Justice League Snyder Cut VS Original: 23 Biggest Changes

The Snyder cut was infinitely better than the original. Whedon's version was trash.

The Snyder cut actually molded and developed the characters and storyline. Sure, it was long, and you had to pause it halfway through and come back to the rest later on.

But, all and all the movie was better. MUCH BETTER than the original from 2017 release.

I have heard that WB execs dont plan on going with the Snyder universe going forward. They said "At least for now, Mr. Snyder is not part of the new DC Films blueprint, with studio executives describing his HBO Max project as a storytelling cul-de-sac — a street that leads nowhere."

In fact, they label all the snyder fans "toxic". Even though they admitted to a lot of the Whedon choices "WTF decisions" in his cut. They KNEW his movie was trash.

Like the robber on the roof where batman interrogated him, and the Russian family near an abandoned nuclear reactor? None of it made sense. Plus, using Steppenwolf the way that he did and the way he CLEARLY had an issue with Ray Fisher or his character ruined the entire story line.

The fact is....Snyder's version was better, but it didnt conform to the "woke" industry standards they are going for. In fact, the first version by Whedon was one of the most hated and confusing comic movies in history.

But, it is ok. Because ultimately. The consumer makes the decision with their wallet. And the people that these morons at the top are conforming to, are a very narrow margin. They arent the ones who invested in the comics throughout their childhood. Know the actual storyline and characters. These are roughly the 10% that make noise that honestly, nobody watching these cares about their opinions. If they dont like it, watch something else.

If these corporate goons dont figure it out. They will figure it out the hard way. Just ask Disney, they are having a good ol time right now with the Gina Carano fiasco. They are essentially set back 2 and half years on all Star Wars projects because of all of the cancel culture atmosphere and internal civil war going on in there.

This was probably twice as good as the original. Unfortunately, twice as good as "god awful", is still bad.

liked the original. not perfect. snyder cut way way better.

4:3 sucks... 4:3 sucks 4:3 sucks....

i didnt buy a $2000 65" oled to burn in black and turn my tv to 48".

Dumb

When viewed alongside MCU movies (any of them), this movie is pure awful. Maybe it's the standards it's forced to live up to that make it so painful. The Nolan Batman was awesome--things really started to go downhill when Ben frickin' Affleck started being (the worst) Batman.

Anyway, the original version of this was pretty bad. The Snyder cut was just twice as much bad. Not sure why any actual comic book fan would think this was good. It doesn't resemble the comic in any way and the mountains of dialogue are just painful to listen to.

If Zack would have removed about a whole hour of filler and unnecessary chi chat, it would have been better.....but once again this flick still pretty bad and nonsensical even by comic based movie standards.

The movie was better than the review of the movie on Gamespot.

Parts of it are dumb, parts of it drag but I can’t figure out how the Gamespot reviewer got so petulantly negative? Overall it’s great, parts of it are epic, memorable and cinematically excellent.

It’s a comic book movie for fans of comic books.

Go figure.

I would give it a solid 8.8765 and the original a 5.

@zmanbarzel: Thanks!

Waaaaaayy better than a 3/10. Not perfect by any means, but a good viewing experience.

Finally finished this thing. Overall, it's better than the initial release but it's still 4 hours of content that is mostly average, and it's inexplicably in a 4:3 aspect ratio... in 2021.

...I guess I shouldn't say "inexplicably", Zack Snyder has given reasons for it, but I'm pretty sure he's the only film maker that they make sense too.

The video also doesn't mention that this version has removed the red hue that the original was tinted with in favor of a grey one, making the scenes considerably darker, both literally and figuratively as this version is also rated "R" and features scenes that are bloodier than the original.

I didn't hate the original as much as most, but this version is soo much better.

Asleep in 1 hour 25 minutes. I'll try one more time to give it a fair shake, but WTF.

Just watched it yesterday.

It’s awful. Main bad guy looks way better now, but Snyder goes WAY overboard on the slowmotion. If the actions shots were at full speed it would probably be 2 hours long instead of 4.

It’s better than the original but still bad, and still WAY below even the worst Avengers movie (Ultron).

DCEU is just bad and it’s honestly the casting. Cyborg has no personality and is just sort of there. Fatfleck looks ridiculous and is extremely forgettable in this role as the team leader. I get the feeling like he wasn’t into the role. Diana is very hit and miss. In WW1, she’s endearing, but in a teammup movie she gets lost or pushed to the background. Other than Cavil, who just is Superman in the way that Chris Hemsworth is Thor, every other character feels “off”.

I thought the first one was ok. Was happy that it came out, enjoyed the extended edition more. Years later, the Snyder cut is announced and I get excited again. Then, the word comes out that not only is he only shooting 20 more minutes of footage to make it a 4 hour film, he's not using any of the stuff Whedon shot. In the middle of all of this, Ray Fisher starts dropping bombs about the first film. Finally, on March 18 at 0215, I sit down with 5 tacos and start to watch the Snyder Cut.

