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  Released: 18th March 2021  BBFC Rating:15 Directed by: Zack Snyder Cast: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Jason Mamoa, Hanry Cavill In 2017 Warner bros released what should ahve been a massive hit; a film which brought togther the most iconic characters in the comic book world, a film to bring the DCEU together and to set up the next stage of DC films for years to come. What we got was a film with bad dialogue, poor story, no direction and terrible CGI which for most people, including myself, was a massive letdown. As a result fan outrage pushed Warner Bros to release the original cut of director Zack Snyder which brings us this 4 hour long passion project. Question being, is it any good? Well I think it is ! I think this story is so much better and more true to the previous films as well as the characters, who this time aren't pushed aside and taking massive u-turns but intead feel more human and less characature, espeically those of the Flash and Cyborg. Th...

  I'm going to start of by saying that I firmly belive the Star Trek remakes are heavily underrated, and they are all very good to brillaint films. And yes,while Star Trek Beyond isn't quite what the first to are, I think it still holds up, however today I don't want to talk about that one, I want to discuss my favorite of the 3 and a film which or a long time found itself amoung Dunkirk, John Wick and Hot Fuzz as one of my favorite movies. Starting of I would add quickly that this was infact the first Star Trek movie I had seen, and going in I knew very little the background to the franchise and even the last film. So why does it stand out so much to me? Well theres a numerb of reason that I will get into, but overall I genuinly fele this film gets so much right and manages to do for me what only a few movies do; that is get such a great balance between and adult film and a child-like experience. More on that later though as I want to break down exactly what does it for me...