I won't bore you with the details, but I had the good fortune to catch Man of Steel on Sunday. Now, I know the critics are divided and thats fine. Some Marvel fans are trying to measure their...dedication. There is some guy on here who really has it in for Goyer. (Like really has it in for him. Every comment on every thread is about how much he hates Goyer's writing. Kinda weird actually, but whatever.) But I have to be honest, I liked it. No, scratch that. I loved it.
Strong praise, I know, but hear me out. When I saw The Dark Knight Rises, I left the theater feeling...unfullfilled. The more I thought about it, the more I was annoyed by a litany of things. Characters behaving in a way completely removed from years of comic book history. Christian Bale's grating ass voice. I won't go too deep into it, its just the more I thought about, the more I really didn't like it. I'm an old school DC fan and to be honest, I thought they lost sight of what makes Batman awesome. Just my humble opinion.
I say all this to give you a little better idea about how I felt watching Man of Steel. I had read the reviews and still remembered the travesty that was Superman Returns. I braced myself for the worst. I was ready to be underwhelmed. (love YJ) And you know what? I had a great time. I loved it. Here was Superman, the last son of Krypton, as I always imagined him. He was strong and heroic, fighting insurmountable evil to protect mankind. He was flying! And God bless Chris Reeve, but he was FLYING FLYING. Faster than a speeding bullet! Punching the bad guys! My inner 10 year old lept with excitment and I swear I've been making woosh noises and pretending to fly all day.
If you like superhero movies, you'll like it. A dude threw a freaking train car at him! How could you not love that? When did we start to take ourselves so seriously? It's not "realistic." Really? An alien in a cape is not realistic? You don't say. Look, do me a tiny favor. Take a Saturday, eat a big bowl of sugary cereal and take your inner 12 year old to see this movie. Then answer me one question. "Did you like it?" Spare me your pseudo-film school nonsense, just answer that one question.
Thanks.
Oh, BTW, for those of you don't know, Hal Jordan and Barry Allen suck. Sorry, but those are two of the most boring ass DCU characters ever. Just saying.