This movie is significantly higher quality. Almost everything they took out was for the better. Almost every change was for the better. The story makes sense. There are legitimate characters with arcs and everything. The visuals are beautiful, the music is beastly. And it is TRULY epic.
The only reason I didn't give this a higher score is because, simply put, it's too long. I was never bored. And I always advocate for the artists (directors) creating art without studio interference. But while the original Justice League is one end of the spectrum with studio interference up the butt, this seems like the other end, where the director is a bit overindulgent. Many of the scenes are completely unnecessary to the story and some even feel like deleted scenes from a DVD extra.
Again, I was not bored, but rewatchability comes into play when I rate. I definitely want to watch this again, but the 4 hour runtime will significantly reduce repeat viewings. Somewhere in here, there is a 3 hour and 15 minute perfect cut which I would rate 8/10.
EDIT: Watching this again, I'm so sad and angry at this studio. There are so many cool things foreshadowed as possible futures in this world. Even years later, I want to see them SO BAD. And it drives me crazy that we never will because they decided to reboot. They had something special here. They are idiots.
(2 viewings, 3/21/2021, 6/14/2023)
SPOILERS
In the original, the mother boxes were just a useless MacGuffin that I didn't care about. Now the mother boxes are actually a huge part of the story. In the original the villain was the most bland cookie cutter villain ever, now I actually know why he does what he does. In the original they took Superman to General Zod's ship to revive him with the mother box and none of that made sense to me but I just went with it and didn't ask questions. Now it makes way more sense.
The scenes I imagine should be taken out are some of the scenes with Martha and Lois, the Martian Manhunter stuff, and some of the epilogue. I thought the epilogue was cool, but it was out of place here. And it makes it worse if they're not continuing this storyline, which as of now they are not.
The only reason I didn't give this a higher score is because, simply put, it's too long. I was never bored. And I always advocate for the artists (directors) creating art without studio interference. But while the original Justice League is one end of the spectrum with studio interference up the butt, this seems like the other end, where the director is a bit overindulgent. Many of the scenes are completely unnecessary to the story and some even feel like deleted scenes from a DVD extra.
Again, I was not bored, but rewatchability comes into play when I rate. I definitely want to watch this again, but the 4 hour runtime will significantly reduce repeat viewings. Somewhere in here, there is a 3 hour and 15 minute perfect cut which I would rate 8/10.
EDIT: Watching this again, I'm so sad and angry at this studio. There are so many cool things foreshadowed as possible futures in this world. Even years later, I want to see them SO BAD. And it drives me crazy that we never will because they decided to reboot. They had something special here. They are idiots.
(2 viewings, 3/21/2021, 6/14/2023)
SPOILERS
In the original, the mother boxes were just a useless MacGuffin that I didn't care about. Now the mother boxes are actually a huge part of the story. In the original the villain was the most bland cookie cutter villain ever, now I actually know why he does what he does. In the original they took Superman to General Zod's ship to revive him with the mother box and none of that made sense to me but I just went with it and didn't ask questions. Now it makes way more sense.
The scenes I imagine should be taken out are some of the scenes with Martha and Lois, the Martian Manhunter stuff, and some of the epilogue. I thought the epilogue was cool, but it was out of place here. And it makes it worse if they're not continuing this storyline, which as of now they are not.