Tights and a Cape
Aug. 25th, 2013 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Finally went to see Man of Steel. It's definitely an interesting take on the Superman mythos, and while I was initially off-put by the very different Krypton than we were shown in the Christopher Reeve films, I think it grew on me over the course of the film. A world that was sterile in a completely different way....
I do like that the Superman-Lois Lane-Clark Kent love triangle is totally a non-option going forth in this universe, because I think there're only so many times you can tell that story. I also really liked the story arc with Pete Ross, and the interactions between Faora and Col. Hardy.
I didn't, however, care much for Jonathan Kent's death. I feel the 1980s version was so much more effective. But I get that it had to support the story the filmmakers wanted to tell. I also felt that all the Kal-El as Christ imagery, subtle and blatant, got old pretty fast. That said, Wonderful Husband missed 90% of it, so maybe I'm just too attuned. (He's a Batman person; I'm a Superman person. Seeing the next film together will be interesting.)
In the end, as with most movies, I ended up with mixed feelings about the Superman reboot. And, also, an impression that certain of my friends who were in NYC on 9/11 probably should not see this film. Too triggery. More so even than the does-not-exist third Transformers movie.
I do like that the Superman-Lois Lane-Clark Kent love triangle is totally a non-option going forth in this universe, because I think there're only so many times you can tell that story. I also really liked the story arc with Pete Ross, and the interactions between Faora and Col. Hardy.
I didn't, however, care much for Jonathan Kent's death. I feel the 1980s version was so much more effective. But I get that it had to support the story the filmmakers wanted to tell. I also felt that all the Kal-El as Christ imagery, subtle and blatant, got old pretty fast. That said, Wonderful Husband missed 90% of it, so maybe I'm just too attuned. (He's a Batman person; I'm a Superman person. Seeing the next film together will be interesting.)
In the end, as with most movies, I ended up with mixed feelings about the Superman reboot. And, also, an impression that certain of my friends who were in NYC on 9/11 probably should not see this film. Too triggery. More so even than the does-not-exist third Transformers movie.
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Date: 2013-08-31 08:10 pm (UTC)Um, yes. Or at least, should be warned going in. Weirdly, the scene that really got to me was people running from the cloud of debris. It was really upsetting because aside from that sequence, the movie did a lot of really interesting things.