'Man of Steel', as I'm sure you know, is yet another Superman origin story. Everyone is pretty well acquainted with the general idea of this story but they want to keep telling it to us! Well, they did an all right job. The plot wasn't bad but I wasn't invested either. The character development, I felt, was REALLY shallow. Because of this I was kinda 'meh' throughout the film.
Visually, it was very explosive. I couldn't even begin to count how many massive fiery explosions there were. Honestly, it reminded me of the 'Trasnformers' movies because there were SO MANY fight scenes that were just swirling CGI fests that went on for a LONG TIME. Let's be honest people, you are never worried about Superman. He's indestructible! So there are all these scenes of him being thrown through various buildings and things, just leveling cities practically, and he just stands up and dusts off his cape. When the main characters biggest threat is the inconvenience of having been tossed away from the fight, it's hard to care.
The story was very simple. I'm not very well versed in the Superman story arc so I could have missed some things with which to be angry or happy. That being said, what I DID notice was a very predictable story with little to no twists.
As for the acting and characters, Russell Crowe was the best! Seriously, the only downside of his character was that he wasn't in the movie enough. I loved every second while he was onscreen. The villain on the other hand had a monologuing problem. It was almost humorous by the end. Clark and Lois were both fine. Lois was a bit of a brat though. I can't remember is she is supposed to be like that or not.
I have a few more little issues: Excess and distracting 'shaky camera' filming, several laughable plot holes, and a couple of cheap-laugh one-liners that were really out of place.
All boiled down it's pretty forgettable. You may have fun watching it at the time but compared to some of the fantastic and clever superhero movies that have been coming out lately, this one doesn't really measure up. If you are really into Superman you might like it more. See you next time everyone!
***WARNING! SPOILERS!***
Okay, I have to put this in here. Normally I try to avoid spoilers but I have to know if anyone else noticed this. At the very end of the movie he throws all the villains into a black hole. There is this big swirling black hole above Metropolis and the bad guys go through it. This was so very similar to the ending of the 'Avengers'! Visually, it was practically identical. I could be being nit-picky but seriously? A big black hole finale again?
Finding Superman to be too gushy for me anyway, I thank you for this warning. I shall pass on this one and count myself up a couple of hours of life to do what I please.
ReplyDeleteMerci.