Justice League X RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part Two Film Review

 

Two part movies are usually ever done when there's story worth telling that can be only be told in two parts. Well with Warner Bros having a very busy week with them celebrating their one hundredth anniversary you'd be forgiven for forgetting that the second part of a crossover that nobody was asking for has finally been released and well since I checked out the first film it only made sense that I check out this film as well and so then join me as I review that sees a pointless crossover come to an end with the film in question being called simply just "Justice League X RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part Two" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when Grimm suddenly start attacking the world of the Justice League the Justice League call on team RWBY to help them out and find out who is responsible and put a stop to them once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really bad with this films plot being very weak at best with the plot of film just straight up disappearing and reappearing again whenever it pleases with this not really being helped by the fact that the plot isn't feature length worthy at all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Travis Willingham as Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman and Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard and Laura Bailey as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman. Also starring in this film is Troy Baker as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Sam Scudder / Mirror Master , Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose , Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee , Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna , Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long , David Dastmalchian as Barry Allen / The Flash , Jeannie Tirado as Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern , Tru Valentino as Victor Stone / Cyborg and Kilg%re , Jamie Chung as Dinah Lance / Black Canary , J. Michael Tatum as Klein Sieben and AEW Wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman as Waylon Jones / Killer Croc.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With the cast for this film turning in some really good performances but at the same time tho the acting isn't as could as it could have been as this cast have turned in better performances in other films and TV shows and alot of that comes down to the fact that this films script just isn't that good with the script not really giving the actors alot to work with interms of what it is that their respective characters personalities even is.

Doing the animation for this film is of course the legends and the greats that are currently over at Rooster Teeth. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad altho I would have liked if since we are in the DC world they went with 2D hand drawn animation to emulate the style of animation in the DC films as in the first film they used 3D animation to represent the fact that they are in the world of RWBY but given that use 3D animation in this film as well all it does is make the film look cheap as while the characters do have some rather ice looking movements to them the streets are empty alot of the time and the backgrounds just look rather flat and lifeless.

There are some films out there that are made to be two part films as they have a story that can only be told in two parts. This film is not one of those films as this film really should have been a one and done film as there's no overarching plot and nothing to really make us want to watch the second part which is a shame as that is something have been fixed just by ending the first film with the characters from RWBY waking up in the world of the DC characters as now those characters would have to find a way back tom their world which would not only end the first film on a really fairly solid cliffhanger but it also give this film a really much more stronger plot line and an actual mystery as well as giving an actual reason as to why this story was told in a two part film.

Not really helping with the whole cheap looking thing is the fact that even tho the whole world is being attacked by Grimm we barely see any of it. With most of this film taking place in this one city and because of that we don't get to see more Justice League members helping out which while I do understand why that is the case as it would have been alot of hard work to animate alot of the Justice League characters but it would have made the Grimm feel alot more of a threat as we're seeing the Justice League being stretched to it's absolute limits and heck you could even show us some more villains helping out as well but the attacks that we did get to see did help sell us on the fact that the Grimm in this world is a very dangerous threat indeed.

As this is a crossover film you'd expect this film to treat both sides of the crossover equally but nope as the films gives more attention to the RWBY characters then it does the Justice League. This is not to say that the Justice League don't have their own individual plots because they do but there's alot more care and attention being given to the RWBY characters which does make sense as this film was being made by Rooster Teeth but at the same time in a crossover movie both sides of the crossover need to be given equal care and equal amounts of attention this to me makes it seem like the makers of this film wanted the RWBY characters to be seen as the main characters and the Justice League to be seen as the side characters.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fourteen minuets and fifty two seconds. Which is quite a bit longer then what this film really needed to be as you really could have told the entire plot of this film in forty five minuets as that's all the amount of story that this film really does have alot of time to cover which again makes me wonder why this film was a two part film as the whole storyline could have been told in one film and when you add in the fact that the plot of this film is really weak it means that we get alot of scenes are just there for padding as they add nothing to either the plot of the overall or to the characters characters arcs either but I will admit that this film really does have some fairly solid pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us un this very film was in all honesty really good. With this film having some really cool and creative action sequences and it's in this films many action scenes that we get to see some cool team ups between the Justice League crew and the RWBY characters which really do make both this film and the first film worth watching as it was always going to be fun seeing just what combination that we would get in both films action scenes and it's those combination that make this films action scenes all the more fun , exciting and cool to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film really didn't need to exist at all and was just a huge let down of a really cool idea that in theory could have worked and yet for one reason or another it just didn't work out all that well in the slightest in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that meas that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official RWBY fandom wiki page and the official DC Movies fandom wiki page. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official RWBY fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official RWBY fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Justice League X RWBY Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part One Film SPOILER FREE Film Review

 

Crossovers are nothing new as they've been around for a very long time however it's usually best to do a crossover when both properties are still culturally relevant. This isn't the case for this crossover tho as RWBY has been relevant for years now and so doing a crossover featuring those characters doesn't make sense neither does it make sense to have the other half of the crossover feature the Justice League who very sadly also haven't been relevant for some time and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE of the film that has one mouthful of a title with the film in question being called simply just "Justice League X RWBY Super Heroes & Huntsmen Part One".

