![]() ![]() The first key scene that saw a major revision was the scene in the desert. Information is what I felt the story lacked, fully fleshing out a few key scenes and plot points made this a much more enjoyable movie to watch. ![]() ![]() While the extended version, I feel, won’t win over any of the critics… it does however flow much better than the convoluted plot of the version I saw in theaters this past March. While it’s clearly evident that Snyder does a bang-up job directing intense action sequences, how he directs scenes that require a bit more substance than “bang-bang-cue-explosion” however, leave much to be desired. Where the theatrical version failed was in actually telling the story. I got the story they were trying to tell, to question the motives of an all powerful alien and also involving the redemption of a man once righteous but now so beaten down by the last two decades he embarks on a one-man crusade to destroy the Metropolis boy scout. Goyer, Chris Terrio, and writer/director Zack Snyder. Some of the biggest complaints from critics involved the paper thin story from writers David S. But while I agree (for the most part) with much of what made this film fail critically, I would not say it was damn near 30% worse than Man of Steel (sitting at a 55% on RT). Snyder’s first major foray into introducing the Justice League’s holy trinity was met with unapologetic negative criticism sitting at a grotesque 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, the critics did not like this film. Written by Justin Prince ( it be redeemed? Redemption is a core theme in hero stories and for this film that our reviewer Jacob called “aggressively mediocre,” this certainly is one film that needs that redemption. ![]()
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