Watched this last night. Originally planned to watch in 1 hour blocks, but ended getting through the entire thing in one sitting fairly easily. A lot of the reviewers are right on the mark. This is much improved, and the character development is the main difference, particularly the Cyborg stuff. I feel really bad for Ray Fisher. He gave a knockout performance that was totally cut of the original, and he had to deal with Wheedon's abuse along the way. If you have an understanding of the comics, Cyborg has always been one of the key minds that holds the Justice League together. Batman is a strategist but also a lone wolf. Pulling out Cyborg the way Wheedon did really takes away from the spirit of the group.
The movie does have some unnecessary bits at 4 hours. This was also not Snyder's original vision for a theatrical cut either, which would have run at about 3 hours. Presumably he would have cut out about an hour from this to make a more condensed film. Would that have been better, probably, but who knows?
Overall, this was just entertaining. There are some Snyder-like action sequences in there, which isn't everyone's cup of tea. However, I found the pacing was good enough that they didn't drag. Also, the action wasn't really the focus of this movie. The main focus was character development, and that was all done quite well.
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