Lowkey, they had my expectations deader than fukk... and it fukkin HELPED
So much of it was
But the shyt they got right was
My biggest gripe was confirmed: you can tell 30 minutes are missing from this jawn, and they did what they thought was their best to rearrange the edits to make it as coherent as possible... which it ultimately came up short in. Exposition missing, brehs.
New gripes are about Batman, where they got him so right in many ways, but the things that were flaws would be deal breakers to a fan who thinks the B:TAS/JL/JLU version is the definitive version. That includes me, but they dangled the keys in front of my face to get me to not focus on some of that stuff, and it worked
Not even mad at the limited screen time Diana got, cuz she had the theater jumping when she debuted in costume.
Lex... naw. His fidgeting-ass self was too distracting from the lines he was supposed to deliver. The same role could have been given to another actor to play it straight, and it would have been utter flames. I'm convinced Eisenberg is like Christopher Walken, that no matter what role you cast him in, you're getting Eisenberg. Distracting as fukk.
End fight suffered from the poor edits and cut time from the movie. Same goes for the Batman and Superman fight.
Alfred
Perry White
Lois
The "I thought she was with you" line came off better in the flick.
To describe the flow of the movie, as far as story vs action goes, it's like watching the Kill Bill movies in reverse. We're the first part is all set up, then over the top action shyt takes place. The action and setup are so divided, you almost felt like first half was The Pelican Brief about the pros and cons of Superman at first
I feel like a teacher, reading the book report/essay of a favorite student who tries hard, you saw where they were coming, but shook your head knowing they turned in an incomplete project. The worst part is knowing that 3 hour cut is around the corner...
...and I'm gonna love it
This is a love letter to DC fans, sloppily written by Napoleon Dynamite, complete with an ugly drawn picture of Lois. You wanna say "Uh... thanks?" and tuck it away to the pocket you know has a hole in it.
Despite it all, I didn't hate it. The downside of stanning something, you have a tendency to embrace what you love even if it's flawed... like it's the stupid one of your children.
6/10
That 3 hour cut is gonna be the death of me