It is my favorite Superman movie. I've never understood why it didn't get as much love as the original.

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Feels like we get this thread or post every few months. TexAgs has a thing for Man of Steel.

There is only one true Superman:

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It was the first CGI Superman that really tried to show what the OG overpowered hero would look like. The slow mo bullet to the eye was so damn cool at the time.

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That was Superman Returns.

rhutton125 said:

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Decay said:

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It was the first CGI Superman that really tried to show what the OG overpowered hero would look like. The slow mo bullet to the eye was so damn cool at the time.

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That was Superman Returns.

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Oh. Well then that was the cool one.

That tornado scene though…

I consider MoS to be one of the best superhero movies, but it is so damn hard to overcome Christopher Reeve in Superman: The Movie. That original movie holds up just as well as it did in December 1978, but it is also a traditional origin story. MoS did not follow that same pattern, exactly, like say going from Batman 1989 to Batman Begins.

MoS features a great score by Hans Zimmer, but Zimmer's work pales in comparison to John Williams' score. Reeve blows Henry C away as both Superman and especially Clark Kent. Also have to favor Margot Kidder over Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Lex Luthor doesn't show up in MoS, but that would be a no doubt about it decision for Gene Hackman over whatever that actor's name is that portrayed the character in BvS. But I will say Michael Shannon was superior to Terrence Stamp as General Zod.

I feel like I am slamming MoS, but as much as I like the movie, it is just up against one of my all-time favorites. MoS gave us a far different look at like on Krypton than anything we had seen before, and I look at Zod as a more believable villain. He believes in his mission, and is not just a hate-filled killer. I also liked how Snyder treated both Superman and Zod as aliens among us. The original movies didn't go down that road.

Re-watched MoS a couple months ago before going to see The Flash. I had forgotten just how good MoS was.

I know some people didn't like the way they changed the Kents, like the dad saying he should have let the bus sink without saving the kids. And personally, I didn't think the final showdown was great for the reasons listed above. With superpowered beings you have no context on how the fight is progressing. When you see someone punched through 20 grain silos into a gas station that promptly explodes, you'd think okay that's the end of that guy. But when they get up, apparently unscathed, it destroys the stakes.

Those are legit complaints in my opinion. On the flipside, I loved the themes of the movie - how isolating it would be to basically be a god. The soundtrack isn't as iconic as John Williams, but like most Hans Zimmer soundtracks it does a perfect job setting the mood. What are you going to do when you're not saving the world is still in my playlist rotation. It's so good. The acting was pretty solid across the board. A little on the nose in some places, but generally it all works and Henry Cavill is great. All in all, I felt it was a great Nolanized version of Superman. Of the new DCEU movies, it's definitely my favorite.

Smallville did the Kents better than anyone

wangus12 said:

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Smallville did the Kents better than anyone

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you left out the best part

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BenFiasco14 said:

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Agreed

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BenFiasco14 said:

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Disagree

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Are you just blue star farming?

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He is

double aught said:

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BenFiasco14 said:

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Agreed

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BenFiasco14 said:

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Disagree

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Are you just blue star farming?

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He is not