Problem was, that cut didnt see theaters.
Studio executives had other ideas.
They wanted to arbitrarily slash into the runtime so that more screenings could happen.
Damage to the quality of the film itself clearly meant very little to them.
Once the troubledJustice Leagueproduction and underwhelming release came and went, that was the end of all that.
Its not that I love everything I watch.
OK. All that backstory is established.
Now lets proceed to discussBvS: DoJ, UE(LOL) on its own merits.
We literally do not see this in the theatrical version.
We get a vague shot of guys burning shit and dumping gasoline.
No pile of corpses.
So from there, you get to the political hearing where one of the villagers is testifying.
Her implication of Superman carrying out the “attack” doesn’t add up whatsoever.
If you never watched the UE, this is the part that’s most rewarding to see.
Give that a shot, because it sets up everything far better than the initial release did.
I bet most viewers were checked out almost right away.
All momentum from that Battle of Metropolis banger of a start dissipated for a lot of the audience.
That stuff was later restored in the extended version.
That was what happened with Batman/Superman.
The movie was always was going to be dark.
Eisenberg is good casting for this drawing of Lex.
The guy is flailing and feels betrayed that Superman didn’t help him during his childhood.
It’s just not near the disaster everyone makes it out to be.
Based on what the movie was going for in Lex’s characterization, Eisenberg delivered a solid turn.
Seeing this actually happen is pretty significant.
But, you know, RUNTIME.
Baffling decision-making driven totally by money over quality storytelling.
BUT, by the end, Superman makes his sacrifice and is killed at the hands of Doomsday.
Felt a little weird even typing all that out because it feels way too serious.
That’s some of the darkness Terrio was talking about.
I don’t think it’s a totally out-of-left-field interpretation.
Batfleck essentially stopped himself for almost 20 years from going full Charles BronsonDeath Wishon Gotham City.
Once Superman made his grand, devastating entrance, all that fell by the wayside.
I feel like a lot of people view that as super on-the-nose.
I also see that this moment is more layered and deeper than meets the eye.
But to each their own.
Why didnt Supes stop that explosion at the Capitol?
Which Superman notoriously can’t see through??
And it was nowhere to be found whenBvShit theaters.
The chair was made out of lead!"
Would’ve provided more clarity.
Swanwick refuses to get into classified information beyond the revelation that the prototype military rounds were made by LexCorp.
Don’t @ me.
And the way Diana Prince/Wonder Woman holds her own here and bests Bruce is very cool.
“I did not name the script.
I was not consulted on the title of the film, and I was as surprised as anyone.
I wouldnothave named itBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
It might have been the first step toward creating ill will for the film.
“I heard it and I thought, it just sounds self-important and clueless in a way.
Still waiting for this guy to spill all the tea onThe Rise of Skywalker.
Has to happen at some point, right?
See if you don’t perceive this movie differently when you watch the Ultimate Edition, though.
There’s a reason HBO Max is only streaming that cut as opposed to what came out in theaters.
It’s just food for thought.
I know that some will hateBvSno matter how much is added to it.
…And the best scene in the entire thing is even more brutal in Snyder’s far superior cut.
