Man of Angst ( a.k.a. Man of Steel )

[Overmind One]

Here too. This was the formal "review"....

http://gatefans.net/gforums/threads/man-of-steel-a-k-a-eat-the-glock.26888/

You got the movie tickets for that one. I put off seeing this movie because I just am not into Superman. But I figured, if they rebooted him, perhaps he wasnt going to be the dickless wonder he has been for all these decades (I know, many of you love the guy). But now, they have taken it to a new level, with all the really dumb (but really pretty) CGI for Krypton and for "Cal" (?). I didnt like Krypton, didnt like the floaty communications/computer-y thingies cause they made no sense from an information display standpoint. A flat 10" screen can give more information. I did see one of those "displays" fabricate the rod thingie they put in the spaceship they put Superman in, but it was all just dumb looking. The giant ship which took Zod...where was all the smoke coming from behind it? Somebody went NUTS with After Effects and Avid. This thing was full of fluff and filler and dumb stuff.

I finally figured it out why these movies are coming out...they are childrens cartoons made into movies for adults (to bring their children to). They actually focused in on his abs? Why? For the teen females? Why all the way way way overdone destruction and explosions? This movie completely SUCKED. Running backwards it would still be the same except it would BLOW.

Jesus Christ, Super Man!

 

[Overmind One]

BTW, I am watching this movie right now. I have not seen it all. Im 1/3 into it but I keep pausing it because when my eyes roll into my head, I have to wait until they come back to center before I can watch a few more minutes. Its really really bad. Who is this movie for? It fails on so many levels, because it tries to be on so many levels at the same time.

 

[Overmind One]

They have turned him into a folk superhero, with a touch of country boy sex appeal. Sorta like an interstellar Abercrombie & Fitch model.

Those rips in the trousers...manmade, no doubt about it. Done expressly to show this guy's nice body. But that isnt Superman is it? This guy is packaged to appeal to a demographic. But I have to wonder what that is, since the story is so juvenile and empty. Why did I watch this? Everybody else who watched it is healed and over it by now, and I am freshly traumatized.

 

[Overmind One]

Oh no...Kevin (BORING) Costner is in this? The shaky cam in this is awful. Its as though somebody said "Hey, lets take stuff that looks like stuff from all the big blockbuster movies and stuff!". Then they put in all in the blender and put it on high. The result is a mish mash of ideas which says nothing and is too serious for it's own good.

 

[shavedape]

then you should stop spraying yourself with Luminol before you turn out the lights in front of the mirror!

After all these years post-puberty I'm still fascinated by the grotesquely huge "apparatus" so really, can you blame me?

 

[shavedape]

They have turned him into a folk superhero, with a touch of country boy sex appeal. Sorta like an interstellar Abercrombie & Fitch model.

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Those rips in the trousers...manmade, no doubt about it. Done expressly to show this guy's nice body. But that isnt Superman is it? This guy is packaged to appeal to a demographic. But I have to wonder what that is, since the story is so juvenile and empty. Why did I watch this? Everybody else who watched it is healed and over it by now, and I am freshly traumatized.

Okay hold up a minute here. For some people the shirtless scenes in this movie were the only things worth watching.

 

[shavedape]

Oh no...Kevin (BORING) Costner is in this? The shaky cam in this is awful. Its as though somebody said "Hey, lets take stuff that looks like stuff from all the big blockbuster movies and stuff!". Then they put in all in the blender and put it on high. Te result is a mish mash of ideas which says nothing and is too serious for it's own good.

The movie was terribly directed and constructed. It's almost as if different people put it together piece meal without ever knowing what the other people were making.

And they even dropped the ball on the cartoonish factor that movies like this generally have. Not that I like cartoonish things, but if any movie is going to have that style it would be this one. Not surprisingly they failed on that point. The whole movie was just very "discordant" if that makes sense.

 

[Gatefan1976]

They tried to make it too scifi, like hard scifi, scifi. and superhero's with powers don't fit in there.

 

[shavedape]

They tried to make it too scifi, like hard scifi, scifi. and superhero's with powers don't fit in there.

I'm sorry, were you saying something? I was distracted.

