Man of Steel:
"Up in the sky, It's a plane? It's a Bird, No it's SPOILERS"
For those of you who are not familiar with the story of Superman, and how he came to be, then I'm pretty much gonna be spoiling that.
A boy from Krypton, born naturally from Jor-El and Lara-El is sent to earth after knowing the destruction of Krypton was upon them. General Zod threatens to find baby Kal-El, because Jor-El implanted the Codex within his blood. The Boy arrives on earth and is found by a kind farmer and his wife named Jonathon and Martha Kent. Clark Kent was the name given to baby Kal-El and he must grow up as a human adapting his power and fitting into society.
This movie was good. The first time I watched it I was mind blown by the visuals, and the action. The second time around, I started to notice a lot of flaws in the movie.
First of all, let me just say, making a Superman movie is one of the most complicated things you can do, because the fact is Superman can fly, and humans can't. So movie directors need to make sure that the wires they put on the actor doesn't show to make the actor feel awkward. That's always been a problem with Superman films. You can tell they are hanging by strings, rather than it being all natural looking. This movie succeeded in doing that. Maybe two scenes you could tell he was on a rope, but the others, it made me believe that that man was flying.
"Too Much CGI" OK that is one of the critiques I've heard, and I painfully disagree. This is the first time they were able to CGI a perfect Krypton. The visuals were impressive, and I believe taking away the CGI would have forced the writers to film on Earth, and Earth isn't the same as Krypton. So Fill her up with a giant Green Screen and let the magic work.
The action was also a lot of fun. Seeing superman fight and learning was awesome, it made me sit at the edge of my seat the whole time!
Alright so the movie was good, but was it the best Superman?
The answer is, maybe. But I can assure you, it's the first of its kind to be done this way.
OK so can it be better?
The answer to that is, Yes, this movie could have been a lot better.
First of all, the flash backs, It's a new way to introduce Clark Kent, and how he came to be. But it drags on, and on, and it makes the movie so slow and boring midway. It starts off with Krypton and Jor-El is fighting Zod, and everything is fantastic, and as soon as Krypton explodes, it's downhill from there, till Clark gets taken on the ship.
Though of course they needed to show Clark's story, that's a must, but I believe they could have found a shorter route than long flashbacks over and over again.
Second, The acting, My god was the acting bad. Henry Cavill who plays Clark Kent does make a good superman, as far as looking like him. His acting does need some work. He looked like a subtle William Shatner. "My father.....Believed......that...the..world...wasn't...ready....for me..." Amy Adams, playing Lois Lane. By far the worst Lois I've ever seen. I'm sorry, Lois Lane is one of the most Courageous, independent, sarcastic women in the DC Universe next to Wonder Women of course, and has much as Amy tried to pull it off, she couldn't. Especially when I'm there looking at Amy and then Compare her to Margot Kidder from the Original Christopher Reeves Superman, or Erica Durance from Smallville. I know she is trying, but it just wasn't her thing. Then you have Martha Kent. Oh My God, was a disappointing performance. The part where Clark comes home and tells her he met up with Jor-El and she gives the worst fake smile and says "I'm happy for you" It made me cringe in my seat and wished that never happened.
Thirdly, the camera shaking. I think they had an idea when they made this movie to say, that Superman is so fast that the camera can't keep up with him, and it makes it like we're in the movie rather than the audience. But it got so distracting and so hard to follow along. I'm sure people also started to feel a bit of motion sickness from the 3D and the shaking.
So 3 Major flaws in this movie. Problem is, as good as the story is, as good as the action is, and as fun as it is, those flaws can kill a movie. But I don't believe it killed this one. This movie had so much structure so much support, that even with these three flaws, the movie was still very successful and I very much Enjoyed it.
This movie gets an 7.5/10.
The good part about having an average grade for their first movie, means if they fix the issues in this movie for the sequel, the sequel will be even more impressive!!
"Up in the sky, It's a plane? It's a Bird, No it's SPOILERS"
For those of you who are not familiar with the story of Superman, and how he came to be, then I'm pretty much gonna be spoiling that.
A boy from Krypton, born naturally from Jor-El and Lara-El is sent to earth after knowing the destruction of Krypton was upon them. General Zod threatens to find baby Kal-El, because Jor-El implanted the Codex within his blood. The Boy arrives on earth and is found by a kind farmer and his wife named Jonathon and Martha Kent. Clark Kent was the name given to baby Kal-El and he must grow up as a human adapting his power and fitting into society.
This movie was good. The first time I watched it I was mind blown by the visuals, and the action. The second time around, I started to notice a lot of flaws in the movie.
First of all, let me just say, making a Superman movie is one of the most complicated things you can do, because the fact is Superman can fly, and humans can't. So movie directors need to make sure that the wires they put on the actor doesn't show to make the actor feel awkward. That's always been a problem with Superman films. You can tell they are hanging by strings, rather than it being all natural looking. This movie succeeded in doing that. Maybe two scenes you could tell he was on a rope, but the others, it made me believe that that man was flying.
"Too Much CGI" OK that is one of the critiques I've heard, and I painfully disagree. This is the first time they were able to CGI a perfect Krypton. The visuals were impressive, and I believe taking away the CGI would have forced the writers to film on Earth, and Earth isn't the same as Krypton. So Fill her up with a giant Green Screen and let the magic work.
The action was also a lot of fun. Seeing superman fight and learning was awesome, it made me sit at the edge of my seat the whole time!
Alright so the movie was good, but was it the best Superman?
The answer is, maybe. But I can assure you, it's the first of its kind to be done this way.
OK so can it be better?
The answer to that is, Yes, this movie could have been a lot better.
First of all, the flash backs, It's a new way to introduce Clark Kent, and how he came to be. But it drags on, and on, and it makes the movie so slow and boring midway. It starts off with Krypton and Jor-El is fighting Zod, and everything is fantastic, and as soon as Krypton explodes, it's downhill from there, till Clark gets taken on the ship.
Though of course they needed to show Clark's story, that's a must, but I believe they could have found a shorter route than long flashbacks over and over again.
Second, The acting, My god was the acting bad. Henry Cavill who plays Clark Kent does make a good superman, as far as looking like him. His acting does need some work. He looked like a subtle William Shatner. "My father.....Believed......that...the..world...wasn't...ready....for me..." Amy Adams, playing Lois Lane. By far the worst Lois I've ever seen. I'm sorry, Lois Lane is one of the most Courageous, independent, sarcastic women in the DC Universe next to Wonder Women of course, and has much as Amy tried to pull it off, she couldn't. Especially when I'm there looking at Amy and then Compare her to Margot Kidder from the Original Christopher Reeves Superman, or Erica Durance from Smallville. I know she is trying, but it just wasn't her thing. Then you have Martha Kent. Oh My God, was a disappointing performance. The part where Clark comes home and tells her he met up with Jor-El and she gives the worst fake smile and says "I'm happy for you" It made me cringe in my seat and wished that never happened.
Thirdly, the camera shaking. I think they had an idea when they made this movie to say, that Superman is so fast that the camera can't keep up with him, and it makes it like we're in the movie rather than the audience. But it got so distracting and so hard to follow along. I'm sure people also started to feel a bit of motion sickness from the 3D and the shaking.
So 3 Major flaws in this movie. Problem is, as good as the story is, as good as the action is, and as fun as it is, those flaws can kill a movie. But I don't believe it killed this one. This movie had so much structure so much support, that even with these three flaws, the movie was still very successful and I very much Enjoyed it.
This movie gets an 7.5/10.
The good part about having an average grade for their first movie, means if they fix the issues in this movie for the sequel, the sequel will be even more impressive!!