Hello Everyone,
Before I start I would like to say these are my own opinions on the film so far, I am not a troll nor a lunatic. I am just an ordinary person dishing out what I have to say in my own words through this editorial. So please if you have any hate words just save it until after you finish reading what I have to say or I won't consider reading your comment. All in good manners.
Now to begin, I am extremely distraught over the progress being made with Man of Steel. After all the things I have been hearing, what are they doing? Does Zack Snyder have any clue about this character at all? In terms it may be a good film but for me in comic book film terms it's just going to be the worst adaption yet to come. With Superman Returns that tried to take the approach directly back to the first film this one is trying to be "original and unique" in their own words. It's going with this whole surreal sense if we open our window we would probably see Superman flying by. It's going with the whole gritty Nolan feel. Why don't you also answer the question on how come the first Superman film was so successful without the whole gritty Nolan feel. It's because it's the original and sometimes taking inspiration from the original can often be considered as an important lesson. Not Superman Returns which failed to find the right balance but this film had the opportunity to directly take the original plot points of their own. Instead we are getting a rehashed origins story and starting all over again.
You know for over a decade you wouldn't think nobody would have known who Superman was. Why couldn't they have started the story from the middle, there is no need to establish Superman if he has already been in over three films. His character is so simple you can start from any timeline and there wouldn't be any trouble at all getting back into it. This is one of the many problems I specifically have with this film, it's starting all over again. We know he is from Krypton and all the other things have been repeated over it's just getting annoying. Speaking of this, it's not my only gripe I have with this film.
No Kryptonite featured at all. People are saying oh look he has a bunch of other problems to deal with this and that. He is not a complex character, this is not some character that needs to divided into sections. Not including his main weakness in the film or not even making an establishment of it is just blasphemy. You can have a film without Lex Luthor but not his main weakness that has been established in over hundreds of comics, every single movie, and neatly every single form of media we know Superman in. You might as well just call him Human Man to confuse the general audiences that know Superman well even more. Everybody knows Kryptonite is his weakness, the whole average general popular majority of people that know who Superman is. It will cause confusion. Don't confuse the general audience.
Next making Superman closer to reality, he is an alien. Enough said with that. You do not ground science fiction. Science fiction will remain how it is and there is no real possible way ever to make it reality. Like I said the first film didn't need to utilize this crap to be successful so why here. Next they are just throwing in a bunch of action sequences to make us forget about that, oh good real exciting. You know I'm just wondering if they oxygen levels on Krypton are the same as Earth.
Speaking of Krypton, the alien people are engineered? What are they trying to rip off now Prometheus? Despite how unoriginal the film was at least it made a ground towards audiences. It just feels like a science fiction element which has been used since the dawn of time. They might as well add Zombie Kryptonians while they are at it cause I don't know what else will save it from turning into another parody of the genre like Superman Returns was.
Speaking of a topic about recycling the same old, how about General Zod? I know he hasn't been seen in a while but are you really going back to his character. Superman has a full roster of villains and out of all of them they recycle him. What about Doomsday as a villain. Doomsday needs little introduction or back story just throw him in the movie and you saved the movie from minutes not needed. General Zod would have been more suited for a final film, otherwise I believe his character is just going to be rushed in to cash on the story. Speaking of General Zod, why the hell does he look so constipated in this photo like he wants to take a crap all over this movie.
I am not a fan of any of the casting choices at all. It just feels so generic beyond anything. It's like they were making another action movie and just decided to throw in Superman as a last minute choice. What I wanted to see more was a heavily inspired cast not a cast that looks like it just walked off the set of a 80s flick. Everyone just looks so out of the times. It's not even modern anymore it's like a bad combination of retro and new. Decide which era you want to stay in and stay in the era!
Next on my list of gripes with casting choices, Henry Cavill looks nothing like Superman or Clark Kent. He is supposed to be a really awkward character while at the same time serious. This new portrayal looks like some hobo off the street judging from a photo of him in a beard.
We have a poor mans Superman on a quest to find his deeply emotional spirit. Oh I forgot we are supposed to take that seriously. You might as well just make him like emo Peter Parker in Spider-Man 3 I am sure you could get a good benefit of a lot of crying moments! Better yet it would make the story even sadder. Yeah connect to the audiences that want to see a superhero feel more human yeah great idea. It's uneatable in terms to digest all this in one sitting. Throw me a trash can please.
Did I also mention the fact they are using Hans Zimmer once again? Really WB going this far or was it just Nolan's choice. The same guy who scored The Dark Knight Trilogy is scoring Man of Steel. Yeah it's not like they are borrowing enough already. Not like there is hundreds of other great composers out there that can give this a distinct feel. What about giving this to a group of talented musicians. Like how Daft Punk scored Tron Legacy I am sure another talented musician could have taken the reigns of this movie. You know what I hate to borrow from previous words but I am just going to say it again, Skrillex would have been a better choice to score Man of Steel. Skrillex has been getting better in music. Take this for example.
At least it would have been original unlike this. WB reusing old composers is not going to work. If they are going to keep doing that they might as well lock Zimmer in a closet until Justice League needs to be scored. Yeah in the next thousand years like that is ever going to happen. It just gets tiring to hear the same music from another film over and over again.
Did I even mention the marketing for this movie is horrible. They might kick it up in the final months, next month literally. Which is still not a lot of time. They should have started full on at the beginning of the year, this is just a sign they are slowing down painfully. Even Superman Returns had better marketing than this crap. WB dished out more marketing on Green Lantern alone. If they have some idea they are going to make billions on this crap why not dig out the marketing. Yeah and the so called TV spot doesn't count. Recycling footage from the first trailer what a shame. You know you could have footage from the movie without spoiling it. Isn't there supposed to be hundreds of fights in the movie. Wait General Zod fights Superman? Really I don't see any spoilers at all so where the hell is the footage. It's not like Superman is going to die in the movie. We already know he beats the bad guys and saves the world crap oh sorry spoiler for people that haven't already figured out the generically entertaining formula.
Like I have said I don't see how this film will work at all. I will further more reserve anymore judgmental views I have till I see the actual movie. For now I am not sitting on the good fence for Man of Steel. Thank you for reading, please comment on your opinions.