The Snyder Cut — Review Thread

The idea was to have a consistent aspect ratio on IMAX (instead of doing the Nolan thing where it switches between the two during action scenes) and then crop it to 1.85:1 for regular theaters.  This being the definitive cut they show the full frame.  I liked it, interesting to see this kind of movie framed that way.

Yeah, I remember at the time intently following the production and like you said, it was sudden. That's pretty much all I remember.

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By December 2009, John Malkovich was in negotiations to play Vulture and Anne Hathaway would play Felicia Hardy, though she would not have transformed into the Black Cat as in the comics but a new superpowered figure, the Vulturess. However, Raimi stated in a 2013 interview that Hathaway would have portrayed Black Cat if Spider-Man 4 had been made.

Sony Pictures announced in January 2010 that plans for Spider-Man 4 had been canceled due to Raimi's withdrawal from the project. Raimi reportedly ended his participation due to his doubt that he could meet the planned May 6, 2011 release date while at the same time upholding the film creatively. Raimi purportedly went through four iterations of the script with different screenwriters and still "hated it".

They pretty much hired James Vanderbilt to reboot the series while Raimi was still actively working on Spider-Man 4.

Yup. I remember them actively throwing the word "reboot" around in press releases for that movie. They really wanted you to know that NEW Spider-Man was on the way...just not right now.

I remember they were touting a second trilogy, but Tobey Maguire would only do more films if Raimi directed them.

But I think after they already started prepping Spider-Man 4 they had already had the scent that Spidey wasn't the trendy thing at the moment. A lot of this is presumption on my part, but I think they wanted to reboot Spider-Man initially to keep up with Nolan's rebooted Batman. If you look at that first Amazing Spider-Man, they are chasing several trends with it. They made a grittier, less fantastical film because that was in style, and littered it with a romance that seems straight out of a young adult book, possibly because Twilight was supper hot. The problem is Avengers came out just before it and the trend shifted majorly. Then you get to Amazing Spider-Man 2 and they're trend chasing again. It's a much brighter and more humorous movie, and it's planting seeds for spin-offs because now they want in on the cinematic universe pie.

It just feels to me like Sony was upset they weren't the benchmark anymore, and just started chasing what was.

Taking the Snyder Cut into account Justice League springs all the way from number 77 to number 25 on my ranking of 2017 movies.

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R-rated version of Mrs. Doubtfire on the way.


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Yeeeeeah... I'm going to get around to watching this eventually, but the 4:3 ratio is a massive turn-off. I tried starting it and was like "what the hell?". Looked it up just to find it's intentional. Didn't continue it at that point, but I'm still curious to watch it.

Keeping it consistent on traditional IMAX screens is one thing. I get it. That's totally cool. Forcing that perspective on modern televisions, where this is being experienced, is just crazy to me.

I seldom watch old 4:3 shows. The only exceptions are some comedies/sitcoms, but how those look cinematically is kind of irrelevant. You're watching it solely for the comedy and they look generally cheap anyway. Sound system and size of screen? Doesn't matter. But for a cinematic experience like this? No... just no. The 4:3 aspect ratio is stupid.

I'm still hearing my dad. "I paid for this TV, goddammit! I don't want those black bars!"