Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I've been hearing and seeing early reactions that the film is pretty great, right now it's my most anticipated film of the summer. The trailers have been terrific. And many box office analysts are predicting this to break out
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I'm SO excited! Love Superman and I have high hopes that this will be better than the last terrible one...
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I can't get myself excited. ANOTHER Superman movie. Bleh.<< I'm so with you. I get that people are excited. And that's cool. I have tons of friends who are excited. I have no doubt the people who worked on the film are talented. I love Michael Shannon. Not a big Zach Snyder fan, though. I just have zero interest in yet another movie about some guy in tights saving the world. I am exhausted by superhero movies. Since 2005, we've had multiple Superman movies, multiple X-Men, multiple Spiderman, multiple Iron Man, multiple Hulk, multiple Batman (my favorites of these), multiple Fantastic Four. We've had Captain America, Watchmen, Thor, Green Lantern, Green Hornet, and Hellboy. There are already sequels made for Thor and Captain America and Wolverine. That's in addition to another X-Men movie being planned and another Avengers and another Spiderman and a Justice League movie. Oh, and did I mention the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Fantastic Four reboots for 2014 and 2015? Uncle! Uncle! What really sucks is all these movies are basically the same. They look the same. They feel the same. They follow the same basic plot structure and plot points.
Originally Posted By ecdc Sorry. This thread should be for people excited for the film. I'll slink away now. For you fans, I really do hope it's good and I hope you enjoy it!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb LOVE comic book movies and really like Zack Snyder so I am in, in spite of a general ambivalence toward Sups himself. Since I enjoy rom coms and smaller movies in the comfort of my own home, I prefer the movies I go out to see be big pop corn chomping fun fests. This may not fit the bill as well as Iron Man 3, but then again it might. I hear they have made some very interesting casting choices. A little MCU trivia. My understanding of the X-Men/Wolverine franchise is that if Fox continues to make a movie every few years they retain rights to the characters. If they go more than, I'm guessing the exact number here, 5 years without churning out something in the X-Men universe the rights revert to Marvel and Disney gets a crack at them. I am somewhat afraid that this forced production output will negatively effect the quality and fun factor of the movies. But for now X-Men Days of Future Past looks very promising, if awfully bloated character wise.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I rarely see a movie in the first run theaters. I wait for the $3 or $1.5 theaters, or I redbox it. For Man of Steel, I bought midnight tickets. Can't. Freaking. Wait.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <What really sucks is all these movies are basically the same. They look the same. They feel the same. They follow the same basic plot structure and plot points.> Yep. (Slinking away with ecdc)
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I'll admit I have no interest in another Fantastic Four or Ninja Turtles films. I don't know if I need to see another Spider-Man or X-Men film. Avengers is a definite must for me. Thor I'll see. The Cap sequel I'm actually most excited about because the story being adapted is from a storyline where it was less superhero and more espionage. So far from what I've seen from the trailers it seems like they may have finally gotten right with the Man of Steel since the first two Christopher Reeve films.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 My one issue with this, and several of the other superhero movies, is that it's yet another reboot. How many times do we have to see the origin stories of these characters told again? I get that it's a new interpretation, but we've seen it so many times now. We know how Superman came to be...can't we just have stories from the decades of comic books? Everybody knows him by now, we don't have to see him grow up and get all angsty. They did this recently with Spiderman too, and...they are rebooting Batman AGAIN! So soon after the Dark Knight series, they're going to retell it once more. Thankfully, they thought better of releasing it so soon, so it got put on hold, but it's still coming. I would just like to see us progress beyond the origins of the characters to get into the sometimes great stories from the comics they came from.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I like to think of Superman's origins as being pretty simple. Now the visuals are so fast paced you don't have time to worry about the story line or if anything makes sense. Time Out: Cinemark Theatres Summer Classic Series JAWS Raiders of the Lost Ark ET Schindlers List
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub <a href="http://www.cinemark.com/cinemark-classic-series" target="_blank">http://www.cinemark.com/cinema...c-series</a> Wed 6/5 2p.m. and 7p.m. I keep mentioning this with hopes of increasing support for the classics returning to the big screen for special series. Do you really prefer to watch Jaws at home or in a theatre?
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub ..or you can see Mickey in Raiders costume: Order Now on DVD Disney Junior Series Quest for the Crystal Mickey to watch at home
Originally Posted By ecdc I love the classic cinema series. I will be there for at least Jaws and Raiders. I wish I'd caught Jurassic Park a few months ago when it was playing - not in 3D though.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan My one issue with this, and several of the other superhero movies, is that it's yet another reboot. How many times do we have to see the origin stories of these characters told again?<< Yes, this! I'm fine with a new take on Superman, that's cool. But do we really have to go through the whole story we already know yet again? I'd like it if they just picked up when Superman is here already and build an adventure around that. The Christopher Reeve version told the origin very well, it still holds up, plus Smallville covered much of this as well. Move forward. Cut to the chase... er, flying.
Originally Posted By ecdc The fundamental problem with superhero movies is there's never any real sense of danger. The story inevitably goes one of three ways: Either the superhero is in danger, humanity is in danger, or both. But anyone who hasn't been living in a cave knows the superhero won't die and they know humanity won't be wiped out. It all feels forced and ridiculously predictable. I'm also a bit put off by the casualness of the death and destruction that does happen. "Hey, we knocked down a few buildings, blew up a few things, but it all worked out, right?" It's why I do like Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Real loss. Real danger. No super powers. At the end of Rises, I had no idea if Batman was dead or alive. I can't say that for Superman, Spiderman, Ironman, or Anyotherman.
Originally Posted By Mr X Hey, I thought you slunk away!? Some of us ENJOY reliving more innocent times. Though I get where you're coming from, I say bring it on. When I was a kid there weren't enough superhero movies. Now that there's a ton and more on the way, I ain't complaining. And this one looks pretty awesome. Agreed with the origin story arguments though - these days, that's just a copout and boring, because who DOESN'T know the setup? Cut to the flying indeed. That'd be a good aim for the next director of whichever reboot comes along, if he/she had the guts (looking at you Abrams - we don't need any Star Wars backstory thanks, and we ESPECIALLY don't need any references to crap that happened before Luke was even born when the galaxy was so much cheesier and full of inept Jedi).
Originally Posted By schnebs Is it just me, or is it a little odd that nobody says the "S" word in any of the trailers (that I've seen, anyway)? What, do they fgure that there's someone out there that will stay away if they acknowledge that the movie's about Superman?
Originally Posted By utahjosh I think it's just try to distance itself and re-invent the character. It reminds of of John Carter dropping "of Mars" from the title, so the character could discover that he is "of Mars" in the movie. I suppose the Superman name - his choice to be that symbol of hope, will happen during the movie.
