Man of Steel
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Won't lie, I was disappointed.
I have to admit to not being a fan of Zac Snyder. He takes stories and characters I care about and somehow gives me a soulless rendition of them.
I have to admit to not being a fan of Zac Snyder. He takes stories and characters I care about and somehow gives me a soulless rendition of them.
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I'd put this at 7/10. The tone was all wrong, Reeves nailed what the tone should be. Superman as dark and gritty makes no sense. Also, I love action movies, but this movie had more explosions than in Transformers 1, 2 and 3 combined. Michael Bay would be proud.
In regards to the discussion about Superman looking jacked and weightlifting I always wondered if it was worth it to hire a dietician and a good trainer for a summer or something just to get big and break all your plateaus. From there I hear it is easier to stay in relative good shape due to muscle memory. Of course if people don't have to work etc., but I am a single guy with no kids who wouldn't mind busting his ass for a summer and then just having to maintain it.
Just got back.
It was an impressive movie. No complaints. Everything was very well done; the gfx, soundtrack, etc. The standouts for me were Costner and Crowe.
Can't wait for the next one.
It was an impressive movie. No complaints. Everything was very well done; the gfx, soundtrack, etc. The standouts for me were Costner and Crowe.
Can't wait for the next one.
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As an aside about people that wonder if they should stay through the credits of movies, I have an awesome app on my phone (android, no idea if ios has it) called RunPee. Yes, it essentially tells you when the best times to get up and pee are so you are prepared ahead of time. All jokes about me being 44 aside, I don't use it for that (I pee before I ever go in!), I use it for the fact that it also lists if there is anything after the credits, and how long those credits run. That's how I knew it wasn't worth waiting 10 minutes after Iron Man 3 (regardless of how good or bad the extra bits were) and I'd just go watch it on YouTube. It seems to be incredibly accurate even during midnight showings, so I'd imagine they get a lot of info from pre-screenings. And it's free of course.
This is the Superman movie I have been waiting decades for. I have no idea what the critics' problem was, because I still have yet to read a significant criticism of this movie. Even people's gripes here are along the lines of "my attention span wasn't long enough" or "he wasn't like the old Superman". I would rank this just as good as Avengers or Dark Knight. It had an amazing performance from Shannon as the villain, humor spaced throughout the movie, and the massive world ending fight scenes I have always wanted from a Superman movie. It was the perfect remake of Superman 2 and had multiple homages to that movie. The only two things I can possibly take issue with are:
edit Michael Shannon was Zod, not Henry Cavill
-Killing Zod was very against the Superman mythos, but I wonder if he has ever killed a villain that threatened the entire Earth in the comics before.
-Why didn't the Kryptonians just terraform Mars?
-Why didn't the Kryptonians just terraform Mars?
edit Michael Shannon was Zod, not Henry Cavill
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That's what happens when you spend your entire life working in a farm field.
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lol Jay at RLM is trashing Man of iHOP.
The entire last 45 minutes is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Sooooo wrong-headed and insane. Hey you know what conjures up feelings of heroism and excitement? Superman kissing Lois Lane while having the ashes of thousands of dead people rain down on them!
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Sure, but the problem is that none of the characters in these movies seems to CARE about this! With the level of destruction at the end of Man of Steel, you can assume that hundreds of thousands of people have just died violently, but thank Heavens that Superman saved Lois Lane! It's the dumb ending of Into Darkness cranked up to an even more absurd level.
I generally avoid looking at other reviews before we shoot our episodes, but we shot last night so I've been browsing some stuff this morning, and even the more negative reviews I've looked at don't mention the level of insanity and mayhem the end of Man of Steel reaches. It's one of the most absurd and baffling things I've seen in a long time and nobody seems to be talking about it.
This movie broke my brain.
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Sure, but the problem is that none of the characters in these movies seems to CARE about this! With the level of destruction at the end of Man of Steel, you can assume that hundreds of thousands of people have just died violently, but thank Heavens that Superman saved Lois Lane! It's the dumb ending of Into Darkness cranked up to an even more absurd level.
I generally avoid looking at other reviews before we shoot our episodes, but we shot last night so I've been browsing some stuff this morning, and even the more negative reviews I've looked at don't mention the level of insanity and mayhem the end of Man of Steel reaches. It's one of the most absurd and baffling things I've seen in a long time and nobody seems to be talking about it.
This movie broke my brain.
This.
Amazing from start to finish. The action sequences were brilliant, especially with the kryptonian bitch noob saibating army bros.
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I'll give them that one; that's a valid point.
That said, I thought the movie was generally awesome, and Superman is the mainstream superhero I've traditionally given the fewest fucks about (aside from maybe Aquaman), so the fact I enjoyed it this much was a pleasant surprise.
On a semi-related note, I recently got the urge to replay Prototype 2, and while watching Man of Steel I found myself really wishing that dev team was still around to make a Superman game; some of the action sequences felt really Prototype-esque (well, with significantly less gore), and they might've actually been able to make a Superman game that let you feel like Superman.
