From 'Man of Steel' onwards, the bold primary colors of Superman's suit and cape have become less saturated, and the plots have darkened alongside them. Newer movies seem to have forgotten Superman's core ethos. It's a throwback to the Christopher Reeve days, showing off Superman's selflessness and heroism. Besides, the scene that reintroduces Superman to the world - a magnificent set piece in which he saves a plane from crashing into a crowded baseball stadium - is beautifully realized. James Marsden's Richard White (nephew of Daily Planet editor Perry) is kind, smart, and resourceful - Lois certainly does have a type. It would have been too easy to make Lois' new boyfriend unlikeable, but the script does the opposite. But hey, at least they fixed that danged moustache. The only thing that lets it down is a Snyder-esque return to form at the close: a flash-forward to a timeline in which Superman has become tyrannical and murderous. The Superman who eventually returns to life here is much more like the Superman we've come to know - kind, heroic, and inspirational. As he should, Superman serves as an example to aspire to the Justice League forms because of what he stood for. The Snyder Cut is much of an origin tale for Cyborg as it is the tale of the formation of DCs premier super team.Д®ven before his resurrection, Superman gets more to do. The character that benefits the most is Ray Fisher's Cyborg, now given a proper story arc. The League itself feelsВ less like a disparate group of ragtag characters, and moreВ like a cohesive unit. Steppenwolf is, however, made a more credible menace - he's given proper motivation, and we get to see him in all his glory fighting Amazons and Atlanteans. It turned out to be kryptonite to cinema audiences, too, barely breaking even on its massive budget. Considering the ugliness that was going on behind the scenes, it should have been no surprise that 'Justice League' failed to capture what makes Superman special. In Whedon's cut, Superman is the cinematic equivalent of a smart bomb from the arcade game 'Defender.' He's simply wheeled in to take out the big bad guy a mere weapon of mass destruction, albeit one draped in over-saturated blue and red. Superman fans will be disappointed, as the character himself is underused. Character arcs are picked up and abandoned, and Steppenwolf, despite being played by an actor with the gravitas of CiarГЎn Hinds, has little to do, and even less motivation to do it. The plot involves Steppenwolf - the obscure DC supervillain, not the band responsible for the 1968 single 'Born to be Wild' - attempting to retrieve and reunite lost Mother Boxes to destroy the Earth. Much has been said about the poor effects used to remove Cavill's moustache, but that's the least of the worries in a film where every fight looks like it's come straight from a computer game. What starts off promisingly enough quickly devolves into a CGI-heavy blur of dull action scenes.

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