Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
read it and listened to the podcast.. very very good.. glad they all agreed in the end
Agreed, I did like how it all played out. As Zod said 'one of us must die' and it was either kill Zod, or risk dying himself in the ongoing fight and then Zod would spend his days and nights butt-raping humanity; probably starting with Clark's mother and then the French.
Originally posted by Mindset
Instead he's an idiot who let's his dad die saving the family dog.
No, the father was the idiot who sent his invulnerable son with super-strength off to take shelter while he went back for the dog his idiot wife left locked in the car. IMO, Clark just knew it was his dad's time to go.
Originally posted by Robtard
I could see that if it was the sharknado, but it was just your standard tornado, she would have been fine if he took her.
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Originally posted by dadudemon
Oh...yeah....right.I understand completely. 😆
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Originally posted by Nephthys
How is it that not one of you mentioned Watchmen, arguably the best movie of the genre. Only The Dark Knight rivals it imo.
I listed my favourites. The list of the best would be much different.
I can't believe how many complaints i read bout this movie, most notably the ones where people complain about the length and and repetitive action. These complaints i want to address don't come from this site, but rather from other general forums, review sites or word of mouth. Firstly i'd just like to say that if you can't identify the excellence and even sometimes grandeur in the action sequences then you have a very skewered idea of what a good action sequence is. There are a slew of things that impressed me with this movie and one is the action. I was very pleased to see that none of the action came off as filler. It all felt relevant and even assisted in not only developing the story but also served as major vehicle in developing some of the characters. It was also cool to have quiet a few instances where you knew, Superman wasn't going to be there to rescue a crashing aircraft or a city under siege. Yeah, there were a few of the stereotypical and contrived scenes where the boy scout saves someone out of plot convenience but i think this is somewhat expected from a hero like Superman and it wasn't abused. I think this movie set a standard in action that few other superhero movies have achieved.
the other issue that really boggles my mind is how so many people seem to agree that it was to long. I'd like to hear some of your opinions on this because i felt that it was just long enough. No scene felt unnecessary. If anything i think the movie could have benefited from another ten or fifteen minutes that focused on the worlds view and reaction to, Superman. Going into this movie i was most apprehensive because it is a reboot. I think we can all agree that we're sick of having to sit through a new origin story in what seems like every other Superhero movie. This i feel is even more true with characters like Supes and Batman. These characters are so ingrained in our culture if you don't know who these people are you're not going to the movies to see them anyway. I think because his origin was told through occasional flashbacks the movie was able to stay away from feeling like a stale or tedious retelling of his character. In fact, for as familiar with his character that i am it almost felt like was hearing about Superman for the first time. Had the origins been included in a linear manner i really feel that the impact of the movie would be very different. I was also nervous that the movie would either be like most other superhero blockbusters where it's all exposition through the majority of the movie thats spoon fed to the audience repetitively until the one or two major climaxes. The other formula seems to be all action and little to no exposition and development. I was pleased, however because for me it felt like most of the movie was necessary action intertwined with dramatic intrigue.
most of the complaints from people telling me they thought it was too long came from fans of, Avengers and the Hobbit. Let me just say, the Hobbit...,the Hobbit was four hours to long. As much as i do like and appreciate what the avengers accomplished, it suffered from pacing issues and definitely felt like it was 30-45 minutes to long.
There is one scene I could have done without, and that is the tentacle rape scene.
Avengers first 40 minutes were boring. no seriously, they were boring.
I sort of agree with the people saying the movie was "too serious" but I think its an exaggeration and people being used to Marvel's style. This is not Marvel. There were some genuinely funny scenes that made people laugh although I am not sure if they were intentional or not. The one that comes to mind is the 2nd time the colonel sees Faora and he runs. People laughed out loud. We were all thinking the same thing, and then he pulls the boss move and owns Faora and co. For once I liked having just a regular soldier doing something so heroic.
People are concentrating really hard on what they didn't like and their pre-conceived notions.
The movie is not terrible by any fkn means, no matter how hard you try and nitpick it.
Feminists complain about the soldier chick saying "I just think he is kind of hot." And then they completely ignore this is the toughest Lois Lane we have ever seen...EVER. Ignoring how strong Lara's character was portrayed when Zod was threatening her son. Faora needs no explanation.