Who better to review Man of Steel than
Superman himself? ;) I thought it might be really good because I heard
so many people say it was. They were mistaken. It wasn't good. It
was a rerun of the same old Zod story with slightly different twists.
I figure they put General Zod in the Christopher Reeve movie for
comic relief. Why Smallville and Man of Steel have to dig him up and
put their own twist on him, I don't know. The only reason I can
think of is that they don't have an original idea in their head. If
I see one more story about Zod I'm going to puke. Maybe they're doing
too much coke or smoking too much crack. I guess people who never
read every comic book where Superman made an appearance might think
it was good. My niece thought it was. The one plus I will give it is
that PARTS of it were closer to the comic books that I read from the
time I was six or seven through high school. What really ticked me
off was the music. Let's compare.
John Williams
Hans Zimmer
In comparison, I think that Hans
Zimmer's version would be a good lullaby. John Williams' version
gets you excited and ready to see some super action. What's worse is
that it didn't get any better throughout the movie. Every music
scene had uninteresting music that really didn't match the scenes.
After all, the music is supposed to set the mood for the scene. I
guess that's why they had Superman's takeoffs sound so loud. They
needed SOMEthing to wake you up. Hans Zimmer should write for movies
like Out of Africa.
John Barry – Out of Africa Theme Song
Comparing him to John Barry might be a
bit too much of a compliment for Hans Zimmer, but to be fair, I
haven't heard any other of Hans Zimmer's music. John Ottman did a much better job than Zimmer.
John Ottman - Superman Returns
Another thing... they had to go and
change the back story of Superman going from a kid to Superman as did
Smallville. No Superboy. I don't like when they completely screw with
the original story. It's like reading Moby Dick then when you get to
the movie the story is about Jaws. I'd give it a 2.5 out of 5 at the
most.
Love, Hope, Peace, and Christ is With Us All,
Cal Jennings
4 comments:
Love your review Superman
Thank you very much sweetheart.
I always have a tough time with comic book movies.
It sounds as though this one wouldn't make me change my mind about them!
Forewarned is forearmed.
+Katy Anders
Some people seemed to like the movie but it left a bitter taste in my mouth. There were others in the audience who seemed to agree with me. I guess it's all in what you like.
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