When I wrote this article, my heart was surprisingly angry. A year and a half ago, I played "Batman v Superman" three times, and six months ago, I played "Wonder Woman" four times, and the long-awaited "Justice League" finally came, I even went to the cinema for the second time. Not interested. From the bottom of my heart, I want to ask, who gave you the courage to make the Justice League like this?
In fact, since a year ago, there has been a "Justice League" rice poster stuck in front of my desk. I often stare at it in a daze, stroking the string of numbers with my eyes over and over again, 11.17.2017 , a day that seems so far away, and I can't wait to make the time go by quickly and come to that day sooner rather than later. The real Justice League rallies, I've waited far too long. I could almost imagine how I would scream, shudder, and cry with excitement at the midnight scene of the premiere.
In the intervening year, my life has undergone a lot of unexpected and unexpected changes, and the movie "Justice League" has been ill-fated. My friends who would accompany me to watch midnight shows and go crazy together are gone, and "Justice League" has experienced a series of turmoils such as large-scale reshoots and director changes. I felt like a pen pal who was looking forward to meeting each other. I approached him step by step on the road of time, and when I really came to him, I found that he was not what I thought at all. What is this called, see the light to die? I'm sure there's a lot of people scrambling to laugh at my wishful fan mentality, but this time I don't want to argue anymore. It's all personal opinion, but this "Justice League" has completely let me go through the whole process from hope to disappointment to anger.
I have a lot of questions stored in my heart, although there may never be a chance to get the real answer.
whose movie is this? Zack Snyder or Joss taillights?
Purely personal opinion, the temporary change of director three months before the release is the biggest failure of "Justice League". I don't think I need to explain the soul of a director to a movie to veteran fans. There was a lot of uproar about this at the beginning. At the point where the film has finished shooting the pilot trailer, Zha Dao quit due to personal family reasons, and Jos Taillight took over the subsequent reshoots and editing work. I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist of the incident. , it's good for everyone to have their own limits. Although in the final release version, the taillights are only side by side in the screenwriter's column, and the beginning and the end are still bright a Zack Snyder film. But in my opinion, after the heartbreaking Everyone Knows, the overall style of this film is It has become nondescript. From "Watchmen" to "Batman v Superman" to "Justice League", what a familiar opening MV, it depicts the demise of superheroes, the despair of life in the world, and people's yearning for hope, which is exactly the same as "Superman". Batman vs. Batman. I've always liked Zack Snyder because of his ability to take superhero stories to a much deeper and more expansive level with the most detailed and beautiful graphics, rather than just entertaining assembly line products. But at the same time, I am not belittling Jos Tail Light. He is one of the best commercial film directors in the entire film industry today. In fact, saving a semi-finished product in such a tight time situation is also quite an easy task for him. So, in my opinion, whether it's a full Schneider movie or a full taillights movie, the outcome must be much better, rather than this weird jumble in front of me, deep and embarrassingly funny.
Do you make your characters so that you are not afraid of fans' retaliation?
This is actually the thing that pissed me off the most after watching the movie. As a fan who has read hundreds of all Batman mainline comics, I like this character, but Batman from "Justice League", I don't know him. Not all characters are suitable for adding humor to him. After the sentence "Do you Bleed?" which was obviously just a joke, Batman, who fell back to the ground, actually complained: "This time it's probably really bleeding... I was in the movie theater, and I was so angry that I really wanted to spit. kill him. The phrase "Do you bleed" in "Batman v Superman" is to show a kind of opposition between the divinity and humanity of a superhero. As an ordinary human being, Batman is also an invincible and tenacious guardian of Gotham. He will not be like a god. The Superman succumbed. XX, what the hell is this rant, how could Batman say such a thing? ! As the strongest detective in the world and the brain of the Justice League, Batman constantly shows meanness, shirk responsibility, lack of strategy, and lack of leadership throughout the film. Instead, he puts too much emphasis on being cute. When I saw that many people on Weibo said after watching the movie, "Batman is so cute!" I was a little desperate. Batman can be praised with various adjectives, but it should not be cute.
Besides, The Flash, another character with extreme OOC, is obviously here to make a joke full-time in this film. All kinds of brain-dead lines and funny facial expressions are omnipotent, but the actual combat effectiveness in battle is not fully displayed. Please don't scold me for stepping on it, and say a word of conscience, the fast-moving time-still segment of Quicksilver in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is the highlight of the whole film. The romance is so extreme that I still remember it fresh. The speed of the Flash in "Justice League" is too rough, the lightning effect is too dazzling, and the special effects are not good.
Excuse me, did you eat the origin line of The Flash and Cyborg?
