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It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Justice League: Doom has one of the best storylines of any DC animated movie I've seen thus far and that makes it stand out from the rest.It tells the story of a congregation of super villians who mastermind a plan to steal Batmans files on the Justice League in order to pick them off. Those files being the secret ones he holds on each members weaknesses and his plans to take them down should they turn bad.With the excellent Kevin Conroy as Batman, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern and the sultry voice of Claudia Black as Cheetah the cast is top notch.The story plays out well though the finale returns to the usual tropes. This could have benefitted from additional time, perhaps even up to another 30 minutes.Regardless this is a good effort though I still think the DC animated movies should become a "Universe" like the live action and retain a bit of consistency.The Good:Fantastic voice talentExcellent plotThe Bad:Why does Bane look so weird in these things?Things I Learnt From This Movie:Explosions kill but leave no marks, even when it's practically going off in a persons faceI still can't take the name Legion Of Doom seriouslyI agree with Batman

Justice League: Doom is one of the best comic book adaptations there is. The characters match their personality and their abilities. I watch this movie whenever I have free time and I'm always entertained.The way the plot unfolds is great and is an awesome story from the comics and the movie does and excellent job transferring it to the film. At first I was a little confused with who some of the villains were, but once they explained and the story rolled out everything made sense.If you were a DC fan then this would be a 1st pick to watch but if you are not a DC or superhero fan then this is probably a 3rd pick movie if you have nothing to do but still it will leave you entertained and craving more comic book movies.

The art and voice acting were good I guess. That said, this has got to be the worst super hero movie I have ever seen. There were so many characters that the movie was basically 2 group fight scenes, fallowed by 6 individual fights, culminating in one last group fight. All centered around a plot with the WORST plan I could possibly imagine. When the movie gets to the ultimate plan my 7 yr old looks at me and says "how did the rocket get to the sun so fast". In in era of comic book story lines that stretch reality just enough to make it believable, or at least try to explain away the glaringly obvious parts, this is a HUGE set back

I do consider Crisis on Two Earths, despite its flaws, better as a Justice League movie. Justice League: Doom was still good though. I did think the ending was not gripping enough and ended far too abruptly, the villains were under-characterised in terms of depth and such and the plans didn't really ring true and could easily have been done differently. The story is also rather standard and rather uneven, the parts with Batman and Superman were fine but again the villains' plans and the ending needed more development. With a longer length and more time to breathe these problems could have been rectified. On the plus side, apart from the non-threatening character design of Metallo, the animation is very good, detailed and colourful and with fluidity. There is also an atmospherically haunting score, good pairings between the characters, compelling and well-choreographed action and sharp writing. The best asset was the voice acting, Kevin Conroy IS Batman, and Nathan Fillion, Susan Eisenberg and Tim Daly are just as top notch. All in all, Justice League: Doom may not be perfect and there are better animated superhero movies out there, but it is still worth seeing. 7/10 Bethany Cox