[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

I ****ing loved it.

When I first heard Snyder was involved I expected a good looking film with manic action and very little heart or brains. As it turns out, there's all kinds of emotion in it beginning to end, and while the action is unlike anything I'd seen before (imagine the battle at the end of Avengers on steroids) the movie as a whole is surprisingly subdued and I'd even say somber in tone. Although there are a few light moments (that all worked for me), it isn't even in the same galaxy as the Donner films in terms of style. It was much more of a grown-up movie than I expected. People die, it's very science fiction at times (Krypton is freaking alien, it took a bit to get used to) and while the narrative jumps all over the place, nothing ever really felt rushed. It just felt...right.

And this may be the most origin-y origin story I've ever seen.

Spoiler!

Usually we call stuff 'origin story' but the origin really only takes up a small part of the narrative. Man of Steel is an origin story beginning to end. While he is in costume fairly early on, he isn't actually Superman, like we know the character, until the very, very end. Hell, maybe he isn't really even Superman yet. This film is about him becoming Superman. The entire movie is is about that journey, about that discovery, about learning who and what he is (and even about how to fight, which he obviously does not know). And I thought it was amazing.

I can't wait to see where the franchise goes from here.

I also can't wait to see it again in a few days.

I am, admittedly, not a Superman fanboy. It is certainly better than any previous Superman movie. It was not as good as TDK, but it was 100 times better than The Green Lantern. DC has a long way to go before they get close to Marvel as far as establishing their Cinematic Universe. I would rank it in the second half of a Superhero/Comic Book Top 10 Movie list.

I would love to see Wonder Woman, Flash, and The Green Arrow stand alone movies so they could join Batman and Superman in a Justice League movie. Ryan Reynolds ruined Green Lantern for me, so I don't really want to see him play the part ever again. But I think DC doesn't believe they have time to make more stand alone movies, and will rush Man of Steel 2 into production, and then make a Justice League movie with only Superman and Batman and Green Lantern having had stand alone movies. This is why Marvel will always have a better Cinematic Universe.

My Top 10:

1. The Avengers (Superhero)
2. X-Men: First Class (Superhero)
3. The Dark Knight (Superhero) - Heath Ledger gives the best performance ever in any Superhero/Comic Book movie.
4. Watchmen (Superhero)
5. Iron Man (Superhero)
6. The Dark Knight Rises (Superhero)
7. V for Vendetta (Comic Book)
8. Man of Steel (Superhero)
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Comic Book)
10. Scott Pilgrim Versus The World (Comic Book)


The thing I hated most in Man of Steel was:

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when they are on Krypton, and the Kryptonians have space ships, floating A.I.s, powerful, technologically advanced weapons, and the ability to modify DNA to produce bodies engineered to perform specific tasks, and Jor-El had a ridiculous flying beast with four wings as transportation while everyone else uses space ships. The animal did not fit with the rest of the Kryptonian world that Snyder created. That detail, for me, really lessened my enjoyment of the opening sequence. I felt like George Lucas had invaded the movie.

The thing I liked most about Man of Steel was:

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the fact that moving forward, Lois Lane (and Perry White) know who Clark Kent really is. I won't have to spend my time during the next moving thinking that a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter isn't smart enough to recognize Clark Kent/Superman because of a stupid pair of glasses.