Finally, I’ve
seen the movie everyone’s been talking about—Man of Steel—and all I can say is,
“Nice reboot, but not as great as the first Batman reboot movie.”
You have to hand
it to Warner Bros. They promised us an explosive experience, and they delivered
an explosive experience. The last time I saw this much destruction, two
terminators were going at it in Terminator 3 (mind you, we’ve heard
there will be a new Terminator trilogy coming soon, starring none
other than Arnold himself).
Back to Man
of Steel. I wish more work had been put into the story. For me, all this movie
packed was destruction upon destruction. By the end, the first thing that came
to my mind was:
“I don’t want to be the guy responsible for cleaning up the mess these
Kryptonians made.”
This movie is
packed with big names—from the producers to the director, down to the cast. We
have Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as
General Zod, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent,
Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. This was
clearly a gimmick to bring in cinema-goers, as Warner Bros was looking to make
their money back one way or another. If you’re not a comic book fan, then you
must be a fan of one of these people. Because this movie is a little different
from the normal Superman tale we know, and the whole action scenes just
overshadow the story.
I won’t say this
movie is whacked because it was fun to see, but it’s not that good either. Take
away all the action, destruction, and explosions, and all you have is a lame
excuse for a Superman reboot.
DC Entertainment
has begun building a universe for their heroes with this movie, which showcases
Superman’s life from the time of Krypton to his time on the farm, up to the
point where he becomes Earth’s number one hero.
I’m glad for DC because, other than the Batman series, nothing else seems to be
working for them. The stupid Green Lantern film is still in my memory
as the second-worst superhero movie I’ve seen, only beaten by Daredevil.
After this, I guess the next DC film I hope to see is Flash, and if they
can summon the courage to do a Wonder Woman film, I’ll definitely go
see it.
With this, I
know there will be more Superman to see in the near future. I do hope DC
finishes introducing the rest of the Justice League crew—that is, do a movie
introducing them before throwing them all together into one movie.
My final words on Man of Steel? Well, if you haven’t seen it, you should. But it’s not great.
Instead of being very, very happy with the movie, I was just optimistic that the sequels will probably expand on this universe and make it even better. Let’s hope that is actually the case. Good review T. Lag.
ReplyDeleteI do hope so also...
ReplyDeleteThank You Dan
Well, your verdict is right on this one - this movie under delivered.
ReplyDeleteI went to the cinema hoping to recapture how I felt the first time I sat beside my dad and we watched Christopher Reeves BE Superman, while John William's score blared in the background. That was the day Superman became MY hero. Other men in tights came and left, but Kal-el has always been The One.
Fast forward about three decades later and I'm sitting in the hall with my friend, watching a movie that's supposed to be Superman but just feels hollow. Oh, it's a 21st Century re-imagining alright; the action and CGI are relentless. But there's no soul.
Superman has always been about the human ideal of doing the right thing and being good. This had Michael Shannon looking like he was about to take a crap. This left me uninspired. I cant even believe David S. Goyer wrote the script - Its empty.
That's not saying I wouldn't score this higher than the reviewer. I mentally gave it a 7/10. My disappointment stems from what I know could have been and what we got.
The only hope I have is that the studio will make enough profit to do a sequel and hopefully, a proper Superman movie.
@Incompetentfibers
ReplyDeleteI love reading what you have to say anytime, God bless and increase you.
Well to be honest, 7 would have been too high for this movie, I was done watching it hit me, more than 50% of the movie had Kal-el and Zod throwing themselves all over Metropolis.
I just felt it was overdone. But all the same, thanks a lot for your comment I truly appreciate it.