Guys this movie is a mess. The story is overly complex, the leads have no chemistry, and the whole thing is really dark. But. But I like this movie. Not to insult anybody,but I won't even mention the stupid over analyzing (Oh dear this seems not to fit) that everyone does on this film. Who cares about if they destroy the city? I don't. Zach Snyder is one of the most earnest directors of these days. No matter what he makes no matter how good it is you can always tell that there is someone that know what he is doing behind it. He holds up his end of this movie. He's a film maker. He makes sure all the effects look good, and takes the story and puts it up on screen. That's not just saying the that the story is good oh boy there are some problems, but the "movie" chunk of this movie is really fun. I mean the action. Come on guys. As much as I know you guys enjoy to hate on the fact that he was destroying Metropolis, and Smallville. Yes he does. But what about the action (other than if you were in a IMAX theatre that was so loud it was uncomfortable) was actually appealing? It was a lot of fun. The camera moving around as these titans fight onscreen. There is a moment during the Smallville battle where the large Kryptonion trooper has Superman on the ground, and Superman tries to fly away. The guy grabs his cape, and slams him on the ground again. During this time the fantastic score is pumping, and bringing everything up. This is great stuff. It's very exciting. Also the sheer scale of jet planes flying toward a large enemy ship, and than just bouncing off of it. That's awesome. The way the camera follows it and almost makes it seems like you are falling with that plane. This brings in the fact that the film is shot well. The sweeping flight sequences are something to behold. Especially the moments on Krypton. That also leads me to say that I really enjoyed Russell Crowe's performance in this film. Jor-El was implemented perfectly. The performance from Michael Shannon is also surprisingly fantastic. The guy looks like he wants to murder you. Actually I'm gonna take all the actors in this movie, and put them off to the side for the bad stuff because they tried their best. Now I said at the beginning that the film was a mess. That's partially true. I mean I just said that the action was fantastic, and the performances were put in the right place for this movie. However the story is at moments complex. David S. Goyer with this film added an element called the codex. Not exactly needed, but the film handles somewhat well. It does kind of get forced upon the plot, and adds an unneeded element to the origin, but it's acceptable. The flash backs are actually good. However here's the big problem. The dialogue written for the characters is not great. The actors are really good as I said, but the dialogue falls short. It seems a little bit blocky, but again kind of fits the story. However the fact that Lois Lane does not have very much chemistry with Superman is a crime. But that's true. Also guys did we have to choose such a drab color tone. Really. Man of Steel is one of the best "action" movies I have seen. The action is fantastic, but it has some problems that comes from the dialogue, and story. Anyway still good. Man of Steel gets an 8 out of 10.
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Cassell
11/13/2014 05:21:22 am
I am NOT a fan of action hero movies. They are always overproduced, overacted, and overblown. But I liked this one. Not only was it less cartoon-y than most, Diane Lane as Clark Kent's mother offered up some real honest-to-goodness acting.
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