This film seems to have a very mixed reaction from people, but I thought it was great myself. I'm not usually one for big CGI clusterfuck setpieces, but damn the action in this impressed me.

I did not like this movie. It just seemed like a great big mess to me. I think I smiled twice throughout it, at least when you don't count the times that I was laughing at silly dialogue. Not that it was necessarily riddled with it, but there were some moments that I couldn't keep a straight face through.

This was a movie that, to me, was too long and yet not long enough. Scenes needed more breathing time. They just sort of all blurred together. By the end it had all felt so rushed, but at the same time I couldn't wait to just get to the end. Maybe this should have been a two-parter?

I don't know, maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I was just tired and grumpy because it was after midnight and I haven't had much sleep lately. But I was disappointed.

FTFY.

So, Benedict Cumberbatch again?

My reaction to this was pretty mixed too.  I came away from this film a bit annoyed and disappointed.  I had high hopes that this would be the better film this summer...  Sadly, it seems to fit right in there with the dark knight rises.

go ahead and rage against me, I don't care.  it looks as if this summer isn't turning out much better than last summer...

I liked it, but didn't care. Same as Returns.

But I did make one observation that seems oddly crucial to this film and other modern filmmaking.

Tell me about Superman, as if you had only seen this movie. Don't tell me what happened to Superman, tell me about him. Describe Superman as a person. Imagine you're setting me up on a date with him. Who is he?

Right? Nothing.

"Character development" in this movie (and other recent ones I can think of) boils down to simply showing formative experiences, without showing how they actually formed the character. You never see how someone reacts to their circumstances, or reconciles them.

You find out that something has happened to someone, and then you see them later. That's modern character development. My contention is that we shouldn't see what happens to them and then not see how they build their life afterwards, we should see the opposite. We should hear that something awful happened to a character, as we learn more about what they're doing now and how they're managing. Character is personality, and personality is internal reactions - not external events.

Anyway. Movie happened. Disliked score. Come at me Alex.

He's intelligent, caring and has a deep connection to those closest to him (as evident by flipping shit when Zod showed up at the farm). Initially, he's a man conflicted about his identity. He wants to change and embrace who he really is but doesn't know if the world is ready to accept him. Eventually, he overcomes this internal dilemma and exposes himself to the world because it's more important for him to protect the innocent than protect himself.

I believe you just got told sir.

i have to agree with Teague here.  Alot of reacent movies don' t have great characters that you can describe w/o talking about what happened to them.  This movie somewhat notwithstanding.  You can say however that many of the characters in this don't change much.

The Pa Kent death scene was done really well.  We finally see superman's reaction to something instead of just having a blank face or grimacing.

heh, I guess since it's a glowingly positive review he felt compelled to start with something inflammatory to keep his cred intact.

to be fair, I can sorta see what he means when he says "real filmmaker" - although I'd include Nolan in that category even if White doesn't.

Ang Lee, Chis Nolan, Zack Snyder, Michel Gondry, Kenneth Branagh, Joss Whedon

And those are just the ones I noticed quickly scrolling through the list of superhero movies that came out since Burtons Batman...

I see you're using the school of douche definition of "real filmmaker".

Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2013-06-15 19:13:19)

Yeah, Zack Snyder is who Almond White meant by the term 'real filmmaker'.

Does The Green Hornet count as a 'Superhero' film?