Justice League *SPOILER THREAD* Zack Snyder's Justice League

[Bren]

Apologies that I would have preferred a more seasoned and experienced WW to show a little more wisdom and restraint at the end of that scene

 

[herolee10]

 

[Micromind]

 

[Micromind]

 

[Micromind]

Many shots in this movie are just beautiful to look at. BTW, the scenes were shot at location.

 

[Dr.]

There was no blood, so they must be alive!

Well, actually... I do think there’s an implied set of “rules” or film “grammar” at work. Essentially, a confirmation of death is required. And absent this confirmation, we’re encouraged to conclude a PG-13 injury and/or survival. I.e., death = “pics (of a body) or it didn’t happen.”

In other and more words: even when a lethal outcome seems like a reasonable reading of the imagery, there’s still a kind of nudge-nudge-wink-wink plausible deniability — which allows the audience to think they’re rooting for a hero with a no-kill code.

 

[herolee10]

Many shots in this movie are just beautiful to look at. BTW, the scenes were shot at location.

It's too bad that Snyder couldn't use more practical sets and real locations when filming the action sequences (back in 2016).

 

[idiot09]

No one else gonna talk about how Lex felt much more "classic" in the end of the movie? All suited up, and much more calmer. Even said "The doctors at Arkham gave me much needed clarity".

 

[Micromind]

No one else gonna talk about how Lex felt much more "classic" in the end of the movie? All suited up, and much more calmer. Even said "The doctors at Arkham gave me much needed clarity".

This is the Lex I always wanted to see.

 

[ChrisLyne]

If I recall a lot of people said that back in 2017. Sure they tweaked the scene but the characterization was there then so I think that was just expected this time around. But yes, his Lex is much better here than BvS.

 

[blackdragon6]

kamikaze, not kamazake.

Lmao

 

[SiegePerilous]

But you were good with her killing in WW?

Not necessarily. It's not a decision I would have made. But I wouldn't have done a Wonder Woman origin film during a World War if I was in charge of the DCEU in the first place

She was also killing in a war time setting when she was only discovering how powerful she really was. A fully powered and more experienced Wonder Woman? They are so beneath her she could handle this without killing without breaking a sweat.

 

[ChrisLyne]

Yeah, I think it's no so much Wonder Woman killing but the fact that it was a human guy where she's far faster and stronger, she doesn't need to kill him and she does so in front of children and in a way where she blows the wall out and (potentially) endangers the people outside. It was the disproportionality of it that has been criticized more than the the fact that she killed.

 

[blackdragon6]

Eh, still was a awesome scene, cause **** those guys lol.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Primal Slayer]

Killing soldiers in a battle?
No issue.

Killing terrorists while they are posing a threat to civilians?
No problem.

Killing an impotent terrorist who poses no threat to anyone at that point and losing an opportunity to interrogate and learn more about this group, by blowing out the side of the bank, creating a real threat to the police outside - considering WW certainly comes across as 'wise' to me...
Yeah a touch overkill me thinks.

I can allow or forgive it in my head: it's a comic book movie / she's a (apparently overzealous, sometimes) warrior.

Odd that some people who are totally fine with it, cannot remotely understand the opposite viewpoint.

Rewatching that scene and a cop could've totally been killed by the rubble the blast created. She just got lucky that it didnt.

 

[kguillou]

I love that Russell Crowe and Costner lent new dialogue to this. That was such a beautifully poignant moment.

 

[Primal Slayer]

That's just creepy

 

[Bren]

How do you know he was impotent?

You don't understand Snyder... Back in 1997 there was an interview that alluded to a thing that was hinted at in two of his movies, and then that thing resulted in something. That then lead into some more interviews and another hint of the thing, which leads directly into ZSJL.

Follow the patterns, become a SnyderWhisperer, and you would immediately realize the lead terrorist was impotent.

You've actually disappointed me.
*sadface

 

[idiot09]

You don't understand Snyder... Back in 1997 there was an interview that alluded to a thing that was hinted at in two of his movies, and then that thing resulted in something. That then lead into some more interviews and another hint of the thing, which leads directly into ZSJL.

Follow the patterns, become a SnyderWhisperer, and you would immediately realize the lead terrorist was impotent.

You've actually disappointed me.
*sadface

Yep, he's still a Snyder fan, that's rookie energy. Gotta graduate to a Snyder cultist. Have some culture.

 

[blackdragon6]

Rewatching that scene and a cop could've totally been killed by the rubble the blast created. She just got lucky that it didnt.

You can say that about most superhero action scenes imo.

 

[Primal Slayer]

You can say that about most superhero action scenes imo.

How many are "gods" that can easily subdue the bad guy but choose mass destruction instead?

 

[blackdragon6]

How many are "gods" that can easily subdue the bad guy but choose mass destruction instead?

It's called entertainment...how many people are Billionaires fighting crime.

 

[Primal Slayer]

It's called entertainment...how many people are Billionaires fighting crime.

Ironman, Oliver Queen, pretty sure there are more.

Having to blow up a spot just because isnt entertainment, having her subdue him wouldnt have made the scene boring or less exciting. Snyder already had a whole thing getting called out for destruction porn in MoS so what do they do? They try to course correct in BvS and JL. It's gotta make sense with the hero at hand. That part of the scene was just lazy writing.

 

[TheIronist]

Ironman, Oliver Queen, pretty sure there are more.

Having to blow up a spot just because isnt entertainment, having her subdue him wouldnt have made the scene boring or less exciting. Snyder already had a whole thing getting called out for destruction porn in MoS so what do they do? They try to course correct in BvS and JL. It's gotta make sense with the hero at hand. That part of the scene was just lazy writing.

If you refer to the fight between zod and supes from the end of mos than that doesnt have anything to do with „destruction porn“. When two indestructible beings fight in an destructible world something gotta get destroyed.