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Man of Steel (1 Viewer)

fruity pebbles said:
avoiding injuries said:
Brady Marino said:
cstu said:
I read on IMDB that there were $170 million worth of paid product placement in this movie. Is that product placement that obvious?
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Sears and IHOP jumped out at me.
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The Nikon D3 was ridiculous. They showed it and paused on it in the arctic cave like a commercial. 7-11 is another one.
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thats the one that i noticed obtrusively
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I'd actually forgotten about this post, but the ones that were blatantly obvious were IHOP (several times), 7-11 and Sears.

I don't know what they do to make the products stand out so much but when they do it like that it makes me avoid those companies.

 
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Here's the deal; as a sci-fi action movie, it's good. The initial tone and back-story is cool for the most part. It's just not a Superman movie. They missed something. I honestly think not using the John Williams score had a lot to do with it, but also everything was too techie instead of mysterious. Also, I think while they seemed to be doing a good job on the back story, they dropped the ball on Mr. Kent and how Clark became Superman all of a sudden.

 
cstu said:
fruity pebbles said:
avoiding injuries said:
Brady Marino said:
cstu said:
I read on IMDB that there were $170 million worth of paid product placement in this movie. Is that product placement that obvious?
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Sears and IHOP jumped out at me.
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The Nikon D3 was ridiculous. They showed it and paused on it in the arctic cave like a commercial. 7-11 is another one.
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thats the one that i noticed obtrusively
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I'd actually forgotten about this post, but the ones that were blatantly obvious were IHOP (several times), 7-11 and Sears.

I don't know what they do to make the products stand out so much but when they do it like that it makes me avoid those companies.
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Same.. I abhor gratuitous product placement. Unfortunately I like a lot of movie franchises known for shoving products down your throat.

Some of the most egregious examples of product placement are in I, Robot, Transformers, and James Bond movies... the Macallan product placement was beyond disgusting in Skyfall.. and I like that scotch... but I switched to a different scotch after that.

 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Here's the deal; as a sci-fi action movie, it's good. The initial tone and back-story is cool for the most part. It's just not a Superman movie. They missed something. I honestly think not using the John Williams score had a lot to do with it, but also everything was too techie instead of mysterious. Also, I think while they seemed to be doing a good job on the back story, they dropped the ball on Mr. Kent and how Clark became Superman all of a sudden.
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That was pretty much my take...

I enjoyed the movie.. but it didn't SEEM like a Superman movie to me.. he never really interacted with the public, never really got introduced to them... he was just an "alien" to them...

Maybe that follows the comic book more, I don't know, I'm not into comics at all...

 
Was amped for it but when I heard Zod was the villain, I rapidly cooled.

Finally, downloaded it a few weeks back.

These comic book movies are too long at 2.5 hours-ish, and are about 30 minutes too long, in most cases, this one included.

I'm tired of these back story/origin stories. The audience for Batman, Superman, Spiderman etc...all know how he " came into being ", no need to tell me where Superman came from, or how Spiderman became Spiderman. I could have missed the first 45 minutes of this movie (or most super hero movies) and still would not have missed a beat.

The characters are undeveloped, there is no sense of humour with any of the characters, the fight scenes are nothing we haven't seen elsewhere. I can't think of a single young kid who would want to be Superman after seeing this movie. Despite the much maligning of Superman Returns, it is not much worse than this latest effort.

 
brianj74 said:
The characters are undeveloped, there is no sense of humour with any of the characters, the fight scenes are nothing we haven't seen elsewhere. I can't think of a single young kid who would want to be Superman after seeing this movie. Despite the much maligning of Superman Returns, it is not much worse than this latest effort.
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This sums up my issues with the movie. The fight scenes have almost become cliche after the Transformers movies. Good point on the likability of Superman and his ability to connect with the younger audience. I almost feel like this movie was written for those of us that grew up with Superman and wanted to see a "grown-up" Superman instead of the sappy hero who is friend to all. I didn't "root" for Spiderman in his latest reboot, either.

 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
Here's the deal; as a sci-fi action movie, it's good. The initial tone and back-story is cool for the most part. It's just not a Superman movie. They missed something. I honestly think not using the John Williams score had a lot to do with it, but also everything was too techie instead of mysterious. Also, I think while they seemed to be doing a good job on the back story, they dropped the ball on Mr. Kent and how Clark became Superman all of a sudden.
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Everything with Russell Crowe was great. Everything else was pretty bad. Unfortunately "everything else" constituted 70% of the movie.

 
Great. 90% of the reviews in here are that the movie is really good. I go ahead and reserve it at Redbox with the thought of picking it up tonight and enjoying a very good movie. Then after I reserve it, every post in here is saying it's not too good.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Ignore the Blackhearts, Coleman.
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I remember seeing the Reeves Superman in the theater. It was kind of sappy and corny but it was a product of it's times. And was probably the best origin story yet. This one was a little darker as it too is a product of it's times. And for me it killed everything since that first Reeves movie. I look forward to where they go next and it's been a long time since any Superman movie made me feel that way.

 
Watching it a second time. Just a few thoughts.

- This would have made a great trilogy. Part 1 on Krypton, Part 2, childhood to young adult. And, part 3, the return of Zod.

- The "Cronix", or the skull. Did that originate on Earth, or are they implying that there are other humanoid species in the universe?

- The only CGI scene that made me cringe was the tornado scene where Jonathan dies. Everything else was well within expectations.

Still love the movie, just wish I had more backstory.

