Liquidsnake
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Since I grew up on the Donner films, it really hit home with me. I don't have vitriol for it.
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Man of Steel |OT| It's about action.
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Since I grew up on the Donner films, it really hit home with me. I don't have vitriol for it.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
HEE HEE i'm running around the office like a maniac with my arms behind me pretending to fly....
i'm actually a 13 year old stuck in teh body of a 31 year old...
i'm actually a 13 year old stuck in teh body of a 31 year old...
That just gives the director/script writers more creative liberty to actually create a good movie.
I mean if fucking Antman can get his own movie then Flash better the hell get his own. He is the main comedy relief of the Justin League, fleshing out his character and story arc would just make his in jokes even better.
Wonder Woman definitely deserves a movie but the reason I chose Flash first is because they can actually attempt a different tone. I fully expect a DC created Wonder Woman to be more serious in tone, holding back on the camp and the cheesy costume/invisible air plane.
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
lol
You're asking the guy with a chronic colon disease... lol I have no clue anymore, I don't eat out much.
Thanks Raptor!
First Class should be down with The Last Stand and Batman Begins should be at the top.
Looking forward to seeing this tomorrow even u i have to watch it in 3D.
I just saw it.
Typed in a review and iphone messed it up.
Anyway i think the best analogy is that this movie is the speed racer of this year. Except itll make money.
Nolan is to blame for the movies faults, not snyder.
The action scenes in this movie absolutely embarass superman returns. If you are big into elaborate action scenes - you willl fucking love this movie.
Emotional core and pacing is uneven. Acting however is quite solid but let down by script.
Movie is actually a good time (not great) but i enjoyed it way more than tdkr and supes returns but much less than bb and tdk.
7/10
Typed in a review and iphone messed it up.
Anyway i think the best analogy is that this movie is the speed racer of this year. Except itll make money.
Nolan is to blame for the movies faults, not snyder.
The action scenes in this movie absolutely embarass superman returns. If you are big into elaborate action scenes - you willl fucking love this movie.
Emotional core and pacing is uneven. Acting however is quite solid but let down by script.
Movie is actually a good time (not great) but i enjoyed it way more than tdkr and supes returns but much less than bb and tdk.
7/10
Also final credit scene of Flash should be Flash suiting up for a charity race. When he gets to the mark... his opponent is Superman. When the gun just fires off, it slows down time... we see Flash look at Superman, give him a "see you later" nod off and then blasts off while time returns to normal.
I would shit in my pants.
I would shit in my pants.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Never was too big on the Superman vs Flash racing idea that crops up so often. If Supes was faster than the Flash, you kiiiiinda just made "The Fastest Man Alive" irrelevant, and that less special.
They can just confirm later that Flash was "going easy" on Superman because it was a charity event.
Also they can finally answer the burning question:
My main man jett telling it like it is.
Movie is a solid 7/10. Its good but dont expect a genre redefining movie.
Also the OST was very underwhelming or perhaps not well structured for the movie. It aleays felt like it was building up but quite building up completely.
My comic book nerd friends absolutely adored the crazy shit fucking up action. They loved it,
Movie is a solid 7/10. Its good but dont expect a genre redefining movie.
Also the OST was very underwhelming or perhaps not well structured for the movie. It aleays felt like it was building up but quite building up completely.
My comic book nerd friends absolutely adored the crazy shit fucking up action. They loved it,
Unnnecessary long amount of time spent on krypton backstory.
Usual expositionary nolan dialogues
Aha! Everything falls into place and everyone knowing what to do in the heat of the moment
Forced emotion/sentinmental scenes involving tertiary characters that were never developed and we dont give a shit about
evil solrac v3.0
Member
well, Flash has always been faster than Superman. always will be.
nobody was expecting that, we just wanted pretty visuals, good action and good acting. it sounds like you're saying this is accurate yes?
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Call me weird, but I wanted this.
Trickster
Member
Spoiler free post
Just saw the movie at the danish midnight premiere. This movie is very good imo.
The fact that its RT rating is as low as it is, makes zero sense to me. Superman is a hero who I never feels get portrayed very well in cartoon, tv series or movie formats. And as such has pretty much always made me kinda dislike him as a hero. Because it always feels like they're gimping him in order to actually have a cartoon, tv show or movie where he doesn't just win in 5 minutes.
But in this movie it really feels like he lives up to his name.
Just saw the movie at the danish midnight premiere. This movie is very good imo.
