Angelus said:
Interesting, I feel about the same as you on BvS. That movie was straight garbage, and we needn't even go into the countless reasons why. Man of Steel though, I really enjoyed quite a lot. I liked how they made it a bit more of a sci-fi movie, and they really just kind of unleashed Superman in the second half with just awesome battles. Personally I don't find Superman very interesting as a character, simply because he's just so all powerful when not confronted with a shiny rock, and yet you never seem to ever really see that raw power in anything he's in, so to me it's just like ya....if you're gonna make a Superman movie, just let me see him blow the roof off the joint. So I'd give that movie more like a 7 or so. I didn't watch Suicide Squad or Justice League. Wonder Woman is excellent for like the first 4/5ths of the movie, and then the last bit is just your sort of typical CGI fight, which I don't even mind much in and of itself, but it wasn't even particularly good as far as those go imo, and they were so determined to hit on the big bad that I feel they kinda missed the boat on being able to really drive home the larger point. So that was a bit of a shame. Still an enjoyable 8/10 movie though I'd say. |
Man of Steel is a competent movie that is well shot, well acted, and has a very apparent style. I suppose the reason why I rate it lower is due to personal preference. Personally, I feel this movie doesn't quite understand Superman as a character. Snyder tried to make Superman more of a relatable character by making him more arrogant and spiteful. That scene where he destroys the truck and the plane for no apparent reason just made him seem like a humongous asshole. I also felt that the movie had poor pacing due to it's insistence to cram an action scene at every point it could. The action was well done... but by the end of the movie, I felt that they could have trimmed some of it. My main problem comes down to the character. I've always seen Superman as similar to Atticus Finch as both have their morality in check and will always do the right thing, no matter the circumstance. Superman's disregard for anyone but himself and Lois Lane kinda just ruined the entire movie for me. I relate it to that shitty Spider-Man movie that came out like 5 years ago with Andrew Garfield. This movie is better than that one because of it's visual style... but both are missing the heart and personality their predecessors had.
Suicide Squad is garbage. Don't even bother. I will get around to watching Wonder Woman eventually since I like the artistic style it's presenting. Justice League looks like a generic action movie that will most likely have a severe tonal inconsistency. Maybe Aquaman will be good if they go the Whedon route and realize how stupid the premise is.
