Summary
- Zack Snyder wanted to keep Justice League as his own vision, but Warner Bros. wanted it to be more like a Marvel film.
- Despite not having seen the Whedon version, Snyder doesn't believe that going in a Marvel direction was the right answer.
- Snyder and his team cared deeply about their work and were not trying to simply make an Avengers movie.
There has been plenty of controversy over Joss Whedon's cut of DC universe after he directed Man of Steel and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, after his daughter, Autumn, died by suicide, Snyder left the project and Warner Bros. brought in The Avengers director to finish it.
The DCEU movie was met with a poor reception and underperformed at the box office. In a recent interview with THR, Snyder said he wanted to keep the film as his vision, but Warner Bros. wanted it to be more similar to a Marvel film. The Rebel Moon director said he still hasn't seen the Whedon cut, but going in the Marvel direction wasn't the answer.
We cared deeply about what we were doing. We weren’t trying to make an Avengers movie. We weren’t. We didn’t know how, quite frankly. They brought someone in that did. I’ve never seen the [Whedon version], but it wasn’t the answer.
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Why Zack Snyder's Justice League Could Never Be Like An Avengers Movie
Fortunately, Warner Bros. allowed Snyder to release his cut of Justice League as a four-hour epic on Max, when the streamer was still called HBO Max. The film was vastly different from the theatrical cut, delivering more development for characters like Ray Fisher's Cyborg, and expanding on the lore in the DC universe. While Snyder's vision for his DC characters was divisive up until Justice League, the Snyder cut proved it should have stayed closer to his idea and moved away from being a Marvel film.
Snyder's films were significantly different from Marvel, primarily in their tone. The DC movies didn't have many jokes, and the atmosphere was always more violent and mature, rather than geared toward a family-friendly audience. While Whedon's version did have some solid laughs, seeing Batman go from brooding to more comical was abrupt and shifted him away from what Snyder was trying to set up. Marvel had perfected their formula, and DC needed to put out their own brand of superhero content, rather than copying their rivals with the Justice League theatrical cut.
Source: THR
