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Review: Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Join as Eviliv3 reviews @WarnerBros’ Zack Snyder’s Justice League. This 2021 director’s cut of the 2017 American superhero film Justice League, the fifth film set within the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), which is based on the team of the same name appearing in DC Comics. You can learn more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Snyder%27s_Justice_League  

Show Notes

Intro

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Discussion

  • Directed by Zack Snyder
  • Screenplay by Chris Terrio
  • Cinematography Fabian Wagner
  • Music by Tom Holkenborg
  • released on HBO Max in the United States on March 18, 2021.
    • It became the fourth-most-streamed film on the platform that year.
  • Notes
    • outlined his vision for the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), consisting of a five-film arc including Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and a Justice League trilogy.
    • In May 2017, Snyder stepped down during post-production following the death of his daughter, and Joss Whedon was hired to finish the film, completing it as an uncredited additional director.
      • Whedon wrote and directed new sequences and incorporated a brighter, more humorous tone while significantly reducing the runtime in accordance with directives from Warner Bros. Pictures
      • Whedon’s cut uses only about 10% of the footage that Snyder shot
      • more than 90 minutes of Snyder’s footage was removed
      • After seeing Whedon’s version in late 2017, Deborah and executive producer Christopher Nolan advised Snyder to not watch it, knowing it would “break his heart.”
    • $70 million was spent to complete the visual effects, score, and editing, with new material being shot in October 2020.
      • The film is dedicated to the memory of Autumn Snyder.
    •  Fans soon began a new movement, #RestoreTheSnyderverse, advocating for Warner Bros. to allow Snyder to complete his originally planned Justice League trilogy.
    • #ReleasetheAyerCut, also started trending as well, with fans advocating for Warner Bros. to release director David Ayer’s original cut of Suicide Squad (2016).
  • Cast
    • Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman:
    • Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman:
    • Amy Adams as Lois Lane: 
    • Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman:
    • Ray Fisher as Victor Stone / Cyborg:
    • Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman: 
    • Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash:
    • Willem Dafoe as Vulko: 
    • Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor:
    • Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth: 
    • Diane Lane as Martha Kent: 
    • Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta: 
    • J. K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon: 
    • Ciarán Hinds as Steppenwolf:
    • Zheng Kai as Ryan Choi:
    • Amber Heard as Mera:
    • Joe Morton as Silas Stone: 
    • Lisa Loven Kongsli as Menalippe
    • Nick McKinless as Ares: 

Outro

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Additional Notes

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zack_snyders_justice_league 71%, 92%

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