Yeah, I can't really claim to have been overly thrilled to sit down to watch the 2014 animated DC movie "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" with my 12 year old son. Why? Well, first of all, I am not overly keen on the superhero genre at all, and secondly, the synopsis for this animated movie just seemed fairly out there.
But still, I sat down to watch "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time", as I hadn't already seen it before. And as it turned out, then "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" wasn't exactly a grand moment in the history of DC animated superhero stories.
Sure, it was watchable, but it was essentially just pointless and mindless action, as the storyline was pretty spaced out, and hardly proved to have much of any appeal to me. I have to admit that with this particular storyline then I shrugged and I was already on to the next movie once it ended. There was nothing memorable about this particular animated movie.
Everything that transpired in the storyline was superficial and there wasn't given any time to let the viewers submerge themselves into anything here really.
The animation was adequate, and the art style was passable, but not great. And there weren't any character development of much of any real interaction between the characters, as they were mostly like brawling with one another.
And as for the voices they opted for in "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time", well that was something else in some aspects. I do like Diedrich Bader as a comedian, but as the voice of Batman/Bruce Wayne? No, not so much. His voice is just not deep and rough enough to pull that off in a very convincing manner.
All in all, then "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" came and went without leaving a lasting impression on me. It was watchable, yes, but this was hardly a DC animated movie that warrants more than a single viewing.
My rating of "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.
But still, I sat down to watch "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time", as I hadn't already seen it before. And as it turned out, then "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" wasn't exactly a grand moment in the history of DC animated superhero stories.
Sure, it was watchable, but it was essentially just pointless and mindless action, as the storyline was pretty spaced out, and hardly proved to have much of any appeal to me. I have to admit that with this particular storyline then I shrugged and I was already on to the next movie once it ended. There was nothing memorable about this particular animated movie.
Everything that transpired in the storyline was superficial and there wasn't given any time to let the viewers submerge themselves into anything here really.
The animation was adequate, and the art style was passable, but not great. And there weren't any character development of much of any real interaction between the characters, as they were mostly like brawling with one another.
And as for the voices they opted for in "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time", well that was something else in some aspects. I do like Diedrich Bader as a comedian, but as the voice of Batman/Bruce Wayne? No, not so much. His voice is just not deep and rough enough to pull that off in a very convincing manner.
All in all, then "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" came and went without leaving a lasting impression on me. It was watchable, yes, but this was hardly a DC animated movie that warrants more than a single viewing.
My rating of "JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.