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**kysirsoze** · 06-15-2013, 02:19 PM

I guess I'm going to go my whole life without seeing a really great, modern Superman movie. I should just accept it. Man of Steel is an immature, scattershot mess. Completely overwrought. I love that they took him to sci-fi roots and I love that they wanted to go a more serious route, but this joyless attempt left me hoping Zack Snyder is just done. That guy makes hollow action fests and nothing more. The only reason the over reverential "Watchman" was any good at all was because he just literally translated the comic.

Man of Steel betrayed the character of Superman completely.

Spoiler!

My only encouragement is that Snyder didn't **** anything up so badly it can't be fixed with a GREAT sequel, but unless he is replaced (As well as David Goyer) it won't happen. I even liked the cast. Hopefully the fan/critical backlash will oust Snyder, but I'm not holding my breath./rant

06-15-2013, 02:19 PM	#649
kysirsoze SNAP THE ****ING BALL!!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: KCMO Casino cash: $3716946	I guess I'm going to go my whole life without seeing a really great, modern Superman movie. I should just accept it. Man of Steel is an immature, scattershot mess. Completely overwrought. I love that they took him to sci-fi roots and I love that they wanted to go a more serious route, but this joyless attempt left me hoping Zack Snyder is just done. That guy makes hollow action fests and nothing more. The only reason the over reverential "Watchman" was any good at all was because he just literally translated the comic. Man of Steel betrayed the character of Superman completely. Spoiler! He didn't give a damn about the people around him. He never tried to take a fight out of a populated area. Smallville was effectively destroyed and it was his choice to fight on mainstreet. He took Zod OUT of a cornfield and into town, for Christ's sake. "Wow! Metropolis was basically destroyed! Should I search the rubble for survivors? Make sure no more building are about to collapse? Naw. I'll just have a meaningless kiss with this reporter with whom I've established no real connection beyond catching her a few times. THEN I'll snap Zod's neck because I care about that poor family so much! (Even though I've shown no regard for the collateral damage of my fights outside of where it was completely convenient for me.) This movie had an interesting plot that belonged in a second movie after we'd been given time to get to know and give a shit about Superman. Batman Begins gave us a whole movie to invest in Batman before the plot and villain heavy Dark Knight. Superman got no such treatment. By the end he was still just a chin and a cape. All the half-baked platitudes Jonathan Kent can spout don't make me care about Clark/Kal/Supes. (And his death scene was absolutely laughable. Cool idea, ruined by Zack Snyder.) It was a total disservice and I am mourning another failed attempt at taking the quintessential superhero to the big screen. My only encouragement is that Snyder didn't **** anything up so badly it can't be fixed with a GREAT sequel, but unless he is replaced (As well as David Goyer) it won't happen. I even liked the cast. Hopefully the fan/critical backlash will oust Snyder, but I'm not holding my breath./rant
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