I’ll start off by saying i enjoyed it. It’s worth a watch if you’re a super hero fan, even if it takes multiple attempts.
I am now and forever will be a detractor of Man of Steel and hate BvS with every fiber of my being.
i watched the Joss version 2-3 days ago. No contest this is miles better. I don’t know how an executive watched the assembly cut and Joss’ version and was like yeah this is it. This is much more coherent, with better explorations of character motives. Good overall flick, I don’t this this cracks a billion even if you get it paired down to a watchable run time of 3ish hours.
If I was Ray Fisher, I’d be trying to throw hands w/ Joss on site. I don’t think Ray is a particularly good actor, but he did enough in this where I think the Joss version cutting him out cost him some money and future roles.
The Martian man hunter stuff felt really unnecessary. The Lois lane scene is completely unnecessary. Its also not clear why he goes to Martian form before transforming again. It’s also not clear why he doesn’t participate in the battle if he knows what’s at stake.
The epilogue ran a little too long. They could have ended it w/ Lex and death stroke on the boat and it would have been fine. I don’t think there was any reason to revisit the knightmare sequence. But I’ll say, Leto’s joker was surprisingly good and I think he’d have done well with a non try-hard script in suicide squad.
Speaking of Knightmare, I’m don’t like the story beat of the only thing between hero and dictator Superman is Lois Lane being alive.
Overall, 7/10. Worth the watch, probably better than age of Ultron if we’re looking for an MCU comparison.