Justice League Reborn

Going through a process of looking back at tons of Josstice League edits as a step of preparation for trying to make an edit of ZSJL. So far I've rewatched two edits not on IFDB, including JL: Origins and the "Ultimate Fan Edition" I think it was (I don't have that hard drive at the moment and I'm struggling to remember the name). The former was alright, the latter was less-so. But this was always gonna be my winner (Well, I say that still not having seen the Ultimate Edition by Bobson). For years this was my definitive Justice League. The color grading was exactly where I wanted it, even more-so than the ZSJL we got which I feel over-compensates for the hyper-saturation of Josstice League too much. While I would've used more of the old scores, I like the minimalism quite a bit. The worst jokes were excised and some bad Whedon scenes legitimately became a lot better in editing. This cut is one of the best examples of how editing really is the final rewrite of a movie, and it ultimately just reflects even worse on WB because it shows that even with the Whedon footage and how much was already cut, something decent could've been made had they taken some more time to polish it like you did. With this, Josstice League felt like something genuinely different not just from the MCU-esque tone of the TC, but even from the Snyder tone. Looking back, this cut still holds up as being my favorite "middle road" cut, even more-so than cuts that combine ZSJL and the TC together. The tone is different from Snyder and Whedon, if anything I'd say Wonder Woman is the closest tonal comparison here. But what it results in is I guess a window into another world. A world where the writer who won out at that "Summit" they had wasn't Whedon, but Allan Heinberg. Do I like it more than ZSJL? No, but I'm a hopeless Snyder fan at the end of the day who was always gonna like the 4:3 4 hour bloated version the most, regardless of its issues. Regardless, this still stands as my second favorite Justice League, and for that honor to be held by a Josstice League edit and not something using ZSJL as a base is a testament to the quality of this cut and to how clueless WB was. If fans could do it with Blu-Rays and trailers, why couldn't WB have made something this polished with their millions of dollars?

This is definitely far superior to the theatrical cut. Then again, anything would be an improvement on that disastrous mess of a theatrical cut. The new color grading to have it appear more like the initial trailer (prior to reshoots) is relatively solid (and it does thankfully make things slightly less plastic-looking), much of the cringey jokes being removed is a major plus, and the reincorporation of deleted scenes and trailer moments that were cut out is more than welcome. Nicely done.

Really enjoyed what you did here. Great editing and re-working of scenes. The time flew by which I can't say happened when i watched the original! Thanks!

A fantastic fanedit. I highly recommend this it.
Justice League Reborn greatly streamlines the problematic theatrical cut easily surpasses it. A lot of cheesy moments are gone, the score fits better, and the deleted scenes add a lot of substance to the film.
Great job, JLfanedit!
I wholeheartedly enjoyed this cut. I no longer need to eagerly wait for the Snyder Cut.

Leaps better than the theatrical cut. Audio transistions were very smooth and allowed for seamless bridging of the deleted scenes, there were a few abrupt points that have been mentioned already, but some of that was not due to the editor's fault. Overall JL isn't a bad movie, but neither is it a remarkable one. The new footage makes it a unique and pleasant watch however...and sometimes in a world where (IMO) mediocre joke-ridden Marvel movies with no soul to them are hailed as masterpieces, sometimes a genuine passable serious DC film with an optimistic tone can be a resounding breath of fresh air.