03-21-2021, 11:59 AM
The Snyder Cut
Oh, sweet Jesus. How many times, Lucy? How many times.
I hoped for better, I did. The reviews weren't glowing but they did say the film wasn't half bad. Even a Doom relative did a lengthy post on why he thought the film was good. tQ was skeptical. She had only heard bad things. She bailed at 90 minutes. I watched the rest today.
It had all the disappointment of Whedon's Justice League only twice as long. This is what happens when you give self-indulgence the keys to the candy store. Things I hated about the original are here but in vastly greater numbers. The whole film could seriously have used an edit. And there was the is epilogue now that was just perplexing. Again I was struck by how well the MCU put their stories in a whole timeline. They introduced all the characters in their own movies and then they put them together in one big glorious whole. In the DC world we'll do origin stories for everyone in one move while also fighting this big bad we have no connection to.
I played the game of what I had seen in the Whedon version and how it fit into the Snyder version. There's plenty of that version left just put together in a different way. Not in a better way, just a different way. Some of the big set pieces are there like the fight in the gotham harbor and the battle at the Superman Memorial but they come off as a bit different. The flash origin story is a bit longer but where in the first film his quirks were charming now they come off as annoying. We also get more of Cyborgs' origin, too.
I originally liked Ezra Miller flash in the Whedon version because he adds some much needed levity to what is going on but now he just comes across as dopey. I'm still looking forward to his stand alone Flash movie. (yes, Lucy, I see you)
The naming conventions bugged me. The Mother boxes? The Unity? Darkseid (Pronounced Dark Side. On the nose much?) It just came across as foolish. And then after pumping up Darkseid as this big villain that is going to shake things up, it's still Steppenwolf's movie as the villain. This leaves the battle against Darkseid for a sequel. A sequel that no one is going to make. Snyder is done with the DCU. What happens next.
And then there is the epilogue which just seemed like a bunch ideas that Snyder had and wanted to film but didn't connect to anything. Maybe it led to Affleck's Batman or Justice League 2? Of course, we all know Affleck is done with Batman as well. It's a post apocalyptic Batman where he teams up with Joker and the team fights somebody familiar.
It's angry making.
Oh, sweet Jesus. How many times, Lucy? How many times.
I hoped for better, I did. The reviews weren't glowing but they did say the film wasn't half bad. Even a Doom relative did a lengthy post on why he thought the film was good. tQ was skeptical. She had only heard bad things. She bailed at 90 minutes. I watched the rest today.
It had all the disappointment of Whedon's Justice League only twice as long. This is what happens when you give self-indulgence the keys to the candy store. Things I hated about the original are here but in vastly greater numbers. The whole film could seriously have used an edit. And there was the is epilogue now that was just perplexing. Again I was struck by how well the MCU put their stories in a whole timeline. They introduced all the characters in their own movies and then they put them together in one big glorious whole. In the DC world we'll do origin stories for everyone in one move while also fighting this big bad we have no connection to.
I played the game of what I had seen in the Whedon version and how it fit into the Snyder version. There's plenty of that version left just put together in a different way. Not in a better way, just a different way. Some of the big set pieces are there like the fight in the gotham harbor and the battle at the Superman Memorial but they come off as a bit different. The flash origin story is a bit longer but where in the first film his quirks were charming now they come off as annoying. We also get more of Cyborgs' origin, too.
I originally liked Ezra Miller flash in the Whedon version because he adds some much needed levity to what is going on but now he just comes across as dopey. I'm still looking forward to his stand alone Flash movie. (yes, Lucy, I see you)
The naming conventions bugged me. The Mother boxes? The Unity? Darkseid (Pronounced Dark Side. On the nose much?) It just came across as foolish. And then after pumping up Darkseid as this big villain that is going to shake things up, it's still Steppenwolf's movie as the villain. This leaves the battle against Darkseid for a sequel. A sequel that no one is going to make. Snyder is done with the DCU. What happens next.
And then there is the epilogue which just seemed like a bunch ideas that Snyder had and wanted to film but didn't connect to anything. Maybe it led to Affleck's Batman or Justice League 2? Of course, we all know Affleck is done with Batman as well. It's a post apocalyptic Batman where he teams up with Joker and the team fights somebody familiar.
It's angry making.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
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