The length of a movie is another sensitive topic. As we all know, the 120-minute film length of "Justice League" is the shortest in the DCEU at present, far less than the other two "Superman: Man of Steel" (143 minutes) and "Batman v Superman" (151 minutes). And attentive movie fans have found that many of the shots that once appeared in the trailer have not made it into the final feature film, and the number of deleted shots has exceeded the normal state. These include footage of Victor appearing as a rugby player before the accident. Personally, I think that due to the reduction of the total film length, it can be clearly felt that the background introduction of the two important characters, Flash and Cyborg, was very insufficient before the alliance was assembled, and it was difficult for the audience to have a good impression of the characters in a short period of time. Resonance, this can be said to be very regrettable.
Who will carry the blame for the simplicity and rudeness of the plot?
We won't discuss how weak the villain of the Steppenwolf is. Anyway, I can't beat it when I don't want to. In the end, it will be killed with a single blow of justice. The entire plot line is so simple that it can be introduced in ten words: Steppenwolf collects the mother box and is defeated. In fact, the most difficult thing for me to accept is that DCEU has experienced so many controversies and turmoil over the years, so in the end, has it returned to this simple and rude hero-beating boss routine? DCEU has been repeatedly criticized that the style and plot are too dark. One of the arguments I repeatedly insisted on during the debate at that time was that a superhero movie can not only be a popcorn blockbuster, but it is good enough. It can also have deep-seated The connotation can cause the audience to think, and this is the goal that DCEU wants to achieve. Maybe it is doing well now, but if it persists, it will form a unique style. However, "Justice League" has almost completely abandoned the discussion of hope and contradictions in human nature. The plot just completed the task set at the beginning in a hurry: assemble the alliance and defeat the villain. But as a popcorn movie, it is obviously not fun enough. It is a kind of temptation and hybridization of styles, and it is very uncomfortable when combined. How hard I used to defend the DCEU, I hope it will not compromise, but now how hard I am being beaten in the face, I am chilling.
Wouldn't your conscience be hurt by such a blatant Party cutout?
I don't even know what to say about this. "Justice League" claims to cost 300 million US dollars, so is it what it is now? Movie special effects are no longer an advanced technology. In recent years, it is quite rare that the cutout is so rough that it can even cause the audience to feel uncomfortable. We often talk about the so-called "movie feeling". The depth of field and focus changes of the lens are an important part, and this can only be achieved through real shooting. Otherwise, why not rent a green screen studio directly to add all the background and post-processing. All right? A lot of shots with a very finely framed depth of field that appeared in the trailers or trailers all turned into flat, rough heads with no light or shadow in the feature film. I feel angina...
and the Flash and Cyborg in the fierce battle. It's not cool, it just feels dazzling light effects, not to mention the Superman CG man who has been complaining about it (Superman actor Henry Cavill was filming "Mission Impossible 6" during the supplementary shooting. Paramount's agreement can't shave beards, so the shots in "Justice League" were removed in post, but in the feature film, the lips were almost gone).
Excuse me, are you here to take hard photos for magazines?
Regarding the various "heroic poses" that appear in the film with equidistantly spaced side-by-side shots, uh, it is quite embarrassing to use a ritual-filled alliance assembly once, which makes people excited, and it appears repeatedly. The multiple protagonists have to cross the camera, and I suddenly remembered the "Gun Fire" that is often used as an example in the book, and now I realize the importance of this principle. In fact, in "Batman v Superman", the arrangement of the positions of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman when they fight together is very good, with layers and emphasis and full of beauty. This time, you can count how many times this kind of "hero pose", which is quite rigid like a magazine photo, appears in the film. This kind of rigid and stereotyped hero image actually deviates from the previous films. One of the centers: where the humanity of the hero lies. And at the end, even the giant handsome's shape is not well-placed Xiaoyan and Cyborg, I want to say that you are really not funny.
Zack Snyder's comic book movies have always had the characteristic of "the extended version of the director is another movie", and fans have always been eager to wait for the director's version. Only this time, despite the curiosity and anticipation of the original script and the original shooting material, we may never have the chance to see the original "Justice League" again.
The most exciting part of the whole film is actually the second easter egg. I sincerely recommend that friends who haven’t gone to the movies don’t miss the second Easter egg. For dozens of seconds, I felt adrenaline rush and almost screamed. Alas, this is probably the scumbag mentality of fans. It's obvious that I've been hurt by "Justice League", and I can't wait to think about it. Love is deeply responsible. Don't look at me criticizing "Justice League" for being so merciless. It is not so easy to get rid of fans completely.
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