tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post6263332017575649148..comments2023-11-12T10:12:51.801-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Twist: Man of Steel: My Somewhat Superficial Reasons for Liking ItElizabeth Twisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-36896609470201625522013-07-07T18:37:07.619-04:002013-07-07T18:37:07.619-04:00It was too long, and the end fight dragged on, and...It was too long, and the end fight dragged on, and on, and on.<br /><br />But good to see a Brit actor shining through in a lead role.Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-75363051374072394192013-06-28T12:41:43.873-04:002013-06-28T12:41:43.873-04:00@Catherine I had the good luck to be in London a d...@Catherine I had the good luck to be in London a decade or so ago when the Tate Modern hosted a massive Communist poster art show. It was fascinating. I've been to mainland China, too, where there is plenty of Communist statuary to be had. The artistic ideal of the human body in Communist art is just...let's say muscular.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-18981446753767387582013-06-28T10:42:57.882-04:002013-06-28T10:42:57.882-04:00Interesting on the riffs on Communist Art. I was i...Interesting on the riffs on Communist Art. I was in Moscow a few years ago, and when you see the stuff in person, it's pretty spectacular. They even have lots of it still in the subways.Catherine Stinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131569196977321229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-28820326619457690662013-06-24T18:10:03.002-04:002013-06-24T18:10:03.002-04:00@Debs: my feelings exactly. Andrew Leon's exce...@Debs: my feelings exactly. Andrew Leon's excellent review argued that it should have been called "General Zod." That would have been fine by me.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-64303136913059531202013-06-23T05:15:19.398-04:002013-06-23T05:15:19.398-04:00I enjoyed this for all the wrong reasons: the eyeb...I enjoyed this for all the wrong reasons: the eyeball babies, the retro-futurism art-deco silver (and did you notice their crazy hats). <br /><br />But most of all, for Michael Shannon as General Zod. Yum. Yum.<br /><br />Was Superman even in it? I didn't notice him much.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-75895889746820791592013-06-21T01:17:04.105-04:002013-06-21T01:17:04.105-04:00My review is finally up.My review is finally up.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-18117009574200819702013-06-18T23:15:52.386-04:002013-06-18T23:15:52.386-04:00@Trisha: it is a bit of a darked down version of S...@Trisha: it is a bit of a darked down version of Superman, so maybe it will suit you.<br /><br />@Mia: I always wish Supe wasn't quite so perfect and powerful - I guess they do try to give him some internal conflict in the new film?<br /><br />@Gina: Oh I know the reboot thing! Hollywood clearly ran out of ideas a long time ago. Some of them I like but come on guys, there are lots of new stories out there all the time. (If you haven't seen Moon, dir. by Duncan Jones, I recommend it for something different. If you like sci fi, that is.)<br /><br />@Andrew: I hope your wee one recovers! I will drop by and comment profusely.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-8396112372054128982013-06-17T19:05:32.970-04:002013-06-17T19:05:32.970-04:00Well, I was going to comment more, but I have a si...Well, I was going to comment more, but I have a sick kid and have run out of time, so you'll just have to wait until I do my review.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-18210791058873320192013-06-17T18:07:09.255-04:002013-06-17T18:07:09.255-04:00I don't know... Superman is too goody-two-shoe...I don't know... Superman is too goody-two-shoes for my taste and I'm getting tired of the reboots. On the other hand, I've been hearing great comments of this movie, so I might give it a try...<br /><br />Anyway, I come baring gifts! You've been nominated for an Inspiring Liebster Blogger Award at my blog. Hop over there to claim it!Georgina Moraleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164961271767174713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-36523563865761773672013-06-17T05:48:36.668-04:002013-06-17T05:48:36.668-04:00Mmmm! I am hearing great things about MoS so might...Mmmm! I am hearing great things about MoS so might have to go see it!