Man of Steel kinda sucked but not painfully so.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by MSperoni

I was kinda curious to see it, but mostly because I like Kevin Costner and Michael Shannon. :P

Those are still perfectly good reasons to see this movie. Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe really nail it as Superman and Jor-El too, in my opinion. The only really weak point in the cast to me was Amy Adams, who wasn't all that bad either but I felt she played Lois too softly. That take-no-shit hard edge that really makes Lois work was missing here even if the writing in her introduction tried its best to sell it.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

Those are still perfectly good reasons to see this movie. Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe really nail it as Superman and Jor-El too, in my opinion.

That's actually what I wanted to hear; I can stomach a lot of things in the Giant Shaky Explosion genre, but a bad Superman in a Superman movie is not one of them.

With the other stuff, though, I'll probably try to catch a matinee showing or something.

[Nique]

I saw it last night and I can confirm that POS review is 100% objectively correct because science.

[Azisien]

Saw it in 2D IMAX and do not regret the choice. All that shaky-action would have been extra hard to follow as my frontal lobe sizzled from the caked on 3D post-production.

Oh, right, the movie itself. I actually thought it was pretty awesome. A few questionable actors (Supes biological mother, trapped secretary) and a few questionable plot points (Jon Kent death scene, nanite tentacle world engine filler fight, magic black hole prison that doesn't destroy the Earth and disappears). Small bonus points for at least two Battlestar Galactica actors being in the movie and an AI that sounded like EDI.

Also I liked all of the acting from all of the main characters. Henry Cavill is a good Superman, Russell Crowe was great, Michael Shannon was great, Amy Adams was good though I might have a decade-long crush on her that affected her grading, the Kents were both good.

I was once a total fan of Zack Synder's cinematography although this movie seemed extra heavy on the random shots that looked like they belonged on Instagram or something. I'm still glad he was director, the movie was visually incredible. Superman movies need to have at least that many momentum tumbles through buildings going forward.

The pacing was good, with the moving backward and forward in time in lieu of an hour and a half of pure linear origin story that would put us to sleep until the last forty minute PunchFest. Final score 6.5/10, would Man of Steel 2.

[Bells]

Now, here is a fair comparison... this put up against Iron Man 1. What's the impression?

[Azisien]

I would have given Iron Man 1 an 8/10 for a numerical impression, but I'm too tired to give that a review again.

e: oh apparently Synder is directing Man of Steel 2. Cool.

[Nique]

Originally Posted by Azisien

...two Battlestar Galactica actors being in the movie and an AI that sounded like EDI.

Tricia Helfer is your android god.

But in this case you're hearing Carla Gugino as the voice of Kelar.

[tacticslion]

Originally Posted by Magus

Also some people are REALLY hating on this movie for the changes it made to Superman's origins and such. These are the same people who absolutely HATED Superman Returns for being boring, staid, and afraid to try new things with the characters. I wonder how they feel now vis a vis this movie versus Superman Returns? Are they just both equally bad in polar-opposite different ways now, I suppose?

I both love and hate Superman Returns, and for some of the same reasons. It's funny you should mention it, as I was just talking to my wife about it earlier today.

I probably won't derail to go into super*-detail here, but, yeah, I love so many elements of the movie, but just really wish Lois and Supes weren't both rather terrible people in it.
(Also the age of the actors in the sequel being substantially younger than the age of the actors in the first movie of the series was jarringly dissonant, but that's hardly their fault.)

Love myself some of that Hackman-esque Luthor, though and subtle homages/nods to comic canon.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing Man of Steel, soon, maybe with a whole group.

* Haha, get it?

[CABAL49]

If they really wanted to make a different Superman movie, they should have based it off Red Son. Which is also the best Superman comic.

[Magus]

They are already so reluctant to make movies based on the actual mainstream comics without trying to do Elseworlds stories.

They should do a DCUOA movie of Red Son, though.