12 Reasons Why Justice League Is Worse Than Batman V Superman
2. It's A Patchwork Of Scenes Rather Than A Cohesive Film
Although Whedon's comedy, for the most part, doesn't land, his new scenes ultimately don't work because they stick out like a sore thumb. The director's material feels hastily slapped together compared to the rest of the movie, trading in the cinematic style of Snyder for the TV-inspired shot-reverse-shot standard Whedon is known for.
It's not great, but had the film all been photographed in that style it would have at least felt cohesive. Instead it's indicative of the two competing visions of both directors battling for dominance throughout the whole flick. Whedon and Snyder don't complement each other at all, which results in a fragmented movie that trades in the most interesting elements of both directors for their biggest flaws.
Consequently, Snyder's style-over-substance approach is present in abundance, while Whedon's "quirky" comedy is more overbearing than ever. The problem is these elements are usually in service of a grander aim, a means to an end in other films, whereas in Justice League they're an end in and of themselves.
Zack Snyder's ideas are present in every frame of Batman v Superman, and while you could argue that they aren't good ideas, it at least makes for a movie that doesn't come across like a by-committee hatchet job.