Today... I now have the opinion that Fisher wasn't lying when he said Whedon was TICKED OFF over the reception to the second Avengers film. I enjoy a lot of his work, but he pretty much repeated the same mistakes then made more. That "save one" speech from Batman? That's pretty much the same type of speech Hawkeye gave Wanda. The whole "only Bruce want's to use the box to bring back Superman" plot? That's Tony Stark and Ultron.

Snyder seemed to be banking on the fact that he was going to have 2 more films to fix his. Pretty sure 15 minutes could have been cut if every character didn't have to have at least 2 slow motion scenes as an entire song plays along. Martian Manhunter was a sick joke and a waste. World in peril and you don't show up until AFTER the fight? Oh wait, before that you had to get Lois back to work by pretending to be someone she was eventually going to have to talk to and have a very awkward conversation.

With all of this rambling being written... I LOVED THE HELL OUT OF THIS MOVIE!!!! Yeah, it was 4 hours, but I didn't feel like it dragged on needlessly(keyword there, I did mention the slo-mo's). DARKSEID! Cyborg, Flash, and Themyscira got their due. Steppenwolf got an upgrade. The town singing as Aquaman left blew me away. DARKSEID!. The scene where they show Clark selecting a new suit. The first battle with DARKSEID featuring a Green Lantern. Desaad and... did I mention DARKSEID!!! Not a the best comic based film by a long shot, but so much better than what we got the first time IMHO. If you hated the first one, this probably won't change your mind, and that's ok. But at least give it a watch, even if you watch it like my sister in law and pretty much just fast forward until you see explosions.

Watched it, was better than expected (had absolutely 0 interest in watching it until I looked into it more after release).

Also, if you watch it, speed it up a bit so it's not 4 hours lol

Superman choosing a black suit was a nod to the original Return of Superman comic arc. Following his death at the hands of Doomsday, Supes is eventually brought back to life in a Kryptonian birthing chamber. When he emerges, he is wearing a black and silver suit.

In the novelization, it's revealed that the black suit helps him absorb more solar energy. Fans started referring to it as "the Recovery Suit" and it made a few more appearances in comics and the animated series over the years.

Source: There's a blog post on the DC Comics web site, answering the question of why Superman is wearing a black suit in the Snyder Cut. :)

Did they delete the poor review? Watching this now (just getting a beer so thought I’d comment) this is so much better than the original cheese fest of the original, all the random bits are answered, yes it’s long and yes not too sure why it has to be square ratio but it’s just a really really good superhero film. So glad they dropped the drawn on glasses moment and other stupid bits, it feels like a sequel to the other films now

Edit. Finished it and it’s so much better than the original

I really didn't care for the poor perspective ratio but at least it was framed well enough on my 65" tv that I could let it fade from my mind as long as I didn't look away from the screen. There was a lot to like in this cut but I honestly preferred the more uplifting and playful moments sprinkled into the original cut. Some of the musical choices seems a tad over the top and unnecessarily depressing. It was like he had just watched Lord of the Rings and it unintentionally affected his musical taste and theatrical tone.

Personally I'm going to be keeping my eyes open for a quality fan edit that merges the two cuts, returning the feel of the original score and its more ranged tone while still following the general direction of Snyder's cut. Preferably with the little dream sequence either completely removed or shortened and moved to the beginning of the movie instead of appearing in an artistically disjointed way at the end.

I have never seen either until yesterday. Not much of a DC fan in all honesty but decided to give the movies a shot so I could give an actual review in the words of someone who never watched before with all the backlash this movie received. I decided to watch the Snyder Cut first. Being the first one I watched, I thought it was pretty decent for 4 hours. I took a little break and then watched the theatrical version. Honestly... the Snyder Cut was better than the theatrical version in my opinion.. definitely drawn out but better. I do believe some scenes from the theatrical version would have fit better in the Snyder Cut and vice versa. Looking back on both movies in comparison, I can see how many truly slow and almost boring scenes there are and if you were one of the people that happened to watch the theatrical version first, then I can see how boring the Snyder cut will play out for 4 hours .... lol. Now, with everything i just said... my 2 cents are to just watch the Snyder Cut if you have not seen either yet and don't even look at the theatrical version as it will be a much more fulfilling 4 hours of movie instead of comparing them both and I think it will turn out to be much more enjoyable with mainly the atmosphere the movie plays out in.

Haven't seen the original, but I thought the new one was okay. For 4 hours I was pretty intrigued still. Usually lose interset and fall asleep

4 fucking hours of this thing. sheesh.

There's no denying it is a better movie now.

It was a fantastic movie, but it was let down by the narrow view (4:3) - WHY??? and the lacklustre musical score.