Mild spoilers here.
8.4 does not truly describe this movie.
Is it better than JL 2017? Yep.
Action scenes are better. There are some truly breathtaking scenes. Snyder is a master when it comes to fights. There were certain parts where I was glad I was watching the movie. His JL looks far better than the 2017 one, which seems austere and pale in comparison.
Now, for the bad things.
Snyder tried again to cram 20+ movies into one. He seems to desperately want to measure up to Marvel. First of all - he can't. He's not a good director. He can chroeograph incredible fighting scenes. He can create some out of this world visuals. But he cannot direct a movie with the right pacing and amount of detail. He should let that to the pros. He's obviously way out of his depth here.
If we take out the slow motion scenes, so many of them deeply and completely unecessary, the movie would last 30 minutes less. If we took out all of the unnecessary moments, scenes, and dialogue (like the flying car scene, which leads to nowhere, or the "Martian Manhunter" easter egg that has no place in the movie) we could probably take 30 minutes more out of the movie. 3 hours would make for a snappier experience.
Still - the major issues are there. There's just not enough time to care about anybody or everybody. WW had her movie, Bats and Superman did, so, yeah. But we don't know a thing about Aquaman, Flash or Cyborg. And there's just not enough time to tell their stories.
I wanted for all the exposition to end to watch the fight scenes, just because of how amazing they looked. But it was like a demo of a good movie, not the good movie in itself.
Corny melodies accompanying the protagonists, strange changes in sound design (Voices sometimes felt and sounded different from the rest of the movie(, and the fact that the pacing was uneven and SLOW made this movie boring.
I'll never watch it again. 4 hours is far too much to waste on a still unfinished product. Still, nice try, Snyder. It's better than the other version. I'll give you that.
8.4 does not truly describe this movie.
Is it better than JL 2017? Yep.
Action scenes are better. There are some truly breathtaking scenes. Snyder is a master when it comes to fights. There were certain parts where I was glad I was watching the movie. His JL looks far better than the 2017 one, which seems austere and pale in comparison.
Now, for the bad things.
Snyder tried again to cram 20+ movies into one. He seems to desperately want to measure up to Marvel. First of all - he can't. He's not a good director. He can chroeograph incredible fighting scenes. He can create some out of this world visuals. But he cannot direct a movie with the right pacing and amount of detail. He should let that to the pros. He's obviously way out of his depth here.
If we take out the slow motion scenes, so many of them deeply and completely unecessary, the movie would last 30 minutes less. If we took out all of the unnecessary moments, scenes, and dialogue (like the flying car scene, which leads to nowhere, or the "Martian Manhunter" easter egg that has no place in the movie) we could probably take 30 minutes more out of the movie. 3 hours would make for a snappier experience.
Still - the major issues are there. There's just not enough time to care about anybody or everybody. WW had her movie, Bats and Superman did, so, yeah. But we don't know a thing about Aquaman, Flash or Cyborg. And there's just not enough time to tell their stories.
I wanted for all the exposition to end to watch the fight scenes, just because of how amazing they looked. But it was like a demo of a good movie, not the good movie in itself.
Corny melodies accompanying the protagonists, strange changes in sound design (Voices sometimes felt and sounded different from the rest of the movie(, and the fact that the pacing was uneven and SLOW made this movie boring.
I'll never watch it again. 4 hours is far too much to waste on a still unfinished product. Still, nice try, Snyder. It's better than the other version. I'll give you that.