I recently rewatched this, and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Even though I grew up reading Marvel comics, I was able to enjoy Kal-el's back story. I like how the movie portrayed his upbringing in flashbacks, rather than a straightforward timeline.
Thanks for this, Tad. Yeah, I grew up a DC kid--no Marvel. But, I've come to love Daredevil on the Marvel side. I was in a minority, but I really enjoyed the Zach Snyder films, though I love the Nolan films best of all.
I enjoyed reading your review, because when I watch a movie that just fundamentally doesn’t work for me, I enjoy reading what people who liked it saw in it. I think Man of Steel is almost a great movie. There’s a lot of individual pieces I like in it. But I can’t get past Superman refusing to take the fight away from Smallville and Metropolis. Especially when you contrast it with the fight between Superman and Zoe in Superman II. We don’t ever get that “Zod, the people!” moment from this version of Kal-El. I agree with you that Goyer is a tremendous writer, but I can’t help but think that ultimately he doesn’t buy into the goodness of Superman, but knew he had to write him that way.
I recently rewatched this, and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Even though I grew up reading Marvel comics, I was able to enjoy Kal-el's back story. I like how the movie portrayed his upbringing in flashbacks, rather than a straightforward timeline.
Thanks for this, Tad. Yeah, I grew up a DC kid--no Marvel. But, I've come to love Daredevil on the Marvel side. I was in a minority, but I really enjoyed the Zach Snyder films, though I love the Nolan films best of all.
Thank you Bradley. We were raised on the George Reeves, Phyllis Coates TV series. Wonderful sountrack for our suburban NJ upbringing.
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I enjoyed reading your review, because when I watch a movie that just fundamentally doesn’t work for me, I enjoy reading what people who liked it saw in it. I think Man of Steel is almost a great movie. There’s a lot of individual pieces I like in it. But I can’t get past Superman refusing to take the fight away from Smallville and Metropolis. Especially when you contrast it with the fight between Superman and Zoe in Superman II. We don’t ever get that “Zod, the people!” moment from this version of Kal-El. I agree with you that Goyer is a tremendous writer, but I can’t help but think that ultimately he doesn’t buy into the goodness of Superman, but knew he had to write him that way.
Thank you Bradley. We were raised on the George Reeves, Phyllis Coates TV series. Wonderful sountrack for our suburban NJ upbringing.