Great acting, great casting, very good production, and I really appreciated the changes to the core story. My only issue was the power level- after seeing a few buildings leveled it becomes tedious. It also makes a Justice League movie problematic- the power levels they showed were Dragon Ball Z-esque. It would have been much better toned down some.
Spoiler warning If you're powerful enough to survive (and even thrive) being punched through multiple skyscrapers, how can your neck be so easily broken? On Jun 17, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. I really enjoyed the movie. > ***Kinda SPOILERS*** > > > > What is interesting to me is that the filmed seemed more like an alien/alien > invasion movie than a Superman movie and I had no problem with that. I don't > read any of the Superman titles and have only read some monumental stories in > the past and from what I know from all the stories written about Superman I > don't recall the story ever written from this point of view, like it focused > mostly on the fact that we (humans) have an alien among us and now we are > being invaded to be annihilated by this alien's people. > Good stuff. Really, really loved the battles. However, I kept calling fowl on > the portrayal of all the people still hanging around Metropolis while it was > being devastated. During that time, and I hate to bring this up, I kept > thinking of September 2001 when NY was being targeted and the World Trade > Center was collapsing and how I saw videos everywhere of people running away > in terror. I honestly don't think there would have been so many people > hanging around Metropolis while 20, 30, 60 story buildings were collapsing > everywhere around them. At least, in my case, I think I would be running, > driving, finding whatever means necessary to get out of the city. > Casting was pretty decent. I like Amy Adams but I found it hard to accept her > as Lois Lane. Laurence Fishburne as Perry White was pretty awesome. I was > really hoping Jimmy Olsen would pop up at some time. Henry Cavill was pretty > darn good as Superman. Didn't really care for Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent. > I like Diane Lane but I didn't really like her as Martha Kent either. > Did anyone catch any hidden gems? Did anyone notice the Lexcorp tanker truck > being thrown by Zod at Superman. That was the only one I noticed. > Overall it was a really enjoyable movie. I went in with pretty low > expectations, despite the recent enticing trailers, and came out not > disappointed. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > I cannot speak for anyone else, but I saw Man Of Steel on Saturday and I > thought it was fantastic. The story, the acting, the action, the effects, > all of it. This was the movie that I had wished that Superman Returns was > when it was released. > > I liked that it was a "serious" movie but not brooding and nihilistic like > the Dark Knight movies. Superman retained an aura of hope, honesty, and > goodwill the entire time. And the action! Wow! Having watched Superman II > on HBO last week by chance, I can honestly say that a battle between > Kryptonians has finally "arrived!" Unlike a lot of modernist frenetic action > movies, this one was up-tempo but still comprehensible. Every atttack and > counterattack made sense and it was not cut like a music video. Just an > absolute blast. > > Like I said, I can only speak for myself. But this movie delivered the goods > in spades. > > On Friday, June 14, 2013 9:14:04 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > http://thrillbent.com/blog/man-of-steel-since-you-asked/ > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
