Just finished it and honestly, I'm convinced people going out of their way to dislike the film have no joy at all, certainly not joy towards these characters. You might not like the characterisation, but to get such epic scenes how we got in this cut and not even be excited by any of them? Pull the other one.
My hype was through the roof and it still surpassed my expectations, loved absolutely everything apart from Wonder Woman's monk chant popping up every time she appears, that was overkill.
It was epic on a LotR scale, the Amazonians chapter and New Gods fight was bloody epic. This film is like a mythological story with all the gravitas to boot.
Steppenwolf is freaking formidable, an absolute force of nature and has a character to back him up. Flash and cyborg were great. The action had so much weight and for the most part junkie XL's score really hammered home the grand scale of it all.
And personally for me, Snyder's artistic flare really bolstered this. Epic in every sense of the word, and a powerhouse in narrative. The chapters flew by, didn't feel like 4 hours in the slightest. Every character got their moment, every character had a brutal fight scene with actual weight to it.
The first hour for sure I felt like a little kid watching it, smiling from ear to ear. especially seeing the better version of WW after 84. Hype through the roof and I'm still feeling ecstatic after watching this. Absolutely loved seeing Joker and Batman together - even if we get nothing else, this is an absolute joy to have.
Execs at WB will be flawed by the response also. I'm not even bitter towards all the vitriolic people dampening the excitement along the way to getting this. It's released and been praised by some harsh critics and turning heads of others that didn't enjoy what came before. But aside from them, personally for me it's an absolute win and joy to get his full version out over the absolute travesty of the 2017 version, what an absolute **** up.
Not only has Bruce corrected his wrongs in the film, the wrongs of the film have been corrected. Excited to see what comes of this!