’t go down as one of my favorite DC films about Justice League. None of them are masterpieces, or even excellent. They’re still good entertainment that should be seen once by all the biggest fans of these superhero reunions. Jeff Wamester knows DC but doesn’t have the magic touch.

★★★★