Posted on 06/14/2013 8:02:09 PM PDT by EveningStar
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In this day and age, you can watch the trailer beforehand and know exactly what you were getting, which is mainly special effects.
Really enjoyed the movie. The casting was excellent. Really was great to see Jor-El do more in this movie. Job well done by Russell Crowe. My only complaint would be the shaky camera and the end seemed to drag on a bit too long.
The Jesus allegory was definitely in this movie. Couldn’t escape it.
Can’t wait for the next one and where they take this.
General Zod
It isn't “Gone With The Wind”, IT'S A SUPERMAN MOVIE! You know, like in comic books.
I must say Diane Lane had a stand out performance worthy of an Oscar. Not likely in a Superman Movie.
I would characterize this Superman movie as the “Chronicles of Superman” or Superman meets “The Chronicles of Riddick”, with a few Avatar flying things.
This is one of “THE BEST” Superman movies. If you like Superman, you won't be disappointed.
We saw the 3D version. As with most 3D movies I've seen, there just isn't enough 3D STUFF in it.
Go see it. Take the kids. Have some popcorn and enjoy the show.
i saw it tonight. i, too, loved the Christian allegory. in the beginning i loved the brief ‘anti-population control’ mention which was almost pro-life/anti-abortion considering all the developing babies in the shot.
Plus the end of the movie where the government tries to spy on him and what he does to the drone.
I had an interesting learning experience back in 1978. I had always been a huge fan of Superman comics. I had a friend who was mentally challenged and couldn’t read, but he absolutely loved the old TV series with George Reeves. When we talked about the movie, he didn’t like it because it was so different from the series, while I loved it because it was so close to the comics. It’s all a matter of perspective.
Oh, God...
I just got back from seeing it. Overall, I was happy I saw it, but I was also conflicted. I would say it was at least 100 times better than Superman Returns from a few years ago, but it was only about half as compelling as the first Christopher Reeve 1978 Superman movie. On a scale of 1-10, this was a 6.
Maybe I’m just getting old (44) but I have to agree with many of the previous posters who have noted the gratuitous length of the fight scenes. It literally becomes boring as the special-effects artists find ways to destroy building after building across the New York/Metropolis skyline (by the way, why is every superhero movie taking out their wrath on the buildings of New York? Can’t we get just one super villain taking out Chicago or LA for a change?).
I get it, General Zod and Superman don’t like each other. You don’t have to beat the audience over the head with it. I could have happily traded ALL of the highly CGI-ed fight scenes for a few reasons to care about the characters:
- Lois was just a prop, the movie didn’t provide a reason to care about her relationship with Superman/Clark. She could have died at any time and the movie would have provided the same emotional relevance as a nameless extra dying.
- The movie didn’t offer reasons to deeply care about General Zod, or his crew, other than that they were wrecking lots of stuff, and it would be nice to stop them.
- Perry White, see Lois.
- Even the adult Superman himself. You always gotta root for the guy in the red cape, but beyond the suit, the man himself didn’t make you fall in love with the character. Having said that, the flashbacks in which we see Clark as a child DOES offer some emotional resonance.
On the other hand the movie offers a world of reasons to care about Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and he did not disappoint. Looking back I think he is really the star of this movie, even if his screen time is limited. Also Jor-El’s wife does a decent job, as do Clark’s earth parents. And a special call out to Christopher Meloni. As an army colonel who was basically reprising the same character he plays on Law & Order SVU, nobody glares at everyone like him.
Overall, I would say it was really nice to see Superman flying across the screen again. My hope is that the sequel will invest a little more in the characters and a lot less in fights that go on for seemingly hours at a time. I understand that is what superhero movies are about, but (as
Iron Man, Spider Man and Batman did extremely well) give us some reasons to care deeply about the characters and the people they care about before you start breaking everything in sight.
These are the same people that like to eat liver and think France has actually won a recent war.
I’ll state up front I’ve not seen the movie and most of the reviews have not given me a reason to see it, including yours. Your closing thoughts on character development vs. CGI are spot-on for many of Hollywood’s efforts today. You can easily spend multi-bucks to get great CGI and be confident of the result. The same cannot be said for good writing, directing, or acting. Since those involve humans, it’s a crap shoot on the outcome.
It has flaws - what movie doesn't - but it's worth the price of admission - once. Go to a matinee. I'm gonna see it again today. I missed some things returning the Coca-Cola I borrowed.
I might go again to a matinee just to see some of the Easter eggs I missed. I caught the LexCorp trucks and building but missed "Wayne Towers". there are supposed to be some more.
I'm sure the line from Superman "I was raised in Kansas, general...I'm as AMERICAN as it gets" didn't help, either. Other critics hate the parties in the movie.
Fans seem to love it, and the box office will be the BOTTOM line; whiny navel-gazing critics notwithstanding.
I didn't see it, but didn't the last Transformers flick trash Chicago? The there's Battle: Los Angeles...
I really enjoyed it. The characterization of Superman felt very different this time around. In every other film/TV show, Superman always felt like a human with an exotic background and super abilities. With this film’s focus on Kryptonians, even by the end of the movie I still saw Superman as an alien living among us.
I thought that was very different and interesting.
They do that to make for a better transition to the small screen when it hits HBO/MAX/SHOWTIME, etc.
Superman 2 from 1980 is a minor masterpiece and better than any of the others.
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