Batman v Superman: No Justice

I think this is the best version POSSIBLE of this movie. Still has some big problems with the characters of Superman, Lex and the narrative as a whole but this are things impossible to fix with editing alone.

The climax of the movie feels RIGHT this time around and the Lex Luthor plan makes much more sense now. No disconnected shit leading to other movies, is just pure and simple Batman and Superman. Putting the bath scene in the end was genius.

The only thing that didn`t land to me was the flashback of Martha Wayne in the warehouse. Of all the Batman killing scenes in this movie this is the one that least needed a strong motivation of him to pull the trigger.

Unlike many, I happen to adore Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, specifically the three-hour long Ultimate Edition and not the royally botched two and a half hour theatrical cut. That being said, I surprisingly loved this fan-edit, which removes everything Justice League-related, including Wonder Woman, and creates an alternate standalone story that focuses solely on the central conflict between the two characters, one that works really well. The changes made work stunningly well, the story is very well-told and coherent and moves at a terrific pace, and the new recoloring looks absolutely stunning. To the editor, phenomenal job.

When Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice first came out, I found it terribly confusing and full of shortcomings in its screenplay. Nonetheless, I could see somewhat a cinematic power in it that was absent in other superhero films before it and has been since. I definitely liked it more than Man of Steel, and liked it more than other Superman movies, of which I've never been a fan of.
When the Ultimate Edition was released, I was surprised at how much more comprehensible the movie was. All in all, I found myself pretty happy with what I got... and it soon became more and more evident that the movie was a bad movie with some great elements and some absolutely unbelievably confusing, unrelated plot points.
When this edit by Reeseevans was released to rave reviews and articles all over the nerd spectre of the internet, I was naturally inticed into watching it. Stupidly enough, I had not seen it up to this day.

This edit is absolutely wonderful, and elevates Batman v Superman to a much better movies than most of the ones released today in the same genre. If this had come out in 2016, I would have loved it, even though it isn't perfect. Naturally, the editor couldn't overcome some of the screenplay's shortsighted twists and turns, but the narrative is so neat, tight, focused and all in all powerful (and I'd say thought-provoking), that it's overwhelming.
If others, like me, did not truly understand what the movie is about when watching the original cuts, this edit emphasizes and pulls out the heart of the story in an outstanding way.
This movie becomes about three men losing faith. Even though Batman is undeniably the central character here, Superman does indeed have an arc, despite what I'd heard. Batman starts the movie with no faith in humanity, believing he needs to stop Superman because he cannot leave the world in the hands of an all-powerful alien. However, his arc closes when he understands Superman is human just as much as he is, and decides to spare him. Superman, on the other hand, is a man who does all in his power to do good. When humanity turns on him after the Capitol bombings, though, he loses faith and disappears. The only thing that brings him back is his love for Lois, which helps him regain faith - as perfectly synthesized by the last scene of the two making love.
On the other hand, we have Alexander Luthor, who doesn't have faith in God because it didn't save him from his father as a child. As a consequence, he tries to tear Superman - a "new god" - down, to demonstrate that faith is unjustified. He fails, showing both Bruce's and Clark's faith to be superior.
For all these reasons, I say: congratulations.

A few minor nitpicks, to conclude this review. The audio transition at 27:54 kicks in really early on, and it makes the cut very, very slightly jarring. I would also have removed the granny's peach tea moment, but I perfectly understand how it is needed to build tension and I actually quite liked it here.
Finally, I think that perhaps you could've used Lex's violin strings theme over the last shot of the devils and angels picture, as it may have worked as slightly less bombastic and somewhat more intimate.

In conclusion, I absolutely loved this fan edit, which deserves all the praise it can get. This is one of the very few times I can say I may put this fanedit in my DVD collection!

Growing up I had only a passing affiliation with comic books. However, even before the recent(ish) superhero movie explosion, characters like Superman and Batman were iconic characters of pop culture, transcending their comic book origins. Richard Donner’s Superman and Tim Burton’s Batman showed how comic book characters could work effectively onscreen by giving them a “grounded” aspect (Batman ‘89 in particular I loved). What filmmakers have done now – such as Zak Snyder with his needlessly overstuffed and overlong Batman V Superman – has trashed this approach in favour of overblown fantasy and headache-inducing CGI.

Enter Batman V Superman: No Justice. This fantastic, technically impeccable edit doesn’t just strip away what I disliked about the theatrical cut, it rends it limb-from-limb and condemns it to the Phantom Zone. The “No Justice” tag is a clever play on words that describes both Batman’s motivation and the faneditor’s goal: no Justice League set-up, no “universe” building, no Doomsday (sadly there is none of the lovely Gal Gadot either, a necessary sacrifice to achieve the goal of this edit). It also mercifully truncates Lex Luthor’s annoyingness (is that a word?) as much as possible. The edit focuses on the two titular characters, with Lex merely acting as the puppeteer behind the scenes. It essentially becomes a standalone movie with no links to any other film in the DCEU; and while I still feel Synder's grim tone and unenergetic performances from the central cast will bog down any faneditor's interpretation of the material, this fanedit is the best representation this movie is ever likely to receive.

It presents a startlingly different version of the film and is wholly recommended for fans of the more realistic tone of Chris Nolan’s Batman movies (and to a lesser extent Synder’s own Man of Steel). The only caveat is that fans of Superman may have issues with this cut. While I thought that Superman was poorly represented by Synder throughout most of the theatrical cut anyway, he does have a redemptive moment at the end by defeating Doomsday – for obvious reasons this is no longer present in this cut. As such I think fans of the Dark Knight will probably enjoy this edit more – particularly as with clever editing it almost entirely removes the heinous decision by Synder to turn Batman into a murdering psychopath in this movie.

10 out of 10, would watch again!

reeseevans took what is in my opinion one of the worst superhero movies ever made and made it watchable.

He boiled down the concept to what was sold in the title, a Batman vs Superman sorta kinda sequel to Man of Steel (which I very much enjoyed btw) and introduces Batman to this new era of Warner attempting to imitate Marvel with their shared movie universe.

Instead of a "look we are bringing the Justice League up next" this movie works as a standalone film with a reasonable runtime in which Bats and Supes disagree for the most part and Lex Luthor plays the man behind the strings that ultimately makes them see eye to eye.

No "Doomsday". no shoehorned in Wonder Woman, no bat nightmares that make no sense including no prematurely introduced Flash, no gratuitous Aquaman. All great things.

Unfortunately, yet another 2.0 audio track is offerec; so my usual A/V quality penalty points apply.

The Audio and Video editing are 100% seamless, so full scores there.

Finally, also unfortunately; it is Martha who resolves the main conflict. A major issue I have with this film which I hoped would be worked around; therefore enjoyment point deducted.

Overall, a huge improvement; specially over the theatrical release.