Meh. Probably not.
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ReelReviews14 — 11 years ago(December 29, 2014 12:22 AM)
Some EXCELLENT comments in this thread!
Is 'Man Of Steel' the worst CBM EVER?
Say what you want, this movie is just awful.
One of the worst in recent years? probably
most overrated by their fanbase. even the people who liked ASM2 don't call it a masterpiece. they don't say this was the best superhero film ever
It might be the worst in terms of expectation. what it was trying to be and how badly it failed at that
So, this begs the question: which is worse, Man of Steel or Superman Returns?
MoS was so off-base as a Superman movie (especially an origin & re-boot for the greatest known, American icon when the film turned into yet another variation on the War of the Worlds invasion story dominated by a seemingly endless, Transformers-style CGI-fest of incomprehensible moving stuff).
As a Superman fan, I hated them
some schumacher batmans as obvious duds but at least those movies were somewhat self-aware. I can watch those for 10 min and laugh at how dumb they are.
this was more disappointing
MOS worse then Ghost Rider, The Spirit, Superman IV, Batman and Robin
those were just movies you can laugh at. Batman and Robin were at least self aware stupid
Batman & Robin, Ghost Rider, Catwoman bad
MOS could be considered worse because they are trying to build a cinematic universe off this crappy foundation.
'Manos; Hands Of Fate' Even that film is a masterpiece compared to this crap.
the problem with MoS is that it so desperately wants to be a deeply serious movie with pathos and gravitas, but anything of meaning is superficial and glossed over. I mean, Superman himself uttered about 5 sentences by the time the movie had gone on for an hour. You kidding me? The protagonist and namesake of your movie has NO lines to speak of? And you guys seriously praise Cavill's performance more than Reeve, whose portrayal of the character actually had personality and charisma? Give me a break. One of the most colossal disappointments within the genre, unquestionably.
I had no particular opinion of Cavill before seeing this movie but now, I just think of him as a walking constipated frown. that's all the movie allowed him to do
You compare his role to that of any other protagonist from the genre within the last 15 years or so, and his Superman is far and away the most wooden, vanilla portrayal of a leading man by far. That's sad, because movies that were far worse (although there aren't many) have more fleshed out characters than Man of Steel did. I can't even think of another example where that applies.
I have a hard time picturing this mute, wooden character as the leader of the Justice League. The writer and director either didn't have enough confidence in their material, the character himself, or the actor (perhaps all three), and that's just sad. What's REALLY sad is that a jingoistic, flag thumping boyscout like Captain America has a more fleshed out personality and leadership skills than the granddaddy of all superheroes. That's just a travesty.
Winter solider made me love captain America. I'm legit excited for him in Avengers 2. He has a personality. It's basically where marvel succeeds and DC/WB failed here. marvel wasn't afraid caps antiquated ways wouldn't capture audiences. They let cap be cap. It's like MoS was ashamed of the character and essentially changed the make up of that character.
The fanboys will tell you it was "intentional"
I just can't even empathize with most Man of Steel fans. The way they praise the movie is just patently untrue in a lot of cases, and I can't even see things from their perspective because the stuff they say about this movie is just so off the wall. For most other movies I dislike, I can at least get why fans feel the way they feel about it. In most cases, they can actually articulate what they liked about the movie in a sensible, and more importantly, accurate manner. -
eholzapfel26 — 11 years ago(December 29, 2014 04:44 PM)
The good thing about
Man of Steel
is it made me view
Superman Returns
in a different light.
Previously, I felt
Returns
was the last straw when it came to Superman movies.
MoS
showed that there was still one more straw left (and this not only broke the camel's back, but flattened it like General Zod bringing one of upteen buildings down upon it!) -
NewDivide1701 — 10 years ago(July 15, 2015 09:24 PM)
I would say Green Lantern along with Batman and Robin would be among the worst CBMs ever.
Man of Steel? Far above the basement, around the penthouse area like the Dark Knight trilogy level.
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megaknocker — 10 years ago(January 18, 2016 10:13 PM)
Wisdom and love of good film should never be shouted down by idiots.
Fans are buying the fact that the old white male members of the academy gave this a token nomination for two reasons.- They love George Miller (one of them).
- They think this is a "popular" film and it'll get idiots to watch their telecast.
Too bad they didn't care to look in to real word of mouth. Most people did not enjoy Fury Road. I guess the idiot blind fans will watch. So, they'll get their wish but in far smaller numbers than they thought.
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Donnie_Darkrr — 10 years ago(August 08, 2015 03:20 PM)
Haven't seen it, don't feel particularly one way or the other about it. I just wish FOX would give Marvel its properties back. Why, is it getting badly received?
Superman 1938-2013. R.I.P. Look up in the sky -
pcull1016 — 10 years ago(August 09, 2015 10:25 AM)
Why, is it getting badly received?
If the reviews are any indication, the new FF makes MOS look like a masterpiece. Its current Tomatometer is a pathetic 14%, and it may not even break $30 million this weekend.
If memory serves, this is the worst opening for a superhero film since the Marvel Cinematic Universe was established in 2008.
SMALLVILLE: 218 episodesand SuperBlur? -
Donnie_Darkrr — 10 years ago(August 09, 2015 04:53 PM)
Yeah, I've been over on the boards. It's a massacre over there, people fighting over blame for the director and blame for the studio like dogs over scraps. It sounds like if they had stuck just a
little
more closely to the Ultimate comics and Trank had made more of an effort to keep the fans on his side instead of pissing them off at every tun, they might not be in this mess.
Superman 1938-2013. R.I.P. Look up in the sky