Man of Steel

man of steel understands superman...for the most part.
lets get that out of the way. gunn fans need to hold thy horses.
moments like clark destroying someones truck is not out of character lol.

clark himself actually is a pretty solid character overall, his journey to becoming a hero is interesting and you can definitly see how he's kinda struggling with what he is but ends up embracing it.
but what i think also holds all of that back is that no i do not think henry cavill is that good of an actor, i have nothing against him, i really like him in MI fallout but he's not that great in his other films imo including this one.
that sucks because he definitly looks the part.
zod i think is a really good villain, he's menacing and how he justifies his ideology is fascinating. but and yes there is another but, the other characters don't do it for me. ma and pa kent are decent, they aren't major characters and don't get huge focus but they serve their purpose well enough.
lois lane on the other hand....i don't think she has good chemistry with clark, i don't think she is a terrible character but ultimately i don't feel like i knew her as a person that much. she spends allot of time either doing something with superman or something related to superman and yes she is a character related to superman, she is her love interest but that shouldn't mean that all of her scenes have to connect to superman in some way.
overall the daily planet doesn't get much focus in the first two acts, in the third act they kinda do ig with perry white played by laurence fishburne and two other employees try to escape the collatoral damage which is trying to create tension and it kinda falls flat for me because idk these people.

the cinematography for the film is half of the time good but then you have scenes that are to desaturated which looks hideous which is hillarious because you also have scenes that look amazing aswell.
overall i think they hadn't really found the balance between snyders usual style and the look of a comic book.
and btw it shouldn't directly look like a comic book but you also don''t have to de-saturate it to the point it looks dry like my skin after a shower.

like i said earlier it does understand superman as a character but i also scratch my head at some minor decisions like him just.....not stoping that tank that in turn destroys a building. like that moment genuinely felt like they just wanted superman to looks cool and badass.

overall is this a good film? almost i would say but it just has allot of things holding it back but i also think it understood superman for the most part its just some little things don't make sense.
is snyder our savior? no. is gunn gonna be the superman savior? idk but i don't think superman ever needed saving(at least creatively with zack)
gunn fans should shut the fuck up, you can heavily dislike this film or heavily like it but calling it the abomination of superman films and that its not really superman is horse crap.
i give it a lower rating then last time but i also apreciate it more and got more out of it then last time if that makes sense.

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This is the superman movie with the least amount worldbuilding and it has a lack of character(still good),

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I'm more of an MCU fan. As far as the DCEU goes though, this is my second favorite behind Shazam.

Henry Cavill looks like Superman, and I like his vibe, but I find Man of Steel to be slow overall. In between action scenes, I need something a bit punchier to keep me invested. I know Clark Kent isn't especially quippy, but I need to be hooked. I want to root for or against someone or something. I feel neutral.

I think Man of Steel and I are just incompatible. It's not you, it's me.

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