<br /><br />I love both Batman and Superman in different ways. Batman is so dark it's fab but Supes is so full of hope. Nothing seems to get him down. I love the optimist in him.Mia Haysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01041441666482084762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-83895350561374868612013-06-17T01:00:33.396-04:002013-06-17T01:00:33.396-04:00Might see it, might now. Haven't decided yet. ...Might see it, might now. Haven't decided yet. :) I too prefer Batman to Superman, but I did love what seasons of Smallville I saw. :)Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-14360901668617824342013-06-16T20:38:41.690-04:002013-06-16T20:38:41.690-04:00LOL, Mina. That is one way to choose your movies. ...LOL, Mina. That is one way to choose your movies. I'm scared that Gatsby is going to be a dog of a film. I would say do Star Trek first (I have yet to review it because my nervous system is still reeling from the Imax / 3D assault, but I think I loved it?) and then MoS. Cumberbatch trumps Cavill in my personal hotness rankings.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-63382568883762987802013-06-16T20:30:23.416-04:002013-06-16T20:30:23.416-04:00Hadn't even known this Superman remake was com...Hadn't even known this Superman remake was coming out until, perhaps, just last week. (The rock under which I live = rather large.) And even so, hadn't any plans to see it, as the two things I've been itching to see, the new Star Trek and Gatsby, haven't yet been seen by me (and prices for movie tix in NY are cray). But your post made me curious about Cavill, so I had to Google some piccies of the man, and now...well...W00F. To paraphrase young Sam from The Lost Boys, I'm at the mercy of my sex glands, yo. :-)<br /><a href="http://minalobo.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Some Dark Romantic</a>Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-4194639885558861782013-06-16T20:20:22.960-04:002013-06-16T20:20:22.960-04:00@Little Gothic: I hope you like it. There is plent...@Little Gothic: I hope you like it. There is plenty of Zod to go around if you're not into Superman himself.<br /><br />@Alex: Thanks for filling me in on the film / comics relationship. I wasn't sure. <br /><br />@Andrew: I'm glad you left this comment. It is always really hard to tell whether a film is doing enough work to fill in potential gaps when you've seen a bunch of related films, or read the book. (Dave didn't understand The Hunger Games when we went to see it, for e.g., which suggests to me the movie failed to do its job.)<br /><br />Holy heck did Supe ever trash Metropolis. So much collateral damage, and some dishonest storytelling in that we only saw human bodies while Zod / Zod's ship was doing damage. <br /><br />On a storytelling / craft level, there is that problem when the villain is a bit more charismatic or interesting to follow or watch than the hero. Superman's a tricky hero because he's a too perfect and too powerful, I think. The solution in MoS was to make his antagonist also super, super powerful, with the logical result that an entire city gets trashed in their final standoff. It's trading one problem for another, I guess?Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-34621567784955104162013-06-16T19:47:13.588-04:002013-06-16T19:47:13.588-04:00I haven't decided how I feel about it. I like ...I haven't decided how I feel about it. I like the beginning and the giving of Zod a background beside "space criminal," but I hated that Nolan, basically, exploited our prior knowledge of Superman's history to skip actually giving us a real origin story. We accept that Earth accepts Superman because of what -we- know about him, not because of what they know about him, because, MY GOSH, he trashed Metropolis! I'm not buying that they were all just like, "well, it's okay, because he's the good guy."<br />And, then, my sister-in-law, who doesn't really know anything about Superman didn't get parts of it and couldn't figure out why we ought to be caring about Perry White. Because, from what we have in the movie, there's no reason to care about him. We only do because we already know who he is.<br /><br />Basically, it was a movie about Zod, not Superman, which bothers me since it's called MoS.<br /><br />However, Shannon was exceptional as Zod. If you've ever watched any Boardwalk Empire, you can see why he got that part.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-56440671645855238802013-06-16T19:02:33.515-04:002013-06-16T19:02:33.515-04:00I really enjoyed it as well. (Saw it early Friday ...I really enjoyed it as well. (Saw it early Friday afternoon in 3D - my review goes up tomorrow.) It follows the current New 52 DC comics rather than the original, which was fine with me. And yes, the cast was perfect.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729289955062416774.post-44898238555626160432013-06-16T18:54:55.945-04:002013-06-16T18:54:55.945-04:00It's being released here (in Australia) in a w...It's being released here (in Australia) in a week or so. I'll probably go and see it with my husband and son, but I can never get into Superman as much as Batman. I like my superheroes a little dark, although from what I hear, they've darkened things up as much as is possible. Little Gothic Horrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315631250163742387noreply@blogger.com