Zack Snyder's Justice League

I have hated the idea of a Snyder Cut ever since the idea was first proposed. I thought we didn't need to improve on a movie that was not so terrible to begin with. It wasn't as great as a Justice League movie should be but this is the DC Universe we are dealing with here. Their live action triumphs are limited to animation and some TV shows based on their properties. Their movies, however, always seem to be lacking something. It seemed unlikely that Zack Snyder could just come back and fix all that ailed this film when it was first released. It seemed like an ego trip and a waste.

Did Zack Snyder fix all those problems? No. It's more like he took something that was already about 90 percent completed and did some editing, added some stirring music and expanded every heroes part in the same story he was telling all along - one that spends a lot of time with our team involved in one fight after another. I expected a lot more team building but that didn't happen. Just villain building with our first view of Darkseid, the Thanos of the DCU.

So what I am saying is that Snyder didn't reinvent the wheel here, he just doubled the length of a film we had all seen before and to do that he had to flesh out more of the story while preparing for a movie future for these DC characters. I saw none of the extra 70 million dollars added to the cost of the film up on the screen. Most of the changes and additions are cosmetic CGI at best. However, it just FEELS like a better movie because I am suppose to feel that way about it. I felt manipulated all along to like something that they didn't have to work so hard on getting me to like.

I don't know if that makes any sense but that is how seeing this movie made me feel.

I am left with wondering how great his 'cut' would have seemed if Snyder had to make CHOICES and cut two hours from this film so that it could be shown in theatres just like every other director is forced to do. That is why I think this will only ever be a stunt and movie companies would make a huge mistake thinking this is the new direction at all for filmmaking. Any money spent on this film was only done to position it better for a possible Justice League 2 - something the Joss Whedon 'cut' never made certain.

Did they re-edited this movie just so a badly cast Jessie Eisenberg as Lex Luthor could set up a sequel? Dear Lord don't tell me that wasn't the only reason.

How long is the wait now for the FIVE hour version because I noticed a few scenes missing from the original film? If they are re-inserted with even more scenes of characters using their superpowers while moving in slow motion, you can easily drag out the story even longer. One movie can be released in endless variations at this point.

I am still annoyed that I needed to see a daily story plastered all over the entertainment social media for the past five months while waiting for the 'cut' to be released. I am not asshole enough to say that the movie has not been made better be all these 'improvements' because it has been. Did we need it to be fixed? That is something that should have happened long before the film was released the first time.

No one knew this year would be so crappy so maybe the movie had way too much pressure on it in the first place just like the high expectations Wonder Woman 84 suffered from. For this reason alone I think that people will be surprised that the Zack Snyder cut is not the dumpster fire I was hoping it would be and rank the movie higher just because they were not terribly let down.

My mind is in that place right now. Let me know what you thought of the film if you have seen both versions.