some directors need an extended run time to space out and tell a gripping story, but i'm not sure he's one of them. i would love to watch this out of somewhat morbid curiosity, with the theatrical cut being arbitrarily capped at 2 hours without him, and because i mostly like his stuff, but IMO his best movie is under 2 hours (300). i guess at this point i would like to know what he's doing after this. i think overall comic book movie (sorry, guys) fans have spoken, and his vision of them isn't what the people want now. what else does he have up his sleeve?