Shattered expectations - by far the best DC movie to come out of the DCEU, and after Snyder's Batman v. Superman cut, I had lofty expectations for this one too. It's a fun plot and has exciting action that has matured beyond the over-the-top Man of Steel destruction.
The exposition for each character, especially in the case of Cyborg, was appreciated greatly. I hope he gets his own movie soon.
What impressed me most was the cohesion of the different stories weaved into the overall arc. Nothing felt out of place, and everything felt necessary to the development. The movie is 4 hours long which caused me to fear that it might feel too episodic, but it really was not. It felt like one long film and the time flew by.
Fun symbolism: When Flash saves that girl he is crushing on from the car crash, and she's flying through the air as he looks at her lovingly and caresses her hair, there was some hilarious symbolism that Zach threw in. Flash stops caressing her, snapping himself out of his horny daydream, and grabs a hotdog floating next to her. He then sheathes the hot dog in his shirt pocket. Snyder was visually telling us "keep it in your pants Barry" and that made me laugh so hard.
The exposition for each character, especially in the case of Cyborg, was appreciated greatly. I hope he gets his own movie soon.
What impressed me most was the cohesion of the different stories weaved into the overall arc. Nothing felt out of place, and everything felt necessary to the development. The movie is 4 hours long which caused me to fear that it might feel too episodic, but it really was not. It felt like one long film and the time flew by.
Fun symbolism: When Flash saves that girl he is crushing on from the car crash, and she's flying through the air as he looks at her lovingly and caresses her hair, there was some hilarious symbolism that Zach threw in. Flash stops caressing her, snapping himself out of his horny daydream, and grabs a hotdog floating next to her. He then sheathes the hot dog in his shirt pocket. Snyder was visually telling us "keep it in your pants Barry" and that made me laugh so hard.