Zack Snyder's Justice League [DVD] [2021]

Well I am sure many who read this have already seen Zack Snyder's Justice League and know the story of how WB and members of DC films and Joss Whedon destroyed this film.The theatrical cut felt like a cheap, cheesy, Saturday morning cartoon with many jokes falling flat. Firstly the opening of the cell phone video gave a clear warning of what was to come, combined with the the cheap looking pre credits scene that rushed everything and lacked scale. The rest of that film had underdeveloped characters that you never cared about, incoherant scenes, bad contintinutiy and rounding it all off with a very anti climatic ending. speaking of the ending I hated with a passion THE RED SKY! And Steppenwolf had one of the worst character designs in modern films (He was also very 1 dimensional who did not seem like a threat)I could go on and on but after I saw the film at cinema I quickly jumped on the bandwagon and signed the petition #Release the Snydercut not long after watching this butchered mess.....Well thankfully as we all know WB caved in and gave Snyder 99% control (shame on them for not letting him have his original Green Latern cameo) and what we have is in my opinion one of the best Comic Book Superhero films ever made and seeing how beautiful and epic the film is blows my mind. Ray Fisher's Cyborg is now the heart of the film, Steppenwolf now looks awesome and is fully fleshed out to the point you really understand his reasons and gone is the RED SKY.The film is 2 hours longer but doesn't feel 4 hours quite the opposite. The whole look is beautiful with an amaizng dark palette, the whole story feels epic and it now feels part of the original DCEU. I will also point out Junkie XL's score is magnificent (Danny Elfman's music actually wasn't bad but it didn't feel it belonged) and it really adds so much emotion and adrenaline to this magnificent film.In regards to the disc this 4K film really does shine. I hoped it would be on 1 disc but I know 4 hours would be tough on a 100GB disc so the film is split ont 2 discs with Disc one having PARTS 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Disc 2 having PARTS 5, 6 and the Epilogue. All I will say is picture quality is STUNNING with deep blacks, bright highlights and when primary colours appear they pop off the screen and HDR is amazing. Grian haters will be pleased to know this film has very minimalistic grain. One thing many should know about the picture is that it is in the 4x3 aspect ratio. This is may put some people off but just know that you are seeing 'more' image then if it was cropped to 16x9. Snyder shot the film in 35mm open gate and this is what you see. Personally it never bothered me as I watch many classic films from the 30s and 40s pre-cinemascope but for some this may be a problem hence why i am writing this for those that don't realise this is how the film looks. If you are fine with that then you will for sure appreciate the gorgeous images and will be amazed at the detail and stunning filmic look just as Man of Steel and Batman V Superman.The sound is Dolby Atmos and as one expects sounds amazing whether you have a home theatre system or just your TV this film's sound design like the other films in the series before it which is wide and an atmospheric but also great little sound details in the quieter moments really adds atmosphere and Junkie XL's Operatic Score shines. A fantastic mix.The only extra is a a nearly half hour long mini doc of the film which doesn't get into as much detail as you want but says what it needs to but it is no surprise as doubt WB would want to have a true piece about the film. I would give it 10 to 20 years until we hear more truths of went on behind the scenes but this little featurette will do for now, however we have the film and to me that matters most and just glad Snyder got to finish this and hope someday the power heads of the studio let him finish his Epic Saga .A 5 star film on a stunning 5 star 4K presentation.

Just how it should have been released originally.

I had intended to buy the Justice League film, but bought the Zack Snyder cut by accident.I did not want the Zack Snyder cut since it's filmed in what feels a bit like 4:3 aspect ratio.It's actually 1.33:1 aspect ratio, as opposed to a standard widescreen format of 1.85:1.Why? I will never know since it detracts from the movie somewhat. Although it's supposed to project the feeling of the movie, which makes no sense to me anyway.This aspect alone drops the movie from a five star to maybe a four-and-a-half star movie. Maybe four star.As soon as I noticed my mistake, which I think was Amazon's mistake in the listing, I bought the theatrical cut. Intent on returning the Zack Snyder cut.However curiosity got the better of me, and the movie was quite cheap for blu-ray. I read that this version of the movie was four hours cmpared to the theatrical at two hours. Plus I had been curious about the extended version since hearing about it.I watched the Zack Snyder cut and loved it. Considering it was a four hour movie, you'd think "really - who would have the patience for that?". That was not the case though. This version of the movie ran smoothlessly and seamlessly, until it was over. ... There's way more to get interested in with this version. Like the part when Diana Prince responds to the arrow fired at the ancient temple.Oddly now I have both versions of this movie which feels a bit much, but that's life.I can't express enough however at my dissappointment over the aspect ratio. While watching the movie, it does not stand out like a 4:3 aspect ratio experience, as it's wider. You forget about it to some extent too, as you're immersed in the movie. Just a shame that it doesn't have fullscreen for wide cinematics which are the natural viewing angle anyway. Plus widescreen is what we are fully accustomed to.

This movie was the perfect culmination of the Snyder-verse. I do wish we would get part 2 but I am fine with the way this ended. WB execs hosed the fans so bad over this franchise that I'll never pay another dime to watch anything they put our. I have Man of Steel, BvS, and this movie and that's all I need.

La película llegó rápido, la calidad se ve súper exelente, todo bien. Solo que llegó un poco roto, en los dientes dónde se coloca el disco llegó rotos, podría hacer una devolución pero la película es más importante para mí que eso.

Lo pillé por 14€, muy buena calidad.

Just say WOU!!!!

A much better movie.