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Apr 21, 2014 - 9:10 AM
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Warlok
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I like The Watchmen. I think that was a superb bit of superhero grit - an adult take on superheroism, with a very smart philosophical conundrum. Made you think. But I disliked Man Of Steel, as I`ve writ already elsewhere. I guess I`m trying to declare my appreciation for what Snyder has done, while setting down a distinction between that stuff and his Superman effort.
Falk was Columbo. Thats to say he didn`t just play the role, he was the role. Perfect. Ditto Reeve for Superman. He didn`t need to be and ought not get re-imagined. You *could* confront audiences with more destruction and death while maintaining that superheroism - the 'god' who despite all his power, cannot possibly save everyone... so he has to grow up and learn to make some tough choices. Maybe even make mistakes.
To me, that would be interesting. And seeing that individual clash with the modern world. That too would be interesting.
If you had god-like powers, how would you grapple with the corruption of the modern world? Would you make declarations, dictate, and execute? Would you ignore? Would you see guardianship as babysitting? I don`t know what *I* would do. I have inclinations (grin finger-on-the-button`ishly), but I don`t know what I would do.
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Apr 21, 2014 - 11:12 AM
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mstrox
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I liked Man of Steel a good bit, especially the first half of it, and I found myself sucked into the opening Krypton sequences for a bit while flipping through HBO last weekend. My problem with it is that largely, Man of Steel was joyless. That's the best way I could describe it. It's something that I can't even really put my finger on and explain to a message board. My problem doesn't lie with the content but with the tone. The "grittier" comic book movies of late (Nolan's Batman movies, The Winter Solder, Snyder's own Watchmen) did not seem joyless to me, despite their grimness. In those movies, it seemed like somebody was having fun - the filmmakers, the actors, the characters themselves - throughout. I didn't get that vibe from Man of Steel, and it sucked any emotion I could feel about it out of me.
A totally spacey reaction to the movie, but it's subjective and I guess it's as valid as any other 
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Apr 21, 2014 - 2:16 PM
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MikeP
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Hmm. Well, I detested 300, but liked Watchmen. He did a decent job with an impossible situation, and happily didn't treat the original comic as gospel...which it ain't. Man Of Steel however was awful...ten tons of awful. Not because it wasn't Chris Reeve, it was just a poorly written movie. From the ridiculous opening scene with the flying dragons, to Shannon's General Zod, the WORST comic book movie bad guy ever...I mean he was worse than Arnold's Mr Freeze or Jim Carrey in...anything 
And i liked Synder's comment " I really wanted to show the violence is real, people get killed or get hurt and it’s not fun or funny" ... ummm really? You destroy the city, undoubtedly kill millions but who cares...we need another 10 minutes of boring fighting. Then in the end scene...we walk right back into The Daily Planet like nothing happened....
Nah, Synder just needs to stay away from superhero movies.
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