![]() ![]() ![]() The end result was a movie featuring some of the most recognizable superheroes in the world that was a critical flop and reportedly lost the studio somewhere around $60 million. However, Snyder had to exit the project during production due to a family tragedy, and the studio later appointed Whedon to bring it to the finish line. ![]() Pictures’ answer to Marvel’s The Avengers, bringing the studio’s marquee heroes - Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman - together (along with Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg) for a massive battle against an enemy too strong for them to face alone.Īfter several underwhelming films - including the aforementioned Batman v Superman - the studio had its hopes pinned on Justice League to course-correct its franchise of DC Extended Universe films. The follow-up to 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the film known as Justice League (sans “Zack Snyder’s”) was intended to be Warner Bros. Zack Snyder’s Justice League was never supposed to exist. In the end, the best approach just might be to dive into it and explain why Snyder’s Justice League do-over is a surprisingly rewarding experience. One thing seems certain: We’re in unfamiliar territory with Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and expectations regarding how such a project should be critically assessed are going to vary wildly. Should a review compare it to the original version of the film, which was (by most reports) heavily rewritten and reshot by fill-in filmmaker Joss Whedon? Or should Zack Snyder’s Justice League be reviewed as a stand-alone effort, as if the 2017 film didn’t exist? That’s the question I’ve been asking since watching director Zack Snyder’s four-hour revision of the 2017 superhero film that’s become about as polarizing a project as Hollywood can deliver. ![]()
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