Superhero Geekery
We just finished watching Zack Snyder's 'Justice League'... At just under 4 hours, it's a bit of an endurance test for your backside, but I must say it's the first time I've been really happy with one of the new crop of DC movies - including the previous version of the movie. Actually, the first 'Wonder Woman' was pretty good - haven't seen the 2nd one yet, but the 4,375,627th Superman movie, then the whole Batman vs Superman thing & the shambles that was 'Suicide Squad' & especially the Harley Quinn film, almost make you look back with faint fondness at Ryan Reynolds' turn in 'Green Lantern'...
At least this version explained the plot a lot better & set up the main set pieces a lot better. Probably in a way that was never going to work as a normal 90-120 minute movie, so god only knows what Zack Snyder would have had to cut if he'd stuck with the film initially... & how incomprehensible it may have turned out without all the extra exposition. This version does, of course, completely dispense with the extra scenes shot by Joss Whedon (apparently, Snyder said he'd rather destroy the film entirely, than use any Whedon footage!!) & gives more time & a greater role to Cyborg, played by Ray Fisher - the actor who first aired complaints about Whedon's treatment of him on set... soon followed by so many others - which does make you wonder about how toxic that set must have been, if Whedon pretty much relegated Cyborg to a lesser role
Anyway, if you find yourself with nothing to do for 4 hours of your day, there are worse things you could do, or watch... Green Lantern for example... or worse, Green Hornet!!!
At least this version explained the plot a lot better & set up the main set pieces a lot better. Probably in a way that was never going to work as a normal 90-120 minute movie, so god only knows what Zack Snyder would have had to cut if he'd stuck with the film initially... & how incomprehensible it may have turned out without all the extra exposition. This version does, of course, completely dispense with the extra scenes shot by Joss Whedon (apparently, Snyder said he'd rather destroy the film entirely, than use any Whedon footage!!) & gives more time & a greater role to Cyborg, played by Ray Fisher - the actor who first aired complaints about Whedon's treatment of him on set... soon followed by so many others - which does make you wonder about how toxic that set must have been, if Whedon pretty much relegated Cyborg to a lesser role
Anyway, if you find yourself with nothing to do for 4 hours of your day, there are worse things you could do, or watch... Green Lantern for example... or worse, Green Hornet!!!