Man of Steel
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Amzin
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That sounds pretty bad. I mean, it is already on shaky legs with time travel being a major plot point, but there's deus ex machina just in that brief write-up. It just steals ideas from Red Son, the new Batman movies, etc. The marketing idea is decent though.
Foggy
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saw this too. thought it was the perfect description for this dump of a movie.
OK, I've seen it 3 times now, which is enough time for the whole thing to sink in. Did I like it on first viewing? Yeah. Did it start to suck on repeat viewings? Yeah.
Let's see:
1. No character growth. At all.
2. Superfluous changes to characters for the simple sake of getting as many butts in the seat as possible.
3. Zod's character doesn't work with the idea that Kryptonians are genetically engineered to fit roles in their society.
4. Lois Lane could have been completely removed from the movie and it wouldn't have changed a whole lot.
5. Jonathan Kent was a bipolar sociopath who died needlessly by his own idiocy.
6. That giant fucking spider (it's a "world engine"!)
7. The complete disregard for all the thousands of people killed in the end battle.
You know, Man of Steel is just a reaction to the last movie. Not enough fighting? OK, lets have the last 45 minutes be nothing but people getting punched through skyscrapers. Too much character development and sappyness? Ok, we'll just cut that out. Not enough "epicness"? OK, lets do an alien invasion and completely destroy Metropolis!
I'm not as vehemently disgusted with Man of Steel as some of you folks; I don't think it's an awful movie, I just think it could have been a lot better had they actually made it character driven instead of event driven. When you make a film like this on the scale that they did, city destroying events don't matter to an audience unless you show developed characters dealing with the destruction and death. The audience needs someone to empathize with, and since there was no character development, I really didn't give a fuck about anybody in Metropolis during the city-smashing scene, even Perry and Jenny. And Supes didn't even make an effort to save anybody, except for Lois.
And when I saw Jon Peters as "Producer" when the credits started rolling, I figured out why it wasn't as good as it could have been. That guy is an incredible douchebag and I'd love to know how he continues to own the rights to Superman films. I mean, he must have bought them after Superman IV tanked and got them for a great deal. But he's the reason why we haven't had a good Superman movie in decades.
All in all I'd rate Man of Steel at about a 5 out of 10. The effects were top notch, the action was abusively dragged out, but well done. The characters, character arcs and story were the usual Hollywood shit though. So I'm gonna plop this in the "Movies that were OK, but would have been much better had the studio and producers actually given a shit about it."
Let's see:
1. No character growth. At all.
2. Superfluous changes to characters for the simple sake of getting as many butts in the seat as possible.
3. Zod's character doesn't work with the idea that Kryptonians are genetically engineered to fit roles in their society.
4. Lois Lane could have been completely removed from the movie and it wouldn't have changed a whole lot.
5. Jonathan Kent was a bipolar sociopath who died needlessly by his own idiocy.
6. That giant fucking spider (it's a "world engine"!)
7. The complete disregard for all the thousands of people killed in the end battle.
You know, Man of Steel is just a reaction to the last movie. Not enough fighting? OK, lets have the last 45 minutes be nothing but people getting punched through skyscrapers. Too much character development and sappyness? Ok, we'll just cut that out. Not enough "epicness"? OK, lets do an alien invasion and completely destroy Metropolis!
I'm not as vehemently disgusted with Man of Steel as some of you folks; I don't think it's an awful movie, I just think it could have been a lot better had they actually made it character driven instead of event driven. When you make a film like this on the scale that they did, city destroying events don't matter to an audience unless you show developed characters dealing with the destruction and death. The audience needs someone to empathize with, and since there was no character development, I really didn't give a fuck about anybody in Metropolis during the city-smashing scene, even Perry and Jenny. And Supes didn't even make an effort to save anybody, except for Lois.
And when I saw Jon Peters as "Producer" when the credits started rolling, I figured out why it wasn't as good as it could have been. That guy is an incredible douchebag and I'd love to know how he continues to own the rights to Superman films. I mean, he must have bought them after Superman IV tanked and got them for a great deal. But he's the reason why we haven't had a good Superman movie in decades.
All in all I'd rate Man of Steel at about a 5 out of 10. The effects were top notch, the action was abusively dragged out, but well done. The characters, character arcs and story were the usual Hollywood shit though. So I'm gonna plop this in the "Movies that were OK, but would have been much better had the studio and producers actually given a shit about it."
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I saw it once in the theaters. It didn't warrant the price of two more tickets.
If you didn't leave metropolis when they started the machine, you deserved to die.
Also, Zod and Superman fought for miles and miles. How did Lois catch up to them? (the only problem I had with the whole movie)
Also, Zod and Superman fought for miles and miles. How did Lois catch up to them? (the only problem I had with the whole movie)
Lois showing up out of the blue was the only jarring moment of the movie for me. But, had Snyder set up her arrival properly, it would have added length and detracted from the film as a whole.
Give me more Antje Traue on the blueray and I'll forgive the whole thing.
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for anyone who reads comic books, they should junk the entire origin and steal any of these 3...
1. squadron supreme
2. irredeemable
3. invincible
i mean in these modern times, how is kansas all american? it's the home of the westboro baptist church!
superman's modern age origin should have been he lands in the woods, a gay or lesbian couple decide to camp near there and find a baby ka el, they've been rejected twice by adoption agencies, cuz of politics, but are well off enough and really want a kid. They take an immediate 1 year road trip around the US and tell friends they are campaigning in one of those baby farms, like cambodia or where ever angelina and brad pitt find their spawn. They come back to their place with a new asian baby, that's right superman now has slanty eyes, heck in the 90's cartoons when he got mad, he looked pretty asian, i should know i've been one my whole life. And just to be "cute" they give him those hipster glasses that are in now, cuz well he's asian, all asians wear glasses! And what's a better secret identity than asian nerd?
that would at least be more interesting than a white boy version of DBZ, hell goku had more personality than this ka el.
1. squadron supreme
2. irredeemable
3. invincible
i mean in these modern times, how is kansas all american? it's the home of the westboro baptist church!
superman's modern age origin should have been he lands in the woods, a gay or lesbian couple decide to camp near there and find a baby ka el, they've been rejected twice by adoption agencies, cuz of politics, but are well off enough and really want a kid. They take an immediate 1 year road trip around the US and tell friends they are campaigning in one of those baby farms, like cambodia or where ever angelina and brad pitt find their spawn. They come back to their place with a new asian baby, that's right superman now has slanty eyes, heck in the 90's cartoons when he got mad, he looked pretty asian, i should know i've been one my whole life. And just to be "cute" they give him those hipster glasses that are in now, cuz well he's asian, all asians wear glasses! And what's a better secret identity than asian nerd?
that would at least be more interesting than a white boy version of DBZ, hell goku had more personality than this ka el.
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