so
after watching zack snyder's justice
league one of the main points that i
left
the film with was surrounding how zack
snyder ended his trilogy
with a particular message the film
focused on this throughout and it was
interesting to see how snyder weaved a
perfect superhero
message throughout his free films in
this video essay
i'm going to be discussing what this is
alongside detailing why it is so
important this analysis will also
contain spoilers
so if you do happen to be someone who
hasn't seen the film
or snyder's trilogy then i would
recommend watching this video after
you've seen it
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let's dive into the perfect message of
zack snyder's justice league
so over the last few days we've had some
information from warner media
that suggests that the snyder verse may
not continue
and that the snyder cut of justice
league was a cul-de-sac for the
filmmaker
now you already know my thoughts on this
particular issue
and with snyder having set out to end
this story after five films
we may have been looking at a completely
different story message that he
planned but regardless of there being a
snyder cut sequel
or not the story that the director told
beginning with man of steel and evolving
through to
justice league is one that in my opinion
has a perfect answer
even though zack snyder's films work as
a universe building story
one thing that i hugely admire about the
trilogy
is that each film has its own messages
that speaks to not just the world around
us
but the characters that occupy the world
of the story
each film works on its own built story
and this is something that say the dark
knight trilogy worked so well with yes
snyder's trilogy is more connected to
universe building than nolan's
but on its own merits each film has a
strong
individual story to tell with certain
messages and
meanings but the perfect message that
i'm alluding to
started with man of steel in man of
steel we got a movie
about fathers aside from all the lengthy
action sequences that critics and some
audience members
gave mixed reactions to there's a real
story that sticks with how
superman was originally conceived we
learn about superman's birth on krypton
to jaw l played by russell crowe his
adoptive earth dad
jonathan kent played by kevin costner
and how superman must save the planet
all while figuring out whether to use
the gifts he has
to help people or not throughout the
film
superman has flashbacks to smallville
kansas
and in doing so he finds his true self
meanwhile the audience gathers
information to aid in understanding the
depth of his character
we watch as clark finds his fortress of
solitude
it is there he finds his suit and learns
the crest on the suit
is a symbol of hope in this same scene
joe l explains exactly how clark has
been given
certain powers it is only after this
moment
that clark begins to push his own limits
eventually learning to fly
without such guiding from jaw l it's
debatable that superman would ever learn
to fly
literally and figuratively in another
flashback
clark talks with his earthly father
jonathan kent
jonathan in explaining how he came to
live with the kents
says to clark i have to believe you were
sent here for a reason
even if it takes the rest of your life
you owe it to yourself to find out why
that
is in a great father-son moment jonathan
says to clark
you have to decide what kind of man you
want to be
good character or bad that man will
change the world
superman had a great biological father
in joel
and a great adoptive father in jonathan
kent
we watch as he struggles to live as a
human
and superhuman throughout the film with
this tension
unfolding in the two fatherly
relationships
with joe l the idea of living and using
superpowers is a given
in stark contrast jonathan struggles to
keep his son's powers
from the scrutiny of public for fear of
misunderstanding
or unneeded attention living in that
tension between being human
and superhuman is where man of still
wins
in the end man of steel depicts a man
whose biological father
and adoptive father sacrificed
themselves to save their son
it's a film that depicts sacrificial
love and selflessness
as the true nature of fatherhood making
it a movie worth watching
for its integral meaning then if we look
at batman v
superman dawn of justice we get a movie
that centers
around mothers now yes the martha
dilemma is a
famously mocked moment between batman
and superman
but it's one that is vital to the story
and also one that is
ingrained in the audience's mindset
right from the opening frame of the film
we learn throughout the movie that
batman is a tortured soul
due to his parents death and his
nightmares stem from it
the last word coming out of his father's
mouth before he died
in the opening scene was martha but to
batman and superman their characters
stem from their mothers
as a rich and spoiled child bruce was
close to his mother
and she was everything to him now i'm
sure a lot of viewers didn't realize
that both batman and superman's mothers
had
the same name but like the movie shows
us
saying martha's name triggers batman's
trauma and seeing superman down
on the ground struggling to say his
mother's name
it reminds bruce of his father saying
the exact
same words while standing there ready to
kill him
it places bruce as the murderer and he
realizes in this moment
how far he'd taken things even in a
general way
he realizes how much of a fanatic he has
become
it's a fight that draws down to the
personal connections
that these two titans have and we get
into the soul
of what drives them dramatically and
emotionally
the very first scene of the movie in
showing the death of bruce wayne's
parents
connects to the eventual aftermath of
the fight
batman sees the humanity in superman
that we saw in man of steel
through the eyes of his two fathers and
with both of them connecting
through their mothers it gives them a
reason to join
they've both been broken so much in the
film and throughout their history
falling to the level of lex luthor but
this moment is where
it changes and is almost the beginning
of character redemption
for batman immediately he goes and saves
superman's mother
giving him some sense of relief that he
didn't feel after the death of his
own mother he can't save her but he can
regain his sense of character
that stemmed from his parents but this
message
is then carried through to zack snyder's
justice league
the snyder cut evolves into a message
about individuality
through togetherness the loss that every
character faces
helps them to eventually connect and
also become their own heroes in the
world
again we see messages here surrounding
the problems of
fatherhood and parentship but we go
beyond that in justice league
to see their full redemption arcs too
zack snyder could have just
built a story of coming together and
shown the joys of this team in action
