That's a stupid thing to say. So what if he loved Superman Returns when it came out? What relevance does that have 7 years later?

Simply that he'll love whatever Superman film comes out regardless of how good it is simply because it's Superman.

Still, I'll own the fact I gave RETURNS an A-. I'd knock that down to a B+ if I re-graded it, but I still liked it.

And I'd knock down my A+ to an A- for Returns. And eventually, Excel might lower this grade after a second showing. But just because it's "Superman" doesn't necessarily mean he'll "love it" no matter what.

I like Superman 3. Not because it was good but because it was bad! Kind of in the same way I like Batman and Robin.

I have learned to reserve judgment from trailers after getting burned with Prometheus in a big way last year. But I can't imagine this being as bad as Superman Returns.

Also how would you say this compares to the transformer movies?

Certainly better than all three. But I don't particularly like TRANSFORMERS.

I realize I'm sounding overly negative, but everything with Clark's upbringing works, and Adams is awesome. If she and Cavill can actually muster some chemistry together, a second film would be fun.

I agree on Transformers I don't particularly care for them either that is why I kept asking it. They are a good bar on mindless action films though.

It is better than the Transformers sequels, no worries.

I enjoyed Iron Man 3 more, though. The demolition-action at the end of MoS is most comparable to The Matrix Revolutions and Transformers-showdowns, though.

I wonder if there is something in Excel's head that just snaps each time a new MoS movies comes out.

As one of the few fans of Matrix Revolutions, that actually comforts me.

I also remember that, lol. It was a news report on TV, I believe.

But a satellite that is destroyed is a Wayne Enterprises one.

Yeah, it's the satellite.

Btw, everything relating to Costner is just fucking brilliant. The smallville shit is all gold.



I will make this comparison and in some ways its a good one, though MOS is a much better film and the wom will be much better....

I remember finding Michael Bay's PEARL HARBOR to be awesome in many ways, but it was too serious and melodramatic at times. You could tell Bay was out of his comfort (which is more action comedy) with the serious drama. THAT type of effect is what I mean when I say MAN OF STEEL feels like it is slightly too studio controlled at times. It works a billion times better than one, but so much of it is a collosal grand slam that the few moments which are not grand slams really stick out.

that said, the action and final 3rd of the film are just too awesome for words.

final prediction: 90m/245m

Okay... I really, really liked it. I'm not sure how I would've feel if my expectations were still super high but I think the "doom" that I've witnessed on the internet over the mixed reviews definitely help me be prepared to not like it, but I did.

For me it was a pretty quick 140 minutes. I thought the flashbacks worked. Cavill (gorgeous as hell jesus) was very good. I feel like this is a good foundation for a potential killer sequel.

edit: nevermind, second viewing helped clear stuff up

The Man Of Steel is the worst kind of humorless soap.

...it's the Joey Tribbiani version of Superman featuring 'smell the fart acting' - - Henry Cavill is heroically bad.

The first 20 minutes on Krypton were the best part of the whole thing - - afterwards it deteriorated into a long jumble of overwrought Earth backstory - - and finally into about an hour of smashing stuff.

Deadly dull.


1 out of 5.

Really, really bad, but stopping just shy of awful.

I'm afraid this fact is getting lost, even amongst the people who have noticed how bad this movie is. Oh man Cavill is the pits in this thing.

Lol, what? Cavill is great. Superman and clark are fucking mild mannered, people. That is how he is supposed to act. He isn't emo ala bats and he isn't funny ala Iron Man. Cavill is very good here. Having seen it 2x now, I am completely sold on it's utter greatness. It isn't as good as TDK or TDKR, but it is just as good as Batman Begins.

I am going to give it an 9/10. Could have used a few more smashed truck scenes, but it doesn't REALLY miss them, either.

A lot of the criticisms are just fucking retarded.

The pacing is great. Clark and Lois's relationship has PLENTY of depth. The action at the end isn't extreme (superman fights zd one on one for like, 8 minutes max).



Amy Adams gives the films best performance, followed by Cavill. Costner is quite good as well. Only thing is Faora was stereotyped as it gets. Non stop monologues and slow delivery. She is cool, but could have been used better. That said, thinking this film got a 57% on RT is laughable. My audience ate it up. Point blank,SUPERMAN vs ZOD - the 6 or 7 minute finale of the film - is truly one of the best action sequences ever put on film.

MAN OF STEEL

I took the time to see this twice but watching a midnight showing right after always leaves me weakened what with the two hour wait before the film after I just watched it at 7:00. My first thought after the first showing was that it was a bit long. Now I liked what I saw but it still felt long to me. The whole action sequences between Superman and Zod/Co were good but kind of like meh at the same time. How does he even defeat these people. Finally, the ship in Metropolis with it's beam was cool. I liked the imagery of what was happening but it reminded me a lot of Star Trek and the drill and then you get this black hole that gets created. Why do it that way when it's gonna be like a "I've seen that already" feeling.

The midnight showing, I was clearly tired. I kind of sleep walked through bits of the early part of the film save for Clark's scenes of superhuman strength. I do still enjoy the action even though the fights are mostly draws except for the end. One annoying thing about the filming was all the zoom in and zoom in again shots peppered in the film. That's like Abrams flares. That was over the top. Overall, I think the presentation of Krypton was great, Zod great, Cavill excellent and the younger flashbacks excellent. Most touching scene definitely his dad getting swept away. Not quite sure about Amy Adams. Something about her doesn't work here for me. Comparing this to pure entertainment level of the main blockbuster films so far:

1. Star Trek
2. IM3
3. FF6
4. MOS

Grade - B

A.

Did anyone watch the same movie I did? It was awesome.

You sure you didn't walk into the Oogieloves showing?

I could have gone for a whole Krypton movie - - except with an interesting story added - - then skip the rest altogether.

Quite interesting how reviews can be so different...

One of the things that really rubbed me the wrong way was the complete destruction of Metropolis and Superman's utter disinterest in doing anything other than throwing Zod into things and causing people to die.

This was written by one of the Superman comic book writers (he wrote "Birthright," which is apparently something of a big deal), and he sums up how I felt pretty well.

http://thrillbent.com/blog/man-of-steel ... you-asked/