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Originally Posted by Buehler445
I saw it and liked it.
I think most of the problems with the film are the problems with making a superman movie. There has been so much superman exposure over the years, not to mention he is just goddamn indestructible. It's really hard to have a realistic film with superman as your main character.
I think the other problem is the dynamic has changed for hero flicks. I think this film was good enough, but there are such high standards now that this film is getting some undue criticism.
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I like both of these statements. Superman is a boring character, but also he's optimistic, which is not in vogue right now for superhero characters, especially those from DC who are all now, like it or not, living in the shadow of Christopher Nolan. While thirty years ago there was Christopher Reeve's Superman and Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman, now the superhero movies have turned toward the darker, more introspective, and emotionally tortured characters, like Christian Bale's Batman. Just look at the costumes: any superhero (DC or Marvel) who used to wear red and blue is now in maroon and navy, whereas brightly-spangled characters like Wonder Woman and the Flash are being ignored completely.