Man of Steel/World War Z

[Kagatob]

Man of Steel. It's opening while extremely visually breathtaking left a bit to be desired from a storytelling perspective. Space faring civilizations should not go extinct when a single planet blows up... ever.
With that said... everything after that point was excellent and the fighting was (nearly) Avengers tier.

Would recommend.

[Kagatob]

Reading only the negative reviews of WWZ is pretty lolworthy, these critics unable to get over the differences between the book and the movie.

Last I checked when you review a film you review the film based on the film not based on how close or far it is to a written title with the same name. Butthurts.

[radditsu]

Originally Posted by Kagatob [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Reading only the negative reviews of WWZ is pretty lolworthy, these critics unable to get over the differences between the book and the movie.

Last I checked when you review a film you review the film based on the film not based on how close or far it is to a written title with the same name. Butthurts.

if you put an intellectual property name on something it will be compared to that ip. If you buy a random zombie script and slap a name on it, you are going to face criticism. Especially if that book or comic is fresh and unique. Iron Man is not a fresh look at a medium. World war Z was.

If you do not want comparison, do not take the financial bump slapping the name on it.

Im kinda sad goyer wrote himself into a corner in this script and had to have superman do some....non superman things. Batman has no joy. Superman is hope and joy and humanity personified. But that is a personal look at the mythos. And nobody has written superman well since grant morrison in all star superman

tweens won't care tho. Spend dad's money

[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by radditsu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im kinda sad goyer wrote himself into a corner in this script and had to have superman do some....non superman things.

Superman is 80 years old. People were complaining that Superman Returns was too much like a rehash of the Christopher Reeve movies, now they're complaining because it's different.

The Vash/Legato moment at the end was the perfect example of that. Superman is a fictional character placed in a fictional city in a world that is supposed to represent the real world. In the real world you can't save everyone, even if you're Superman.

[KessonDaslef]

Originally Posted by Kagatob [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just an F.Y.I. she's 14 and depicted as such... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Yardcore]

I watched Superman today and I give it 10/10. I don't know what hell critics are smoking, this aint Lord of the Rings where you want them to tell the whole story...

I love the destruction and story-line which is long enough to keep me entertained.

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[radditsu]

The world's premier batmanologist take:

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/0...oilers-review/

spoilers obv

[Faerie]

I saw Man of Steel today, and I feel very underwhelmed. Some nice camera work, and the first half of the movie was great, then it was just explosions and dumb lines from the bad guys.

[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by Faerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I saw Man of Steel today, and I feel very underwhelmed. Some nice camera work, and the first half of the movie was great, then it was just explosions and dumb lines from the bad guys.

The exact format that makes hundreds of millions of dollars consistently?

[Klendathu]

I saw it. I dug it ok. I did have a problem with the climatic fight, at least how it ended. I thought there could have been more story line of him growing up. But it was casted well. I thought Cavill was a great Superman. And Amy Adams was the best Lois that any media that's not the comic has put forth in a long time. I think I would have rather seen Russell Crowe play Zod instead of Jor-El, but Michael Shannon was excellent so no problem there. And plenty of room for sequels.

I agree with Radditsu, too. Superman's character just isn't....super. The whole feel was a bit more gritty. Maybe that's just a reflection on society; that's what it takes to put butts in theater seats. (and yeah, All-Star Superman is fucking stellar, too)

Still, enjoyed the flick. I will go see any sequel that is made. Now on to World War Z.