Kaizar said:
They basically just put Superman in our world in real life, except he's still in a fictional movie LOL. I'm personally glad they did a realistic version of someone like superman growing up on earth.
Besides, Superman movies are NOT suppose to be about Lex Luthor, they are suppose to be about Superman and his back story. We don't need Joker & Lex Luthor in Batman & Superman movies, but we do need them in Shows and Comic Books.
But I'm curious what it is that makes you like the other Superman movies more then this? Since we all have different opinions, I like to hear yours to understand. |
The idea of Superman struggling to adjust to Earth is a silly idea that, to the best of my knowledge, isn't really addressed in the comics. The thing about Superman is that... he's freaking Superman. He's not a grounded or down to Earth hero like Batman or Spider-man. He's above it all. He doesn't need to feel angst about fitting in with the humans, beccause he's Superman. There is no need to feel insecure when you're superior in pretty much every way. I don't think this is a realistic version of someone like Superman growing up. Realistic would be a guy who's positively oozing with confidence and probably has a kind of pompous air about him. If anything, Superman would be a bit more like Thor was in Thor and Avengers. Not every hero has to be an angsty loner. *Spoilers from here on out.*
The idea of making Superman struggle to deal with his powers is an attempt to deal with the problem of Superman. As in, how do you make a nearly invulnrable super hero interesting. So they kind of manufactured a weakness, but this isn't necessary.
Superman DOES have a "weakness" that people seem to overlook (no not magic). With great power comes great responsibility. It's a Spider-man line, but it still applies here. Superman's power is infinitely greater than Spiderman's, so his responsibility is also infinitely greater. It's not enough for Superman to beat the villan and save the day. He needs to beat the villain, save the day, and make sure that every damn person in Metropolis is spared.
And as powerful and fast as he is, Superman can't be in two places at once. He can't save every single person. Of course, there is always collateral damage, but because of his overwhelming power and the responsibility, Superman takes this harder than other heroes. This burden is the weakness I'm talking about. Spider-man will obviously feel bad if bystanders are killed, and while he'll wonder if he could have saved them, eventually he'll accept that he is only human and be able to move on and vow to do better. Superman can't really do that, because he is not only human. What's good enough for another hero is not good enough for him.
That's one of the things they got right about returns. Yeah, there was a lot of silliness and stupid elements, but a lot of the movie centered around Superman stuggling to save every single person from disaster after disaster. And that brings me to the problem with Man of Steel. Superman doesn't really seem to give a shit.
Throughout his big battle with Zod and the other Kryptonians, Superman acts with reckless abandon. He just smashes them all over, making no real effort to minimize collateral damage. Superman doesn't make a particularly strong attempt to get the dangerous psycopaths who are after him AWAY from the city filled with people. He punches people through buildings, blows up cars upon cars, and hurls bodies around with little care of where they came from.
If we take Superman's character from the comics, how do you think he would feel as he stands in a city that has been almost completely obliterated by people who would have never come to Earth if not for him? Would he feel like he failed? Would he feel responsible? Would he feel guilty? Would he be distraught? For Superman letting one civilian die would be a tragedy. The thousands who died in the movie would be considered a total failure on his part. How does Man of Steel Superman react to this tragedy? He makes out with Lois in the rubble and makes a lame joke without giving a thought to the carnage.
This isn't Superman. If Nolan wants to write a script for an uber powerful outsider, he could do that. If Snyder wants to make disaster porn, he could do wthat. But, don't strap a character that doesn't fit to that. It's like making God of War IV: Starring Kirby.
That is my main problem with the movie, but there are plenty of others... For example...
1. Did Pa Kent really tell Clark to let a bus of kids die? For fuck's sake, really? I get that keeping the secret identiy is important but that's just heartless. This is the man trying to teach Superman humanity?
2. Why was Lois on the spaceship besides for plot purposes? The kryptonians were able to get all the info they needed from Superman's mind anyway.
3. After leaving the space ship, Supes lands right by his house. Then promptly leaves. Uhhhh... So Superman, think the Kryptonians might have seen you land there and may come to the farm where your mom is? For a guy with a super brain, not so smart.
4. If a guy is firing lasers out of his eyes in a crowded room, twisting his head in a circle is probably the worst thing you could do.
5. Zod wants to terraform the Earth to make it more like Krypton? Wait, didn't Jorrel explain how much more nourishing Earth's atmosphere was?
6. Zod needs to destroy all of humanity rather than try to adjust to Earth's atmosphere. By the end of the movie he is fighting without a breather on equal terms with the Earth raised Superman. So, seems like he adjusted without even commiting genocide. It took about 2 hours.
7. By the way, isn't Superman's power, and therefore his discomfort, a result of the yellow sun anyway? Is this terraforming really necessary or useful?
8. Lois just comes off as a bitch. Just saying.
9. Wait... so all of the Kryptonians who were cut off from Krypton died? Are you kidding me? Any Kryptonian in a yellow son system should have not only survived but freaking thrived. And if all the Kryptonians on other worlds struggled so much why does Clark seem to be doing fine? How is the galaxy not ruled by Kryptonians by now.
10. Ok... so Superman shoots down a satelite so that they can't find out where he "hangs his cape". Two seconds later, he casually mentions he's from Kansas. Thanks for narrowing it down to one sparsely populated state. If Lois can narrow down his identity in about a week with nothing but google and a smart phone, I think the US army will figure you out clark.