The plot of this film is the Justice League find themselves transported to the world of Remnant where they are transformed back into teenagers and so with the help of some of the heroes of Remnant the Justice league have to find a way back to their own world before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featuring / Presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty rather thin at best which is understandable since this is only the first part of a two part film but it's still something that's a major issue with this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose and Chandler Riggs as Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman. Also starring in this film is Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee , Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna , Nat Wolff as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Natalie Alyn Lind as Diana Prince /  Wonder Woman , Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long , David Errigo, Jr. as Barry Allen / The Flash , Miles Luna as Jaune Arc , Jeannie Tirado as Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern , Jen Brown as Pyrrha Nikos , Tru Valentino as Victor Stone / Cyborg , Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie , Ozioma Akagha as Vixen , Neath Oum as Lie Ren , Shannon McCormick as Professor Ozpin , Aaron Dismuke as Oscar Pine , Tiana Camacho as Glynda Goodwitch , Jason Douglas as Jacques Schnee and Tara Platt as Kali Belladonna.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast doing their absolute best to make this films script work for them however this films script just doesn't give the cast anything to work with interms of what their characters respective personalities even are and so this films cast just can;t turn in that great of a performance because this films script just won;t allow for it.

Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Rooster Teeth who of course also do the animation for the RWBY web series as well. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was OK at best as even tho this films animation is good for a RWBY product it's still very cheap looking and very uninspired with the backgrounds just looking generic.

Out of all the crossovers that DC have done recently this one seems the most weird and out their as RWBY doesn't have that large of a fanbase and doesn't leave alot of room for new and fun combinations. Now contrast this with Batman VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with the TMNT still having a very large and dedicated fanbase to this day an the fact that that film gave us alot of fun combinations it makes this film feel more like a soulless cash grab then it already is as the only reason that I can think of to make this film is the fact that they did a crossover comic in 2021 called RWBY X Justice League and another one just this year which is called simply just DC/RWBY neither of which have their story adapted for this film.

This movie does have a strong anime influence which from what little I remember of RWBY is very in touch with that show and with that franchise. With that being said however it doesn't work with the DC characters as having them do a joke that you'd only see in an anime just looks weird coming from Wonder Woman or having any of the DC characters pull an expression that would only be done in an anime just doesn't work with those characters because those characters wouldn't act like their in an anime where as the characters in RWBY would act like their in an anime and so then it works so much more better with those characters then it does the DC characters because the RWBY characters are designed like that and that's really not the case for the DC characters. 

For some strange reason even tho is the first part of a two part film Part Two hasn't even been announced yet. Which given how this film ends it makes me wonder if it was even planned to make this film a two part film or if there just making Part Two up as they go along as they wouldn't end this film they way that they do if they already had Part Two in the can and good to go and if this was planned to be a two part film I have to wonder why they ended this film the way that they did as this film wraps everything up pretty nicely by the end of it.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty minuets and two seconds. Which even for these direct to DVD animated DC movies is such a short amount of time even more so when you take into account that more then half of the people ho will be watching this movie would most likely have never even seen RWBY and the other half would have most likely not read anything from DC in years and so you'd basically have to introduce both sets of characters and the world of Remnant and still tell a good story and you just can't do that with this short of a running time and having a longer running time would also help with this films pretty bad pacing which rages from being super slow to being super fast all in the exact same scene.

So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Which given that this film is directed by someone who's mostly known for working on RWBY is to be expected and it was fun seeing these characters team up in action sequences I just wish that we got alot more action scenes as the ones that we got were really fun and exciting to see in the film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is a crossover which will most likely not please that many people but I hope that i'm wrong as there are some really fun things to be found in this very film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official RWBY fandom wiki page and the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official RWBY fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official RWBY fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.

Shows That Look Like Anime But I Personally Don't Consider Them To Be

Hello animation fans there are a lot of animated shows made every year some good some not so good but what gets me is that there is still some confusion over what is considered anime and it's usually just based on the visual style so I want to tell you some shows that look like anime but technically aren't.

Before I start the list I want to say that just because a show is produced in America doesn't mean it's not anime for me that would come down not only to the setting and character names but also if it's based in Japanese mythology or folklore.

Avatar The Last Airbender 

This one is kinda forgivable since visually it looks like an anime and it does have some Japanese sounding names but this for me at least isn't an anime it wasn't even animated in Japan but it was produced by people who love anime and that kind of story telling and the same goes for the Korra spin-off / sequel.

RWBY

For me it seems that this show is more based on Asian mythology as a whole rather then just Japanese mythology but the characters names aren't Japanese and the show isn't made in Japan but I would understand it if you guys consider this show to be an anime heck you can find the show on most anime streaming sites.

Castlevania

This is one of those shows that when people first saw the trailer they said "this is an anime" I should know because I was one of them but it isn't anime since the show was made in America it has no bases in japanese mythology and no characters with Japanese names so literally anything that could be considered anime isn't in this series and bring on season 2.

Thundercats 2011

This one is a bit hard because it was animated in Japan and it has Japanese directors credited in it's credits but tho the show was made in America but based of this image alone you wouldn't really know that so I would fully understand if you said to me that you thought this was an anime.