Today, Thursday the 18th of March, I have something a little different than usual for you guys to read. Especially if you love superhero movies, like batman or superman! 

 Today is the release of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” on HBO MAX! This movie has such a unique background story that I’ve found it really worthy to write something about it! I can see the goodness of God in the story behind this unique movie and would love to share it. I think we should celebrate it when justice manifests out of heaven in the life of a person where there has been an injustice. Let’s go back a few years ago…

Justice League 2017

 It’s 2017, and Warner Bros is releasing the movie Justice League in the theaters. I am so excited to watch this movie, being curious about the continuation of the story after seeing Man of Steel and Batman V Superman. Unfortunately, the excitement was gone very quickly.

 When I saw Justice League (2017), there was a huge disappointment and it wasn’t just me. I heard that many DC Comic fans were also disappointed. I’ve always loved superhero movies, but in my opinion, this was a total disaster! The villain looked like a friendly gummy bear and the character “Flash” was just presented as a dumb joke. Also, the tension built in the movie felt incomplete, the jokes were bad, the CGI looked unfinished and the whole vibe of the movie was more colorful and Marvel-like. The movie felt completely out of balance compared with Man of Steel and Batman V Superman. 

The Snyder Cut

 It wasn’t until later that I heard the rumor of a Snyder Cut. A whole movement of fans was birthed out of this, to see Zack Snyder’s original version of Justice League be released. This is when I began to understand why Justice League 2017 felt like such a mess. There has been going on a lot of stuff behind the scenes in the making of Justice League 2017. 

  Zack Snyder, known for Man of Steel and Batman V Superman, was also named as the director of Justice League 2017. However, even though he wrote the script for Justice League, everything kinda changed when he had a family tragedy (his daughter committed suicide), and Joss Whedon was hired by Warner Bros to finish the directing of his movie after he left.

  Even though Zack had an original plan for Justice League, he was not able to finish his vision he had worked for so hard. Zack’s vision would actually have a storyline that would consist of 5 movies in total! (Man of Steel, Batman V Superman, Justice League and, 2 other movies continuing the storyline) Sadly, he had to leave, because of the death of his daughter Autumn. Warner Bros themselves did not wait for Zack Snyder to come back that he might finish his vision of the movie. They still pushed the movie to the screens with almost all of the script completely changed and rewritten, now directed by Joss Whedon.

 It is very sad when you’ve worked so hard on something, and not just have to leave because of a family tragedy, but also not being allowed to finish something you worked for so hard, and have that ruined by someone else. When the movie came out, it was so bad that even Zack’s wife told him to not watch it, because she knew how much he would be disappointed. And as far as we know, until this day, Zack still has not watched Justice League 2017 since its release.

 Hearing about all the things Zack Snyder went through, really made me curious about his version of the film. I even prayed for him that there would be justice for both him and the fans of the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement! I even went into the courts of heaven by faith, and asked Father if it was possible to judge this situation that there would be justice for Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Haha 

Justice for the Justice League

 Three years later, after Justice League 2017, there was an announcement that Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be released! Zack Snyder is getting justice for his vision of the film, and this is such a unique story situation. Fans from all over the world have been petitioning and fighting for his version of the movie to still be finished and released. This says something about the love and support of the fans for Zack Snyder!

  VanityFair has written an excellent article about #ReleaseTheSnyderCut and all of the story behind it with more details. I encourage you to read it if you want to know more about the true story! This post is simply my understanding of the story behind Zack Snyder’s Justice League, but the article of VanityFair is more facts-based because they interviewed Zack Snyder. You can find the article here.

Our Father in the movie industry

 Knowing the story behind this movie has really gotten my attention. What I love about this, is that Zack, known as a man of integrity, even though he goes through brokenness, gets his vision restored, because of a whole movement of fans all over the world fighting for him. I don’t know about you, but I see Jesus in this, and the heart of our Father. A couple of months ago I’ve been going deeper in my relationship with Papa God. And I’m learning to see even more that He is a good Father. And as scripture says, He makes it rain both on the just and the unjust. 

that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. – Matthew 5:45

  So when I learned about Zack Snyder’s journey, I could see the love of our Father bringing justice to his vision for Justice League, whether he is a believer or not. For God so loved the world, not just Christians, that He gave His son, that whoever would believe in Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.

You can watch Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO MAX and for us, in the Netherlands, it is also available on Pathé Thuis.

Blessings!