Spoiler free reaction to Zack Snyder's JL: I wish the man who made this movie had made "Man of Steel" and "BvS". Maybe Snyder took to heart some of the criticism of those two movies, because tonally this is a different piece-- a paean to the power of hope and healing.
I also understand why Ray Fisher was so upset by the "restructuring" of the film (aside from his reports of abusive behavior): The major human emotional arc of this film belongs to Victor Stone, and its loss in the theatrical JL cuts the heart out of the story.
I don't know whether it was because of WB's demand for a much shorter film, and the necessity that created for reshoots to elipsize chunks of plot, which in turn rushed the CGI work, but, boy, does this "rebuilt" cut kick ass visually.
I still feel Snyder should have created a wide-screen cut but the square format didn't bother me as much as I thought it might -- I stopped noticing it fairly quickly. If @wbpictures doesn't release this to IMAX they're missing an easy money bet. This deserves a big screen.
The film *is* over-long, but given Snyder's purpose with this cut, that's simple to forgive. I imagine his preferred theatrical cut would have clocked in at 3 hours. WB's apparent insistence on a two-hour cut would have been (and was) butchery.
Overall, I can't see what WB's issues with this take could have been. It's got humor, the tone isn't as dark as either previous film, it has heart, and it's epically triumphant. If this is what Snyder was giving them they were idiots not to see what they had.
To conclude, this is the movie I wish MoS and BvS would have been. Bravo.
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