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I think that you and I are in the same boat for our love of the character. That’s why to me, Man of Steel is infuriating. It is such a missed opportunity to showcase a great character. And it truly does come down to Snyder not respecting the character. With Superman, you don’t dirty him up. You don’t have him moping, and you don’t have him riddled with self-doubt.It was a Superman movie made by a guy who admits he never got Superman's appeal, and it shows. It also seems to appeal to people with that same viewpoint - Superman for people who don't like Superman.
Unfortunately for me, I love Superman, so this movie is not for me.
Also, it's poorly-written and quite ugly at times.
But that Zimmer score is magnificent.
I wholeheartedly agree. I usually find Shannon to be a good actor, but I hated his Zod. I know that a lot of people love his monologue before the final fight, but at least in my household we have a running joke whereby we mock his delivery of the “whatever I did I did for the good of my people. But now. I don’t have any peeeepulll” line. We all find it cringey.Am I the only one who didn’t think Shannon was very good as Zod? Don’t get me wrong; he is a GREAT actor and possibly the best actor in MoS. I’m currently watching Waco and he’s amazing in it.
But his Zod just felt… flat to me. Like, the scenes where he’s supposed to be all angry and vengeful, he tries a tad too hard and the rest of the time, he just gives dull exposition. Maybe it’s just because I reeeeeaaaalllly didn’t want them to use Zod again but I just found him and the whole character to be kinda meh.
This for me is still one of my favorite superhero movies. This movie completely knocked my socks off and made me a Superman fan. Yes, it 100% TOTALLY get why its divisive and i see and acknowledge the flaws of the movie. The tone is somber, Snyder's Clark is introverted and we dont really get in his head much (and that continues in BvS and JL), the action can be overbearing at times and yes, the neck snap wasn't 100% necessary. I get it, but I also kind of appreciate the conversation and discourse that emerged from this movie about what Superman is and why he is who he is. I think that was always Snyder's intent, was to get people talking by being a bit controversial in the creative decisions and take a different swing with Superman than we're used to.
But I dont know, the movie resonates with me, I relate to this Superman. The few small, tender moments we did get with Clark and his mom really connected with me emotionally. I liked how protective he was of her. The cinematography in this movie is gorgeous in every frame, Zimmer's score is incredible and one of my favorite movie scores and the action is, in my opinion, some of the best cbm action we've seen to this day. I know some will scoff at it but as someone who grew up with anime seeing Superman engage in Dragonball Z like battles with Zod and the kryptonians was immaculate. I never thought we'd ever see that kind of action realized in live action up until that point and it knocked my socks off.
So, yeah I absolutely love this movie still. Should it have been the start of a whole universe? no, probably not but as a standalone Superman movie it works very well for me. I just wish Snyder gave Cavill the chance to really spread his wings in the role, he really didnt get a fair shake at it.
It tells us he has morally bankrupt fathers.In my opinion, A good Superhero origin story should give the audience an understanding of the hero's morals and values.
Man of Steel did none of that. It never actually tells us anything about Clark as a character beyond "Had a hard childhood" and "might be a hero".
Not even the score, SB?All I know, all the stuff people praise did nothing for me and I checked out of the movie the moment Clark let his dad die, after his dad saying he didn't need to save everyone.
Not as bad as "letting yourself get raped, but take away their power as they do it", but up there. Can't wait for his combining of morals with Star Wars.
That's because you were distracted playing with all the awesome giant monsters you own.It didn't stick with me when I watched the movie, so no.