Man of Steel
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:36 pm
So what does everyone think of the new Superman flick?
Personally I'm very impressed. Great script, direction, production design, casting... A "serious" Superman depiction that's neither too dark nor slowly paced. Huge improvement from Superman Returns (or "Superman Lifts" lol) with lots of very-cool action towards the end. I thought the "controversial" ending was appropriate, since Supes's ideals are still in development - he doesn't put on the suit and suddenly decide what is and isn't off-limits. Plus his choices are narrowed by circumstance, one of the film's themes.
I really don't understand the poor critical and fan reaction. io9's really been dumping on it. Guess they all want wise-cracking Avengers nonsense all the time, so no pleasing 'em.
Personally I'm very impressed. Great script, direction, production design, casting... A "serious" Superman depiction that's neither too dark nor slowly paced. Huge improvement from Superman Returns (or "Superman Lifts" lol) with lots of very-cool action towards the end. I thought the "controversial" ending was appropriate, since Supes's ideals are still in development - he doesn't put on the suit and suddenly decide what is and isn't off-limits. Plus his choices are narrowed by circumstance, one of the film's themes.
I really don't understand the poor critical and fan reaction. io9's really been dumping on it. Guess they all want wise-cracking Avengers nonsense all the time, so no pleasing 'em.