that is what joss whedon tried to focus
on more prominently
with his cup but he lost the essence of
each of their characters
settling for a joyful tone that had no
big sense of threat
or a conversation on the character's
limitations
what the snyder cut does is focus on
showing the limitations and struggles
of every character in the justice league
connects this to their origin
or parents and shows how they can begin
to get past
these issues it's much more interesting
to watch the story unfold this way
and it stays in line with how the
previous two movies
were about the breakdown of superheroes
in society
through the struggles of personal growth
in its very
essence the snyder cut allows the
breathing room
for this perfect message to be put in
the spotlight
through each of the characters starting
with batman
we know from the previous movie that he
is on an arc of redemption
not just of his own character and living
up to the way
name but also superman he wants to do
the right thing after clark's death
bringing together this group of broken
heroes
like he was in the previous movie and
stopping a threat which is bigger than
your average crime
we see that he is still struggling to
get over his sins
once the nightmare sequence pops up but
we know that throughout the movie
batman now operates on faith he says
this to alfred before setting off with
the justice league to stop stefan wolfe
and it's a perfect full circle for his
character
after what he tried to do in the
previous movie he's trying to make his
mother
and father proud becoming his own hero
through uniting the team
and saving the world from annihilation
then when we look at cyborg
we get another continuation of the
message of growing individuality
we are treated to the entire origin of
victor stone
in which he was a star college
quarterback who was killed in a car
accident
along with his mother on the way back
from a game
brought back to life with the mother box
by his estranged father
vic feels isolated and alone as a modern
day version of frankenstein's monster
cyborg's connection with his father
helps to further facilitate cyborg as
the center of the film
much of his arc is about coming to terms
with who he
is as the man of two worlds and
forgiving his father
for not being there for him reflecting
part of aquaman
and superman's arcs 2 in a different way
vic is of earth and of apocalypse the
latter of which makes him the key to
defeating stephenwolf
if he can find a way to accept himself
before it's too
late it's one of the most essential
additions to the overall justice league
story and it's a mission feels
especially glaring
when you compare the two cuts of the
film moving on to clark
kent we get some more quiet moments of
reflection
alongside lois lane and martha as he
slowly comes back to life after being
revived by the group
the moment in which clark selects his
black suit
also features a dual voice-over
conversation
between joe l and jonathan kent from man
of steel
as they remind superman of his
importance to not only earth
but the galaxy as well it serves as a
touchstone to the previous films and
their messages
which started the entire dc eu and
begins to move the character forward as
a character he has gone from learning
who he has to be in the world to
confronting the world's view of him
and now after revival he is in the
process of becoming that true hero
for everyone with wonder woman we also
watch how diana learns about the mother
boxes function
after seeing the fire in the amazon
temple during these moments we learned
that she can't go back to femiskira
and we see her struggles within that we
see her learning about the mother boxes
before she details it all to bruce
and at the end of the film she looks out
towards her island
this mainly suggests that she wants to
connect with her people once again
and form that broken bond showing the
importance of the message
in each of the characters individuality
which helps to push forward togetherness
with aquaman we have something similar
he's an
alcoholic who at the time of this film
hasn't risen to his mother's trident
and it's only until the events of this
film where stephen wolf
infiltrates and takes the guarded mother
box that he tries to gain some dignity
back
and then finally with the flash we see
his very clear problems with becoming
his own person
he has these incredible powers and his
father who is in jail
wants him to move on and succeed by
putting his foot through the door
after barry forms with the team and
essentially saves the world with one
move through time
he does finally move on not just amongst
these
other titans but also individually
he tells his dads the great news of
getting a job
and this is a moving on points for the
character
who struggles to find what he wanted to
be and how he wanted to use his powers
so with all of these character arcs we
get a clear evolution
of the message that zack snyder laid out
the perfect message of the trilogy is
that these characters have evolved into
their own heroes
and have learnt to deal with their
familial struggles
of course it would be interesting to see
where snyder would evolve
this message with two more justice
league films and the leaked storyboards
for
justice league 2 and 3 definitely
suggest
some important moments however at least
we were able to see
a basic completion of the message that
snyder set in motion
with man of steel snyder can clearly
relate to it
in the wake of his own familial tragedy
and you see the power of it
in his trilogy alongside this the whole
trilogy of snyder dc eu
films is about parents family and how
this
evolves man of steel is a movie about
the connection to
fathers batman v superman is a movie
about the connection to
mothers and zack snyder's justice league
is a movie about these individuals who
come together through accepting
themselves
they all have dealt with loss which
mainly connects to each of their parents
and the forming of the justice league
has helped them begin to recover
they may not have fully recovered but
their faith in being better
and their healing process has begun
but that was my video discussing the
important message
of the justice league snyder cut i
really hope that down the line we do
get to see the future potential with the
snyder verse realized
especially with a continuation of the
messages that snyder pushed in his free
films
it does look unlikely but i guess many
people
said the same thing about the snyder cut
and look how that turned out
hopefully it will continue to be a
success and warner media
could see the value in continuing all of
these different universes
for dc but what do you think of my
analysis
for zack snyder's trilogy message and
how would you like to see this be
evolved
in a future movie if of course we do get
one
let me know down below in the comment
section
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