Dawn of the Dead 2004
The 'hipster pick' for best Snyder movie.
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The Snyder Cut Commentary: A ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Watch-along
March 19, 2021/ 248 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
Sean, Amanda, and Chris Ryan press play on 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' together for the first time and commentate live for all four hours, chasing mother boxes, parademons, and Affleck's hair plugs the whole way.
14 films across 3 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Zack Snyder's road to the Snyder Cuthis filmography, and how this movie came to exist
300 2006
The 'normie' answer — still on TV at every Lakers game, per Chris.
Watchmen 2009
Sean rewatched the 3.5-hour cut this week; Billy Crudup's Dr. Manhattan is the one piece of it Sean says he really likes.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2010
An animated movie about owls that Sean calls his favorite film of 2010 — and, in his telling, 'totally a Zack Snyder movie.'
Sucker Punch 2011
Chris: 'extremely stupid.'
Man of Steel 2013
Amanda couldn't get past the climactic 40 minutes of 'two gods punching each other in the air.'
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
The 'film-nerd pick.' Sean rewatched the 3-hour-5-minute Ultimate Edition this week and didn't think it was bad.
Justice League 2017
The Joss Whedon cut: 80 new pages, only 10% of Snyder's footage kept, Danny Elfman replacing Junkie XL. Made $230 million domestic and was widely seen as a failure — all three agree it's the weaker version of tonight's movie.
Army of the Dead 2021
Snyder's next film, a zombie heist for Netflix, arriving in about two months; he says he's done with DC after this.
The rest of the DC Extended Universe
Wonder Woman 2017
Amanda's favorite corner of this universe — a brighter, more colorful Themyscira than the one in this cut, per Patty Jenkins's choices.
Wonder Woman 1984 2020
Diana learns to fly from Steve in this one, which muddles the in-universe timeline with tonight's movie.
Aquaman 2018
James Wan's Atlantis reads as 'pretty technicolor' next to the blue-gray version in this film.
Suicide Squad 2016
Got recut jokier under the same studio pressure that shaped the Whedon 'Justice League.'
Zack Snyder's Justice Leaguethe four-hour, four-part watch-along
Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
Watched live, start to finish, on HBO Max, dedicated to Snyder's daughter Autumn. Verdict: clearly more coherent than the Whedon cut, with a real Cyborg origin story (Ray Fisher gets the arc Whedon cut around) and a fuller Darkseid/Steppenwolf mythology — but still, per Sean, about a '2 out of 5,' with none of the villains landing and the action growing 'less and less decipherable' as the runtime piles up.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Marvel comparisons The AvengersThorAvengers: Age of UltronAvengers: Infinity WarAvengers: EndgameSpider-Man: Far From Home
Other superhero movies JokerThe Dark KnightGreen Lantern
Amy Adams and Jeremy Irons side roles American HustleArrivalNocturnal AnimalsViceHillbilly ElegyThe Woman in the WindowMargin CallRed SparrowAssassin's Creed
In passing First CowTerminator 2: Judgment DayNational TreasureRaiders of the Lost ArkMinority ReportThe Silence of the LambsOut of SightMallratsThe LighthousePredatorDie HardField of DreamsApollo 13TwilightThe Big ShortOnce Upon a Time in AmericaHeaven's GateBlue ChipsReality BitesKicking and Screaming
Rewatchables namechecks NeighborsInside ManOcean's ElevenTriple Frontier
The DC slate, 2021 and beyond Shazam!Shazam! Fury of the GodsThe Suicide SquadBlack AdamThe FlashThe Batman
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & OrderSharp ObjectsWandaVisionThe Falcon and the Winter SoldierGinny & GeorgiaGame of Thrones
Games PokémonFIFA World Cup Launch Edition
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