I have to admit that I don’t really get the appeal of Superman. From what little I’ve seen of him, he appears to be capable of doing just about anything and therefore, he’s always struck me as being a little bit boring.
Let’s put it like this — if you’re going to spend all of your time wearing a costume, then you better have some pretty big and sexy issues to deal with. Just being super isn’t going to cut it.
That said, Zack Snyder’s upcoming Man Of Steel will apparently attempt to do for Superman what the Dark Knight did for Batman.
Personally, I would rather that Snyder devoted his time to making a sequel to his underrated masterpiece, Sucker Punch.
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I have to admit that my reaction to most movies based on comic books is about the same reaction that most guys have whenever I start talking about what was on Lifetime last night. 🙂
Personally, I enjoyed The Dark Knight (and most of Nolan’s films in general) but, as you and I have recently discussed, I think the great thing about films is that different viewers are going to have different reactions and those reactions are going to be based on all sorts of different things. 🙂
(And, my opinion that the Dark Knight was good and occasionally great but not a masterpiece has often gotten me into trouble with a rabid fan community that seems to think that any criticism is the equivalent of heresy.)
From what I’ve seen online, quite a few fanboys seem to have convinced themselves that, since Christopher Nolan is producing Man of Steel, that means that he’ll secretly be directing it as well. While that sort of thing has happened in the past, it’s rarely a good sign for the film in question. But, regardless, the trailer has a totally Zack Snyder feel to it and not necessarily in a good way.
(I’m also in the minority in that I thought Snyder’s Sucker Punch was a masterpiece but I don’t have much use for his other films.)
I haven’t seen the Dark Knight Rises yet but I’m going to sometime this week.
That said, the only super hero I’m truly excited about seeing on film is the Black Widow because she’s got red hair like me! Redhead power for the win! 🙂
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It’s funny – having seen TDKR, as well as this trailer, yesterday – on the way home my kids and I were having this same argument. My son was all over the Man of Steel, whereas my daugter and I favored Batman, and others. My analogy to Joe was- superman is basically like you walking over to an anthill and dominating it: what’s the big deal? Boring, exactly.
I don’t care what “Bill” thinks, he’s dead anyway
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Btw, I’d also prefer that sequel: coming soon
I’m Gonna Git You, Sucka Punch
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Well, at the outset of “Superman”, The Man of Steel certainly doesn’t encounter any difficulty in battling crime and preventing disasters in Metropolis. But eventually, he meets a worthy opponent in criminal mastermind Lex Luthor–and Lex is certainly no anthill. “Superman II” saw the return of Lex Luthor along with not one but three supervillains from Krypton who are more than a match for Superman. Also, I loved how Valerie Perrine played a “tweener” role as Miss Teschmacher. You could tell that Superman had these conflicted emotions about her. Also, the scene in “Superman II” when the redneck at the counter (played by former baseball player Pepper Martin) humiliates Clark Kent (now devoid of his superhuman powers) rates as one of the best scenes that I’ve witnessed in any movie. It’s an incredibly poignant moment–you really know at this point that Lois Lane loves Clark Kent for himself, not for the fact that he was Superman.
Bruce Wayne, by comparison, comes across as a sort of worldly cad with far too much money, a fellow who can simply purchase all the vehicles and gadgets that he needs in his battle against crime. I liked him better in the 1960s television serial, which played up the emphasis on Bruce Wayne as clean living, with impeccable manners and making sure that Dick Grayson didn’t stay out too late. The old school 1960s “Batman” was the best.
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