Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultiamte Cut Impressions

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultiamte Cut Impressions

Due to pre-orders, some of us have been able to watch the movie early. One of those was a friend of mine. Hit the jump for my impressions.

Editorial Opinion
By Yaf - Jun 13, 2016 01:06 PM EST
Filed Under: DC Comics

It's the same movie.

It goes much smoother though, the investigations are more fleshed out and the Batman/Superman fight has more meaning to it beyond Lex telling them to. That being said, if you thought Clark Kent didn't get enough time, you may be pleased, but if you didn't like the way Superman was done, he's not done any differently. The fighting isn't more visceral, in spite of the R Rating. Honestly, it's not a different film.

It's the same movie.

There are some clips here or there, but some pacing issues still exist. Case in point, the Knightmare scene. I don't know why this scene exists in any cut of the movie because of the way it occurs. The Man-Bat scene. Both of those scenes needed to be cut out of this cut and better stuff should have been added in. We did not need extra scenes to the Knightmare sequence, that needed to be gone altogether and Zack, we know you filmed three and a half hours of footage. You had better footage to fill it in with.

It's the same movie.

There are like two extra characters we didn't see who serve to flesh out Clark Kent's investigation into Batman and Lois Lane's bullet investigation. Again, if the bullet investigation peeved you off before, it will do so now. Clark's investigation, though, is pretty interesting and may actually make a lot of people happy. Oh, and of the other snippets here and there that you see, one of them includes a shot at Ben's ass, so there you go.

So will you like it? If you hated it, no. If you loved it (I did), yes. If you're mixed, on the fence, it could either push you into the ocean or get you to jump to the side of love. Again, it's like the extended cuts for The Lord of the Rings, there is a lot of stuff there that fleshes out the film, but it doesn't change it. The movie is still what it was before, just more detailed. Is The Fellowship of the Ring extended drastically different from theatrical? No. It is much more refined, polished and articulate, though. That's what you get.

You also get a better look at Chris Terrio's contribution. The movie is credited David Goyer and Chris Terrior - which indicates that the two did not work together. It means Terrio took Goyer's screenplay that was developed with Snyder and retooled it. I say this because you can tell that Terrio's retooling was done to alter the movie into leading up to Justice League and to make it quotable. I mean, love it or hate it, the screenplay is indeed quotable.

Personally, I give Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition an 8/10. Critically, it's a 7/10 - there are still issues with the film, in part because it doesn't change drastically but in part because it is smoother if anything.

Oh and the animal in the thumbnail is a Dimetrodon.

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Quicker
Quicker - 6/13/2016, 3:18 PM
WHAT?!?!? You mean it's not like DareDevil 2003 Director's Cut where adding in a rapper suddenly fixed all the bad CG, corny dialogue, poorly written characters, and lame acting. Say it ain't so!
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/13/2016, 3:25 PM
@Quicker - that directors cut really fixed something
Quicker
Quicker - 6/13/2016, 3:34 PM
@malsemarcel - Yeah, it included this scene.

I don't know if this was supposed to be funny, but I get so much joy out of it anyway.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 6/13/2016, 7:00 PM
@Quicker -

That just looks very ninties............!!!
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 6/13/2016, 6:51 PM
"The Man-Bat scene. Both of those scenes needed to be cut out of this cut and better stuff should have been added in. "

While I agree on the knightmare scene being cut i don't think the man bat scene should have been cut, its good foreshadowing for later with the scene with Bats and Supes and is also symbolic of him being batman, when his mother died, the bat consumed him. He truly became the Batman, at least that's what I took from it.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 6/13/2016, 6:53 PM
Also @Yaf is there anyway you could throw us a bone and give us the chance to see it? If you have it downloaded of course, I want to make sure i like the ultimate edtion of the movie before I spend 40 [frick]ing dollars on it. Stupid Canadian Dollar.
Yaf
Yaf - 6/14/2016, 1:30 PM
@Mrcool210 - I didn't buy it. I watched it with a friend who has it.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 6/13/2016, 6:57 PM
Interesting article @YAF

Pretty much what I've been saying, it'll still be the same film but some of the issues will be fixed in terms of bad editing and pacing.
I was bored during the whole bullet thing and now it will probably be longer, same with Superman, didn't like him in this one, probably not going to change.

MOS 9.5/10
BVS a generous 6/10
Kyos
Kyos - 6/14/2016, 9:18 AM
From what I read elsewhere the Capitol bombing scene got upgraded from one of the worst Superman scenes I've ever seen to a potentially tolerable one.
SteveBosell
SteveBosell - 6/14/2016, 9:39 AM
So basically the only reason people bit cheaper about BvS is because it's trendy to do so. If it received stellar reviews the lemmings on here would say it's cbm gold.
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