 

[Gatefan1976]

Just replace the word scfi with abs in you case

 

[Overmind One]

The movie was terribly directed and constructed. It's almost as if different people put it together piece meal without ever knowing what the other people were making.

And they even dropped the ball on the cartoonish factor that movies like this generally have. Not that I like cartoonish things, but if any movie is going to have that style it would be this one. Not surprisingly they failed on that point. The whole movie was just very "discordant" if that makes sense.

That is the only thing that DOES make sense! This movie is just flash bang...wait, its DARK flash bang. You know, 'cause of all the deep serious shit going on too. . It just fails. You cant really have a good discussion about this unless you are pointing out why it is pointless. I read the previous responses and they are right on the money. But I can never suspend belief in this movie to enjoy it as a Superman movie. It is the movie equivalent of a Happoy Meal, and Im not very happy. Im half way through the movie, and at least 10 pauses of the film.

 

[Joelist]

You got the movie tickets for that one. I put off seeing this movie because I just am not into Superman. But I figured, if they rebooted him, perhaps he wasnt going to be the dickless wonder he has been for all these decades (I know, many of you love the guy). But now, they have taken it to a new level, with all the really dumb (but really pretty) CGI for Krypton and for "Cal" (?). I didnt like Krypton, didnt like the floaty communications/computer-y thingies cause they made no sense from an information display standpoint. A flat 10" screen can give more information. I did see one of those "displays" fabricate the rod thingie they put in the spaceship they put Superman in, but it was all just dumb looking. The giant ship which took Zod...where was all the smoke coming from behind it? Somebody went NUTS with After Effects and Avid. This thing was full of fluff and filler and dumb stuff.

I finally figured it out why these movies are coming out...they are childrens cartoons made into movies for adults (to bring their children to). They actually focused in on his abs? Why? For the teen females? Why all the way way way overdone destruction and explosions? This movie completely SUCKED. Running backwards it would still be the same except it would BLOW.

Jesus Christ, Super Man!

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Actually I got the tickets for the Pacific Rim review.

 

[Joelist]

This nonsense was just way too joyless, angsty and dark to be Superman. I still feel like my tagline says..."Man of Steel" - Superman as reimagined by Charles Manson...

 

[Overmind One]

I'm sorry, were you saying something? I was distracted.

The guy has a nice body. But so what? The movie is supposed to be about Superman, not some guy's body. Even if you like the eye candy, where is Superman in all this? I see a lot of shiny sweaty chatty explode-y in the film, but it is so empty.

 

[Overmind One]

Actually I got the tickets for the Pacific Rim review.

Well, I feel better about that! This movie...its just such a disappointment. How could they get Superman so wrong? They have DECADES of him to draw from. They went too far with Krypton (but it looked cool, didnt it?), they chose beefcake over balanced, they overdid the Smallville scenes, the casting seems off, events just "happen". And Im just half way through the movie!

 

[shavedape]

Just replace the word scfi with abs in you case

I'm sorry, I missed what you said again. I was in the kitchen getting a spoon.

 

[shavedape]

The guy has a nice body. But so what? The movie is supposed to be about Superman, not some guy's body. Even if you like the eye candy, where is Superman in all this? I see a lot of shiny sweaty chatty explode-y in the film, but it is so empty.

Oh it's a lousy movie for sure. But I'm just saying, if you have to sit thru it the eye candy doesn't hurt.

Now the dialogue and acting, that hurts.

 

[Gatefan1976]

I'm sorry, I missed what you said again. I was in the kitchen getting a spoon.

Did you say something?

 

[shavedape]

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Did you say something?

Oh please, Tom Welling is a stupid queen who doesn't know what to do with the breast being offered to him.

 

[Joelist]

That is the core of the issue OM, the got the Superman character 100% wrong.

They tried to make him into a super powered version of The Dark Knight. But that cannot work. Batman is a wounded person who becomes a sort of dual person - playboy to the world and vigilante in secret. Superman can't be dark and moody, punching Zod in the face while yelling obscenities and still be Superman. And that doesn't even get into his being at least partly responsible for the destruction of both Smallville and Metropolis with the deaths of millions. In a way, Superman needs to be a simple minded do gooder for the character to function otherwise he comes off as a super powered psychopath - like in this film.