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    Here At Long (Really Long) Last, 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' Is ... Not Bad?

    Zach Snyder's Justice League drops on HBO Max today; despite being an eye-popping four hours long, it's still a stronger film than the 2017 version finished by Joss Whedon after Snyder stepped away.
    by Eric Deggans Mar 18, 2021 4 minutes
    Zack Snyder directs Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot on the set of <em>Justice League.</em>

    Let's get this out of the way, first. Yes, Zack Snyder's Justice League is just over four hours long.

    Four. Hours. Long.

    Yet, somehow, it feels like the right length for a film that has moved mountains — and reportedly spent around $70 million beyond its original, blockbuster budget — to reinvent one of the biggest superhero movie bombs in recent memory.

    And here's the thing: It actually succeeds. In more ways than I ever expected.

    By now, the backstory is a bit of superhero film legend. Director Zack Snyder fought a lot of second-guessing by the film studio while making , an important movie in building out the universe of superhero characters from DC Comics. Perhaps theand in 2016 had spooked the corporate suits at Warner Bros. Pictures.

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