All right, I've heard that Man of Steel is one of the more divisive Superman movies out there. I'm just wondering about the Tweb populace's general thoughts on it.
Personally? I watched it about two months ago... I didn't like it, for two main reasons:
1) Too many Plot Holes
I'm not against a few plot holes here and there (no plot is perfect, after all), but there were too many flaws- some if which were big ones- for my taste.
-For instance, it's never explained why Kryptonians deemed natural births 'heresy,' nor how they enforced said 'no natural birth' policy.
-How about the fact that they expect us to believe Jonathan Kent took that Kryptonian Flash-Drive (as I've dubbed it) to a metallurgist at the University, and they managed to keep it under wraps that it's made of an alien substance?
-Okay, you could chalk this one (sort of) up to Superman's youth and combat inexperience, but it bothers me that he didn't even try to keep the collateral damage to a minimum when fighting Zod's goons (or when fighting Zod himself; see, I could understand that protecting people when fighting two baddies would be kinda hard, but he was fighting Zod 1v1).
That's just what I can remember off the top of my head (there's also Zod's half-baked attempt to convince Clark to join him), but I'm confident there was more than that.
2) How they handled Superman's killing of Zod
Honestly? My problem wasn't so much with the fact Superman had to off Zod. Superman's been forced to kill in the past, if I know my comic book lore. My problem was how they handled it afterwards. Yes, we saw Superman traumatized that he just had to execute Zod (though, again, kind of his own fault considering my third major plot hole)... for about thirty seconds, tops. After that, it's time for drone-smashing and a token "He's hawt" comment from a random female soldier. Even five minutes where he's talking to a psychiatrist/chaplain/counselor about it would have done wonders, in my opinion.
That being said, the action scenes were pretty good, and the acting was fairly solid (along with the visuals). I'd watch it with other people if I was compelled to, but it's not something I'd pop in and watch on my own.
Personally? I watched it about two months ago... I didn't like it, for two main reasons:
1) Too many Plot Holes
I'm not against a few plot holes here and there (no plot is perfect, after all), but there were too many flaws- some if which were big ones- for my taste.
-For instance, it's never explained why Kryptonians deemed natural births 'heresy,' nor how they enforced said 'no natural birth' policy.
-How about the fact that they expect us to believe Jonathan Kent took that Kryptonian Flash-Drive (as I've dubbed it) to a metallurgist at the University, and they managed to keep it under wraps that it's made of an alien substance?
-Okay, you could chalk this one (sort of) up to Superman's youth and combat inexperience, but it bothers me that he didn't even try to keep the collateral damage to a minimum when fighting Zod's goons (or when fighting Zod himself; see, I could understand that protecting people when fighting two baddies would be kinda hard, but he was fighting Zod 1v1).
That's just what I can remember off the top of my head (there's also Zod's half-baked attempt to convince Clark to join him), but I'm confident there was more than that.
2) How they handled Superman's killing of Zod
Honestly? My problem wasn't so much with the fact Superman had to off Zod. Superman's been forced to kill in the past, if I know my comic book lore. My problem was how they handled it afterwards. Yes, we saw Superman traumatized that he just had to execute Zod (though, again, kind of his own fault considering my third major plot hole)... for about thirty seconds, tops. After that, it's time for drone-smashing and a token "He's hawt" comment from a random female soldier. Even five minutes where he's talking to a psychiatrist/chaplain/counselor about it would have done wonders, in my opinion.
That being said, the action scenes were pretty good, and the acting was fairly solid (along with the visuals). I'd watch it with other people if I was compelled to, but it's not something I'd pop in and watch on my own.
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