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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=108688
And it's also nice to see that Ben is already starting to work out for the film. Can't wait to see how he looks in the final film.
thoughts?
I'd agree with this. Script/Story is my main concern. I have faith that Goyer will get it down on paper, but will Snyder translate it to screen? I'm optimistic yet sceptical. All may be forgiven if DC announce Affleck will direct himself in the next standalone Batman.
Huh
Hm. May I present Exhibits A, B and C:
I understand Goyer wrote The Dark Knight trilogy, and those are films I enjoy, but this guy hasn't had great track record otherwise. His recent blunder with Man of Steel only worries me more.
- Zach Snyder in the director's chair. I have mentioned it earlier in this thread - Snyder has absolutely ZERO sense of restraint. The action sequences of Man of Steel are excruciatingly long, especially the final fight with Zod and Supes. It is a mess of CGI colors and a whirlwind of nauseating lights. I seem to recall the movie ending like 3 times. Same goes for the stupidly long fight scene which features some wonderful glory shots of Sears and Ihop.
- Amy Adams as Lois Lane. I just remember not caring for her at all, I thought she was miscast.
- Hans Zimmer. Screw this guy. MOS's soundtrack is terrible. Not only is it shameless self-plagiarism (something Zimmer is known for), but totally inappropriate for Superman. Look no farther than John Williams magnificent score for the original Superman film. Even Superman Returns gets it more right than MOS's bland, boring and crap Zimmer garbage.
- Michael Shannon as Zod. I thought he was only alright - and considering the massive praise this guy gets as an actor, that was a disappointment for me. To be honest, I thought Shannon was awful in the first 15 minutes of the film or so. He overacts and shouts, and I was actually embarrassed for him. He got better as the film went on, but he still wasn't memorable. The script makes him out to be some sort of generic bad guy bent on world domination, too.
- More little things: at the beginning of the film, the general guy tells Lois Lane something along the lines of, "...it gets incredibly cold out there. You'd freeze very quickly." Literally moments later, the film cuts to Lois Lane traversing the ice cliffs in the middle of the night. Because screw what the script JUST TOLD US.
I'm getting carried away, I realize. And there are likely more problems that I didn't specify - like I said, I haven't seen the film in 4 months. But adversely, I will tell you what I did like.
- Henry Cavill as Supes. Too stone-faced, but at least he didn't make a complete fool out of himself like Shannon did some of the time. Cavill is a fine actor and given a good movie I think he can actually be a pretty good Superman. Not as good as Reeve, but I think he's better than Routh.
- Kevin Costner. This one is shocking for me. I don't like Costner in just about anything, but I think he gives the best performance of the entire film. The ONE scene in Man of Steel that actually got an emotional response out of me was when
- The movie is shot well. Too much fake looking CGI garbage, but when that was absent, the film did indeed look good.
- I really loved the part when the bombastic Superman theme was playing when...
Oh, wait.
Okay, I'm done. I really don't mean to be offensive or rude, I promise. Anyone can like any movie for any reason they want, and I really mean that. But as it stands, Man of Steel was gone about wrong. Zack Snyder shouldn't be directing movies, Nolan's involvement inappropriately brought too much Dark Knight-ness over, and Hans Zimmer is a hack.
I'm going to go sit down now.
And once again, that is the great thing about movies - they are art. And like all forms of art, everyone is equally right in their opinions. I can definitely see why MOS is so appealing, but it just didn't appeal to me.
I can understand that. I hate when people try to turn opinions into facts. There's no way you can change someone's opinion on a film most of the time, because they feel how they feel about it. They didn't like an actor, a scene, the finale, the entirety of the film? That's their opinion. I completely respect yours. I think I've just been disappointed with so many films these past few summers that when it came to this one, I had low expectations for everything I saw and was incredibly surprised with most of them.
When it came to 'Man of Steel,' I wasn't a huge Superman fan, so it was an even bigger, better surprise for me.
Add to that Exhibit D: Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance
Eeeeehhhh... Jumper was still worse.
I don't think Goyer did a bad job with MOS. If I had to the lay the blame at anyone's door for it's shortcomings, it would be Snyder. One can only hope he learns from his mistakes, but he is still the one element of SvB that I'm genuinely worried about. I can only hope Affleck offers a 'helping hand'.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/179213-ben-afflecks-batman-will-be-qtired-and-weary-and-seasonedq
Although really it could mean anything.
Hope this is just a hoax by the beiber