First off, this is a far better film than the Whedon version. However, there were issues... a lot of them, story-wise and CGI-wise. But, here's the biggest question: if Snyder's almost 4-hour cut is still engaging, how much did he actually shoot?
ZSJL is eons better than JL. Many characters have bigger arcs. Many fates are met differently. The ending is tenser. It's the best DC film in the last 5 years. But, it's also incredibly dark and depressing. HBO Max should offer valium to everyone who has seen it.
I am glad that much of the bad humour in Whedon's version was actually Whedon's idea. None of it is here and thankfully, that makes the characters more serious. However, I do miss the tension between Bruce and Diana. The chemistry here is hardly visible.
I was initially surprised by the runtime but as soon as the movie began, I noticed a major fault - slow-motion. Snyder seems to have fallen in love with slo-mo. There's too much of it in the film and while it helps build a little tension, it's mostly annoying because you want to see what's going to happen next but Snyder's slo-mo shots are still keeping you waiting. At a point, I got bored and started skipping 10 seconds ahead to see the end result.
The BGM is here and there. It sounds like a rock concert at one point, a template superhero movie at the other and some weird Bjork crap at another. Every time Wonder Woman does something, you hear a hoarse woman doing vocables. You hear her over and over.
When the film's finally over, it's not over yet. We get a series of post-credit scenes that happen before the credits roll. My understanding is that it's just going to get much, much worse.
Now, with a Black Superman and an Emo Batman in the works, I'm interested to see how the next JL movie pans out.
ZSJL is eons better than JL. Many characters have bigger arcs. Many fates are met differently. The ending is tenser. It's the best DC film in the last 5 years. But, it's also incredibly dark and depressing. HBO Max should offer valium to everyone who has seen it.
I am glad that much of the bad humour in Whedon's version was actually Whedon's idea. None of it is here and thankfully, that makes the characters more serious. However, I do miss the tension between Bruce and Diana. The chemistry here is hardly visible.
I was initially surprised by the runtime but as soon as the movie began, I noticed a major fault - slow-motion. Snyder seems to have fallen in love with slo-mo. There's too much of it in the film and while it helps build a little tension, it's mostly annoying because you want to see what's going to happen next but Snyder's slo-mo shots are still keeping you waiting. At a point, I got bored and started skipping 10 seconds ahead to see the end result.
The BGM is here and there. It sounds like a rock concert at one point, a template superhero movie at the other and some weird Bjork crap at another. Every time Wonder Woman does something, you hear a hoarse woman doing vocables. You hear her over and over.
When the film's finally over, it's not over yet. We get a series of post-credit scenes that happen before the credits roll. My understanding is that it's just going to get much, much worse.
Now, with a Black Superman and an Emo Batman in the works, I'm interested to see how the next JL movie pans out.