Man of Steel (possible spoilers)
I watched Man of Steel yesterday with my Dad and brother and the movie blew me away. I thought it was better than the Dark Knight Trilogy and The Avengers. However I'm biased in that Superman is my favorite superhero, however I will agree that there hasn't been a decent Superman movie in my lifetime (born in 1989). All the characters in that movie were wonderful, the story was unbelievable, the music, the action, it was all super (pun intended). I saw the movie in basic 2D, however, since 3D movies give me a headache. I'll go so far as to say it's the best movie I've ever seen and I'd highly recommend you go see it in theaters.
If I had to nitpick at the movie and find any flaws, the beginning took a little too long to get the movie 'going', but I understand that they're telling the story from the beginning with his birth on Krypton and 'acclimatizing' to his powers on Earth. Also the ending was very abrupt in my opinion. It seemed like they could've taken away 10-15mins from the beginning and added it to the ending, but this is me nitpicking.
Favorite scene:
The scene where General Zod is getting ready to attack Martha Kent and Superman interrupts Zod by spearing him away from his Mom. While the 'flight and fight' is happening, Superman is punching away at Zod in the head and yelling "Don't *wham* touch *wham* my *wham* mother *wham*!!!".
For those of you that have seen the movie, what did you think of it? And for those of you that haven't, WHY NOT!?!?!?!?!?
If I had to nitpick at the movie and find any flaws, the beginning took a little too long to get the movie 'going', but I understand that they're telling the story from the beginning with his birth on Krypton and 'acclimatizing' to his powers on Earth. Also the ending was very abrupt in my opinion. It seemed like they could've taken away 10-15mins from the beginning and added it to the ending, but this is me nitpicking.
Favorite scene:
The scene where General Zod is getting ready to attack Martha Kent and Superman interrupts Zod by spearing him away from his Mom. While the 'flight and fight' is happening, Superman is punching away at Zod in the head and yelling "Don't *wham* touch *wham* my *wham* mother *wham*!!!".
For those of you that have seen the movie, what did you think of it? And for those of you that haven't, WHY NOT!?!?!?!?!?
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Its the same reason I haven't seen the Amazing Spiderman, as I saw Spiderman 1,2, and 3 and was fine with them. The 4 Batman movies of the late 80's/90's were all bad enough that they at least warranted a reboot. Likewise, if the Fantastic Four were to do a reboot I'd probably see it.
Considering how few villains of Superman they've actually brought to the screen, you'd think they'd have someone a little more original than
In closing, I really have no strong argument to oppose seeing this movie. But I probably won't anyways.
Unfortunately, Clark is Superman, so nothing short of foes of epic power are worthy of him. At this point, the director decided that only deity-like foes would be interesting enough, and all the buildings in every scene would have to be destroyed--because they're just that epic.
Overall it was enjoyable, despite the digression of the plot as the story progressed. It also became a bit anti-climactic at the end too; I had simply seen too many things be broken, burned, or otherwise destroyed.
I also think Batman is much, much better. The plot is more involved, Bruce Wayne is a better-rounded character, and the villains are simply the best of all the superhero movies I've seen.
But this movie just blow my mind. First Superman movie I could actually relate to the main superhero in some way, could see his character development, see him fight with powerful enemies and it is first time I've ever thought of Man of Steel to be really cool. Not to mention amazing music, action and CGI. This is one of the best movies I've seen lately.
And also
I had lunch with a friend last week who didn't like it. He gave me the impression that he only likes campy interpretations of comic book superheroes. He complained that the film was humorless, and never made him laugh. He said the ending went on way too long, and he just kept thinking about all those people dying in those buildings that were going down. (The death toll from the ending would have surely reached the millions - but that intensified the drama and the tragedy of it for me.) This other friend asked "why does the world need a darker version of Superman?
I told him that I like to have my superhero stories told seriously, and not with tongue-in-cheek comedic overtones. This was the first time I'd seen a superhero movie done that shows "what would really happen if..."
Based on what I've heard from my friends and from critics, the new Man of Steel movie is dividing fans into "loved it" and "hated it" camps.
I'll watch it eventually, most likely, when it shows up on Netflix or otherwise crosses my path in a form I don't have to pay for/put any effort into getting to.
I think when you watch it, though, you have to remember that this is Christopher Nolan's DC, and as such it has very different parameters. Don't go into the theater expecting to see someone fighting for "Truth, Justice, and the American Way", because this isn't that Superman. And it shouldn't be; it's a reboot, not a remake.
Also, I'm pretty sure that in Nolan's universe, Jimmy Olson is a girl. And I'm a little bit tickled by that.
And, interestingly, this movie seems to be sparking "theological" debate about whether "Supermanianity" ought to emphasize Superman's divinity or Superman's humanity.
{{raises left eyebrow, lopsidedly grins with left corner of mouth, tongue in right cheek.}}