- Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:46 pm
#81844
Watched it last night and wanted to see what others thought of it. I didn't care for Snyder's take on Superman in Man of Steel as I don't think Snyder gets the character. I probably went into the viewing biased against the movie due to multiple factors...Snyder, Affleck's casting, the terrible trailers, the critical reception, etc but I was more open minded than I thought I'd be.
To me it was a convoluted mess.....a 90% shit sandwich with bits of brilliance that made me wish for what it could have been.
I'm not going to post specifics for spoiler reasons so generalities...I don't get the praise for Affleck as a great Batman as he just seemed to be Ben Affleck. Jesse Eisenberg plays Lex like he's the Riddler and it completely rips me out of the movie every time he's on screen. The score is terrible in relation to the movie that instead of immersing me in moments it takes me out of moments due to it being inappropriate for the scene.
Good moments include a Batman fight that is wonderfully edited and choreographed, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot in certain moments....I think she is getting overpraised but she does have moments. Henry Cavill has good moments but I want to punch Snyder in the face because it could have been better if he understood the character.
It's probably not as bad as the critics slamming it but it isn't good. I don't think they get the characters like Marvel gets theirs or like Ryan Reynolds gets Deadpool which is why we got that fabulous Deadpool movie.
To me it was a convoluted mess.....a 90% shit sandwich with bits of brilliance that made me wish for what it could have been.
I'm not going to post specifics for spoiler reasons so generalities...I don't get the praise for Affleck as a great Batman as he just seemed to be Ben Affleck. Jesse Eisenberg plays Lex like he's the Riddler and it completely rips me out of the movie every time he's on screen. The score is terrible in relation to the movie that instead of immersing me in moments it takes me out of moments due to it being inappropriate for the scene.
Good moments include a Batman fight that is wonderfully edited and choreographed, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot in certain moments....I think she is getting overpraised but she does have moments. Henry Cavill has good moments but I want to punch Snyder in the face because it could have been better if he understood the character.
It's probably not as bad as the critics slamming it but it isn't good. I don't think they get the characters like Marvel gets theirs or like Ryan Reynolds gets Deadpool which is why we got that fabulous Deadpool movie.