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Without a studios restrictions, the best of these cuts also see directors most blind, fence-swinging ambitions.
For better or worse, directors cuts are an unparalleled exercise in excess and self-indulgence.
His attempts to lighten the mood with his trademark ironic humor were decidedly un-Snyder-like.
No matter how you feel about the Snyder Cut, Whedons version reads like the worlds blandest sitcom incomparison.
Reshoots happened ($70 million worth of them, in fact).
The team (well,some of them) donned their capes once again.
This is the redemption arc in the third act.
With the revisions usually associated with studio films, they often work to legitimize a movies artistic worth.
The directors cut label is essentially auteurism run rampant.
Its in the name, after all this film belongsto the director and the director only.
(Sometimes theydoneed quality control!
I feel like someone shouldve told Patty Jenkins at some point thatWonder Woman 1984is unhinged!)
Ultimately, what most fans hoped for from the Snyder Cut was a proper reassessment ofJustice League.
Really, Snyder is the perfect director for the comic-book nerds among us.
He reveres superheroes in the same way he does ancient mythology.He takes them seriously.
The Snyder Cut brings gravitas to a film that once suggested thatBarry Allen is a Blink.
All Im saying is Martin Scorsese made points.
ButJustice Leaguealso marks a turning point.
Can dissatisfied fans demandanyratification of a movie as long as they are loud and persistent enough?
HBO Maxs concession has only given more ammunition for fans to defend their beloved filmmaker.
In a way,Justice Leagues directors cut has become immune to negative feedback.
After all, how can you criticize him if this film is everything he intended?
BeforeZack Snyders Justice Leagueredefined what a directors cut could be, they were rarely more than fun curios.
Heres two more hours of it!
But the directors cut narrative can be even more compelling than the end product itself.
David may have won the battle, but Goliath always wins the war.
Its only reinforced the idea that the directors cut is not as revolutionary as once believed.
But who are we kidding?
Well all tune in for the next one.
Because ultimately theres something invariably thrilling about watching a directors cut.
Then again, I still loved it.
Who am I to turn down an extra 20 minutes?
