IOwnTheSpire
Since: Sep, 2012
07/19/2013 00:00:00
The first Dark Knight movie received was generally considered great, just so you know.
Asger
Since: Feb, 2011
07/20/2013 00:00:00
Really? I didn't think it was so great. Then again I don't make a career out of reviewing things.
thEpirate
Since: Jul, 2012
07/20/2013 00:00:00
Agree. Superhuman fistfight can hold a movie on its own. And the romance, sadly, was NOT better than Twilight.
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I've seen worse adaptations of Superman
Well I suppose I should say there'll be some spoilers here, so...Yeah. I'll go with the positives of the movie and then go onto the negative aspects.
First, the effects and the fight scenes are fucking fantastic. When I saw the fight between Clark and Faora, or Clark fighting Zod, it felt like I was really watching people with superpowers beating the crap out of each other. Say what you will about Zack Snyder, he knows how to make things look really cool. Henry Cavill does a really good performance as Superman. He's not Christopher Reeve, but I think he did a better job than Routh (Though he does have one pretty narmy scream at one point.). Faora was pretty badass, shame she didn't have a larger role. Jor-El was pretty good, and Amy Adams made for a good Lois Lane.
Now for the negatives...Zod is a major one. I mean, I like the characters motivation and there is a certain degree of tragedy to him, but the actor is just so insanely over the top and he talks as if he's trying to channel Abe Lincoln into his voice. As for Superman killing him...well he did that in the comics, so that doesn't bug me. On the plus side, at least Superman was fighting someone with powers, rather than Lex sodding Luthor again. The romance between Clark and Lois seems really forced to me, and it would have been better if they built it up in the next movie rather than shoehorn it into this one. Plus she falls for Superman, not Clark, which is kind of annoying to me.
As for the narrative...well it's Superman's origins, who doesn't know the story already? The problem is that the story is constantly jumping all over the place and showing events in a bizarre order rather than just having a straight narrative. There were some stupid moments (Really Johnathan? Just gonna get sucked up into a tornado?) and there were some plot holes (Couldn't Zod have just put that terraformer on Mars? I mean I know he's a dick but I didn't think he was stupid.)
That said, it's certainly one of the better Superman movies in recent times. It's much more entertaining than the snorefest of Superman Returns, and much more competent than the atrocious 3 and 4.
I imagine this will go much the same way as the Dark Knight movies. So-so 1st movie, great 2nd movie that people harp on for months on end, and then an absolutely atrocious 3rd movie.