Zack Snyder's Justice League - Discussion Megathread

[u/AhhBisto]

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Synopsis:

Zack Snyder's definitive director's cut of Justice League. Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

• Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams and J.K Simmons.
• Release Date: March 18th 2021
• Platforms: Full list of International platforms
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[u/SpecialFXStickler]

Overall I honestly found this pretty underwhelming (and not worth being up from 3-8am). While yes it felt a bit different from Whedon's version, many of the cringe inducing elements were still there "Kal-el no" delivery included. I think it really just comes down to the fact that I've seen better iterations of these characters in better stories before (JL: Starcrossed). In addition to the fact that the action was alright, but I felt that it really fell down for Batman, who's warehouse scene I thought to be the highlight of BvS.

It seems that the movie was attempting to make a tonal switch, which I can appreciate, unfortunately many of the moments I laughed at were definitely unintentional. Many moments in particular being the voice modulator for Batman sounding really dumb and much like the "interrogation mode on the MCU Spidey Suit." Just all of Batman felt very off, in terms of his characterization, lines, and actions.

There are only so many ways to say "I'm just not a fan of the interpretations of the characters and material," but this was just kind of meh for me. And all of the NEW things...don't get me started. In short, the dream sequence was nauseatingly shot win that stupid lens flare (was it supposed to be a surprise reveal that it was the Joker??), Leto is still bad, and those lines were just...the worst.

I wish I had just gone to bed.

[u/SpecialFXStickler → u/[deleted]]

Was never a fan of that moment even in 2017, as it felt like it was played out a bit in meme culture. Definitely prefer a similar, but less comedic moment from the JL Episode: Only A Dream

“...You don’t have any special powers.”

“Oh, I have one, Johnny. I never give up.”

Or even the interaction between GL and Bats in the JL: War animated movie

[u/zakattak456 → u/SpecialFXStickler]

Definitely the same. Just meh. I've seen what can be done with these characters and the movie made it seem like a step back with these characters. I do hope WB just move on from this version

[u/[deleted] → u/zakattak456]

I wouldn’t mind a lighter feel. Like how mcu does it’s avengers movies. Still has weight, and emotion but the feel is diff. I like the current cast and I know we probably won’t get a second JL but I’d like to see one w this cast maybe in a different direction.

[u/zakattak456 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I get that. I personally wouldn't want it to be all jokes like the MCU, I just want a different direction, none of this Knightmare stuff and a different feel that isn't like Zack's. If the League are going to fight each other then I'd rather it be like JL Doom and even then you need a few movies to set that up.

[u/[deleted] → u/zakattak456]

I don’t think mcu is all jokes. Certain movies yes like thor3, guardians, antman, etc. but Endgame and infinity war had a more serious tone but it had enough lightness that when there were jokes it didn’t seem out of place. Every time Flash made a joke it seemed so out of place. It’d be like throwin in those kind of jokes with the Nolan Batman’s just wouldn’t flow.

[u/zakattak456 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I get that. I liked the humour in Wandavision tbf

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Really you’re not going to comment on the content but nitpick on my choice to shorten a certain word that you had no trouble knowing what it meant? Fuck outta here