just think of bloody Clark Kent in the deserted FOS (lit like an afterhours singles bar) in Supes II shouting FAAAAAATHHHERRR
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:25 (ten years ago) link
honestly thought cavill was fine in this - sold individual moments of drama and humor well enough that I blame Snyder/Goyer for any failure to coalesce. only actor who didn't seem to be giving it their best was Adams, who admittedly was given some of the worst lines (the dick measuring contest, "i have a pulitizer!") etc.
― da croupier, Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
fishburne too was a little clock-in
― da croupier, Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
those newsroom scenes seem like they were cobbled together as an imitation of the originals. and why were we supposed to care about that one intern that was stuck and Perry was saving when we got to spend all of two minutes with her?
That half of Fishburne's lines were the same, tired platitudes every other character was given as dialogue didn't help matters.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah in almost all of his other movies (i'll partially except deathtrap and street smart) reeve seems profoundly uncomfortable
i didn't think cavill was bad at all, but the role was kind of incoherent as written
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
i can't except street smart since it's imposssible to buy him outsmarting morgan freeman
― da croupier, Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:34 (ten years ago) link
He does what's required in Street Smart, I guess? Morgan Freeman is legit dangerous, and there's little tension between them.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qxsv5PetQQ4/TgT2sqsEBtI/AAAAAAAAIZQ/ayh7s2z9Bac/s1600/Clark_Kent_All-Star_Superman_003.jpg
Good examples of the differences here http://charactermodel.tumblr.com/post/16213440172/clark-kent-by-frank-quitely-all-star-superman
Probably a bit too subtle for this film, just like Pa Kent "maaaaaaybe". Although at least he was willing to die like a chump for his beliefs, I guess
― not lazy but clowning (Suedey 2), Thursday, 27 June 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
i guess i'm alone in that i dug Pa Kent's "maybe..."
but then that kinda went out the window when he died to save the family dog
― Nhex, Friday, 28 June 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
The dumbass didn't even realise Clark could have done that shit at walking pace and nobody would have been any the wiser
― not lazy but clowning (Suedey 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 08:59 (ten years ago) link
I couldn't work out if he really wanted Clark to hide his powers or was just being all "I'LL take care of this" like a dick
― not lazy but clowning (Suedey 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 09:03 (ten years ago) link
NOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
I like that everyone seems to have agreed to blame Nolan/Goyer and basically ignore Snyder's involvement. (As they should.)
― Simon H., Sunday, 30 June 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
i hoped my expectations had been lowered sufficiently that i'd find something to enjoy but it lost me right at Jor-El, Two-Fisted Scientist of Krypton and somehow managed to go downhill from there.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
oh wait Dune bit was kinda funny
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
i'd be ok with the sequel if russell crowe is the only character
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Sunday, 30 June 2013 03:59 (ten years ago) link
Though Nolan has stated that he didn't want the film to end the way it did.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 30 June 2013 05:41 (ten years ago) link
Referring to what, exactly?
― Simon H., Sunday, 30 June 2013 05:42 (ten years ago) link
ending was the least of this thing's crimes, and a damn sight better than TDKR
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 05:48 (ten years ago) link
― Frederik B, Sunday, June 30, 2013 1:41 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark
where?
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:00 (ten years ago) link
i thought nolan was relatively hands off w/the whole thing, basically picked snyder and backed away
it's still fun to pile on nolan though. in any event, this movie was fine. i'm still waiting for a movie about the rivalry between superman and batman and i hope neither nolan nor snyder have anything to do with it.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:10 (ten years ago) link
who would u pick
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:11 (ten years ago) link
woody allen
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:11 (ten years ago) link
wtf production values aside this movie was worse than green lantern
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:12 (ten years ago) link
GL was worse
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:13 (ten years ago) link
worse than ghost rider?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:14 (ten years ago) link
this wasn't anywhere near green lantern
― Nhex, Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:14 (ten years ago) link
xp seriously though, i'm not sure. maybe ridley scott. i'm thinking a sort of batman dkr thing, starring an aged, cynical batman late in his career, who has built up resentment against superman over the course of decades.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:15 (ten years ago) link
I dunno it looked good but the best part was 5yo Clark running with his red cape.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:15 (ten years ago) link
i liked the art direction/photography in this film. the color scheme and lighting reminded me of alex ross's artwork.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:16 (ten years ago) link
[hugely important part of filmmaking] aside this was way worse than Green Lantern
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:16 (ten years ago) link
the best part of this movie is that jonathan kent died in vain, a martyr to a cause that didn't pan out. i thought this was an interesting take: his death was heroic and principled, yet totally pointless. the only thing i really didn't like about this was amy adams' demure, helpless lois lane.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:18 (ten years ago) link
also i thought it was interesting/kinda funny that superman is the indirect cause of seemingly 100s of thousands of deaths. his existence in this film was a net negative for the world bc he is the only reason zod bothered to fuck with earth.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:19 (ten years ago) link
tbf I'm out on a limb here having only seen about 15 minutes of GL on cable but this entire thread was unable to prepare me for the horror so.
not worse than TDKR tho
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:20 (ten years ago) link
the movie undermines itself in certain ways. maybe it is a polemic against utilitarian ethics: positing a vision of heroism that is admirable even when it hurts people. in this sense, it is more extreme than nolan's dark knight series, with its exploration of "blowback" in the second film. in that series, batman is ultimately found to be a net positive... his imposition of order onto gotham does, in the end, prove (i think) to have been the right course of action. if batman never existed, bane would have succeeded in destroying gotham i think?
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:23 (ten years ago) link
iirc if batman never existed, talia wouldnt have wanted to destroy gotham
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:29 (ten years ago) link
hm, i thought that might have been the case but i forget for certain. was ra's al ghul's beef with gotham completely bruce wayne related? or did he hate its "decadence" or something? ftr, i never really grasped ra's al ghul's ideology.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
iirc he has a very particular set of skills. skills acquired over a long career.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:35 (ten years ago) link
if batman didn't exist ra's would have poisoned gotham and every other major city on the planet
― Nhex, Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:36 (ten years ago) link
yeah you are right. i am reading batman wiki and it seems that ra's al ghul is an eco-terrorist, essentially, who wants there to be a radically lower human population. and yet, he has a daughter.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:37 (ten years ago) link
supervillains are such hypocrites
an illegitimate daughter tbf
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 30 June 2013 06:40 (ten years ago) link
Such a terribly ugly looking film. Oppressive teal upon teal upon yet more teal upon smudged grey and deathly skin tones all round. I'll be so glad when this fad for desaturating films of their colour finally fades itself; I just want to see blue skies in one modern movie again before I die.
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Sunday, 30 June 2013 09:01 (ten years ago) link
On Nolan and the ending:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/man-of-steel-ending_n_3461332.html
― Frederik B, Sunday, 30 June 2013 10:48 (ten years ago) link
This idea of being uncomfortable with Supes killing Zod, but being totally fine with the total destruction of Metropolis, is so fucking insane to me.
― Simon H., Sunday, 30 June 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link
He was his last link to Krypton.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link
doesn't he have all of krypton in his cell structure or something?
― da croupier, Sunday, 30 June 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
Yeah. But he doesn't know how to extract those lil kryptonians.
― Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the (Treeship), Sunday, 30 June 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I came up with this idea of the heat vision and these people about to die. I wrote the scene and I gave it to Chris and he said, "OK, you convinced me. I buy it."
smh so hard at this... that family cowering in teh corner as the heat vision swept towards them was so lame, it looked like they could have easily just ran in the other direction
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Sunday, 30 June 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link