![]() ![]() Even new characters lack exciting action, like Jena Malone’s character listed on IMDb as “Jenet Klyburn,” which some have speculated is somehow Barbara Gordon, AKA Batgirl (inevitably). ![]() Other additions within "Ultimate Edition" are minor, like an extra phone call between Martha Kent and her super son Clark, or a few more scenes with Laurence Fishburne’s Perry White complaining about reporter Clark being distracted with investigating Gotham’s obvious crime problem. Instead, we already have the talking heads montage of people like Neil deGrasse Tyson and documentary filmmaker Vikram Gandhi verbalizing a question about Superman’s god status. ![]() This subplot about Batman and Superman’s collective influence on society could have been tackled succinctly with some good writing. These two stories provide a larger scope of the influence the title heroes have on the world, which ultimately speaks to the poor visual storytelling of the original cut-that instead of presenting cogent ideas within narrative, it relies on direct, flat representations, like visualizing the debate about Superman’s purpose by literally putting him on trial. The most distinct additions regard two subplots for minor characters: one, a woman who witnessed Superman’s appearance in Africa and helps spread the lie that he killed innocent people, and, two, a convict whose doomed fate after being branded by Batman indicates how influential the Dark Knight has become within the justice system. Those two qualifications don’t mean that there’s an extra (or extended) bloody fight scene or that Batman says the “F” word more than two times, but that a lot of fat has been surgically reattached. First, the main event: a three-hour version of the original movie ( reviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz here), now boasting a toothless R-rating and 30 extra minutes. ![]()
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