The fact that its RT rating is as low as it is, makes zero sense to me. Superman is a hero who I never feels get portrayed very well in cartoon, tv series or movie formats. And as such has pretty much always made me kinda dislike him as a hero. Because it always feels like they're gimping him in order to actually have a cartoon, tv show or movie where he doesn't just win in 5 minutes.
But in this movie it really feels like he lives up to his name.
All you gotta do is put this scene in the movie:
Superman's just like, "Well...fuck."
All you gotta do is put this scene in the movie:
Superman's just like, "Well...fuck."
Exactly the panel I was thinking of when I made the post.
"That was for charity son..."
A very small fraction of the general audience pays attention to the reviews. To me what matters is:
- It's summer (almost)
- It's Superman
- It's been 3 weeks since a blockbuster film came out, and there's little competition in that arena right now
Ticket sales will be very good. As I said yesterday they'll pass $100 million comfortably.
Good to see that opening news. Contrary to the reviews, I think people will enjoy this movie. The only people disappointed are going to be those with crazy expectations expecting some genre re-defining movie, and those who have some fixed notion of what a Superman movie should be. The general audience will likely enjoy it, although the movie could afford to be slightly shorter.
Let's break this into tiers people can understand:
Cthulhu Tier
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight
In between Heaven and Earth Tier
The Dark Knight Rises
Tier 1
X2, Iron Man
Tier 2
Man of Steel, Avengers
Tier: The Other Guys
Rest of the Marvel/DC crap*
*Blade not included
Basically, the movie is a good time and I expect most watchers will agree with me.
Let's break this into tiers people can understand:
Cthulhu Tier
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight
In between Heaven and Earth Tier
The Dark Knight Rises
Tier 1
X2, Iron Man
Tier 2
Man of Steel, Avengers
Tier: The Other Guys
Rest of the Marvel/DC crap*
*Blade not included
Basically, the movie is a good time and I expect most watchers will agree with me.
And they have advertised the hell out of it. They won't let it fail.
I think each of those kinda makes the point of why the other happens. As for the other two, they're not necessarily Nolan-esque.
MisterHero
Super Member
psssh... We just need Grant Morrison to write Superman as the 1st Kryptonian powered by the Speed Force.All you gotta do is put this scene in the movie:
Superman's just like, "Well...fuck."
Also, Electric Superman had instantaneous teleportation. No running involved ;P
Man of Steel = Dragonball Z The Saiyan Saga
Seriously.
It's an invasion movie, where aliens come to Earth, after one of their own, and it has lots of cool, flying, fighting action.
Edit:
Seriously.
It's an invasion movie, where aliens come to Earth, after one of their own, and it has lots of cool, flying, fighting action.
Edit:
Bear in mind, I don't consider Avengers a great movie. It's a fun time, but ultimately a shallow experience in my eyes. So, whilst it's definitely not bad, it doesn't rank up there with the top movies for me. It's still a good time though. That's Man of Steel for me. A second watch of the movie will likely determine whether it moves up a tier or not, because Avengers is a chore on a repeat watch for me.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Just read Jett's review/impressions. More amped than ever. More sci-fi than pure super hero!? Godly action sequences!??? It's a wrap. This flicks gonna melt my face off, IMAXimus Prime style.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
sweetvar26
Member
40 more minutes and I will be in the bus and see what Clark did.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
2 hours and 40 minutes and with that SuperGAF I am off to the theater to meet my friend and to later at Midnight enjoy the movie about a magical school bus.
lol, what the fuck? How does that work?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
MrPink93485
Member
I know Nolan has a story credit, but hasn't it been said that Goyer pitched the idea to Nolan and they ended up presenting it to WB? I mean, how involved was Nolan with the film?
Yep. Nolan put Goyer in a room with the WB execs and then he hired Snyder. That's all.
MisterHero
Super Member
nochance
Goyer and Nolan came up with the concept while they were working on TDKR.
I don't feel comfortable placing blame. I'm not even sure it's going to be a bad movie.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
He helped break the story, basically. Goyer pitched it, he polished the pitch, they went to WB, got the greenlight, and then he & Goyer broke the story beats. Goyer then went off to write.
At that point, Nolan's involvement pretty much tapered off beyond lending his name, giving advice here & there, and doing interviews.
maximum360
Member
I look forward to seeing the movie tomorrow(cautiously optimistic). I have no faith in Rottentomatoes though since Fast & Furious 6 is at 76% positive, a movie I thought was junk status.
It is strange, isn't it?
Don't see why anyone would try to blame the guy behind the greatest superhero trilogy ever for any perceived faults of Man of Steel. Nolan already did his thing and he did it better than anyone else; it's up to others to try and join him in the sun.