ETA: Hearing Amy Adams say **** s made it well worth it.

 
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Wathed it last night and enjoyed it, although it seemed "choppy" at times. It would cut to scenes and I'd be like "ok, how'd he get there?".

And when he was flying up through that beam or whatever it was, near the end when he was trying to destroy that gravity thing, they showed his face. It looked like for a split second they superimposed Christopher Reeves face over his. It reeeeaaallly looked like him. Not sure if that was just me, or the dude really looked like Reeves with that expression, or it was done on purpsoe. Anyone else happen to see or know what I am talking about?

 
Copeman said:
Wathed it last night and enjoyed it, although it seemed "choppy" at times. It would cut to scenes and I'd be like "ok, how'd he get there?".

And when he was flying up through that beam or whatever it was, near the end when he was trying to destroy that gravity thing, they showed his face. It looked like for a split second they superimposed Christopher Reeves face over his. It reeeeaaallly looked like him. Not sure if that was just me, or the dude really looked like Reeves with that expression, or it was done on purpsoe. Anyone else happen to see or know what I am talking about?
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Hmmmm, I may be onto something here lol

 
Copeman said:
Great. 90% of the reviews in here are that the movie is really good. I go ahead and reserve it at Redbox with the thought of picking it up tonight and enjoying a very good movie. Then after I reserve it, every post in here is saying it's not too good.
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Sorry I couldn't get to you earlier and save you a couple hours, but it is a terrible movie. Really, really bad.

 
Copeman said:
Wathed it last night and enjoyed it, although it seemed "choppy" at times. It would cut to scenes and I'd be like "ok, how'd he get there?".

And when he was flying up through that beam or whatever it was, near the end when he was trying to destroy that gravity thing, they showed his face. It looked like for a split second they superimposed Christopher Reeves face over his. It reeeeaaallly looked like him. Not sure if that was just me, or the dude really looked like Reeves with that expression, or it was done on purpsoe. Anyone else happen to see or know what I am talking about?
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just watched it tonight. I said to my wife "wow he really looks like christopher reeves there"
 
Just watched it. eh....seemed like he was a pseudo bad/good guy. Never felt like he was a truly good guy. Really missed the background story, as suddenly he just became superman He was more humanized and not deified like the rest. The ending where he says, "i'll help you but on my terms" was awful.

 
rascal said:
Just watched it. eh....seemed like he was a pseudo bad/good guy. Never felt like he was a truly good guy. Really missed the background story, as suddenly he just became superman He was more humanized and not deified like the rest. The ending where he says, "i'll help you but on my terms" was awful.
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:shrug: it showed his human side. Frankly, I'd do the same if I thought my mom could be in danger if my identity were known. Although, the whole idea of his identity being secret after his childhood is far-fetched.

 
Saw it last night. Thought it had a lot of flaws with continuity and story telling. And I particularly cringed early on when Russel Crowe jumped on his magic dragonfly and saved the Crystal Skull from the Matrix baby maker.

Didn't think the fight scenes were as bad or drawn out as many in here have been saying (Guess what guys? ALL fight scenes are derivative at this point). In fact I think the fact that there was an obvious human death toll (not to mention the property damage, which was positively devastating) was unique, particularly for a Superman film. The Avengers avoided that issue pretty much even though that final battle should have been every bit as devastating. It will be interesting to see if/how they address it in the second film.

Amy Adams did seem miscast, but whatever.

My girlfriend and I both commented that Cavill looked a lot like Christopher Reeves when he was flying up into the Terra-forming beam.

Still, despite a lot of flaws (IMO) I really enjoyed this film.

 
rascal said:
Just watched it. eh....seemed like he was a pseudo bad/good guy. Never felt like he was a truly good guy. Really missed the background story, as suddenly he just became superman He was more humanized and not deified like the rest. The ending where he says, "i'll help you but on my terms" was awful.
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Just because he's bad guy, it doesn't mean he's a "bad" guy.

 
Just saw it, didn't care for it. Way too many logical holes. Fight scenes overly drawn out and repetitive.

 
Finally watching this. Its a mess structure wise. The bouncing back and forth between time periods is beyond confusing.

 
FreeBaGeL said:
:lmao: "Beyond confusing"

I can't find a 13 year old that couldn't keep up.
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OK were on krypton then scene change were on earth and apparently dude with a beard is sups. Then were in a school. Then immediately a restaurant then bus. Just no rhythm to it. I turned it off after 40 mins when it got to the ridiculous part of Lois Lane being in Antarctica.

I'll try to pick it up again tonight but it was bad. I didn't want to believe the nay sayers because how bad could it be. Its pretty bad so far.

 
Insein said:
FreeBaGeL said:
:lmao: "Beyond confusing"

I can't find a 13 year old that couldn't keep up.
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OK were on krypton then scene change were on earth and apparently dude with a beard is sups. Then were in a school. Then immediately a restaurant then bus. Just no rhythm to it. I turned it off after 40 mins when it got to the ridiculous part of Lois Lane being in Antarctica. I'll try to pick it up again tonight but it was bad. I didn't want to believe the nay sayers because how bad could it be. Its pretty bad so far.
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those were the good parts imo. Once he turned into supes it was all down hill imo
 
The worst part of the movie was that it was about superman. Superman sucks. He'a boring, morally unambiguous, unkillable, and the main story lines have been done to death.

I thought they did pretty good considering what they were working with. I thought the Lois lane carrying was off and I don't like the actor they picked for zod (he's monotone and expressionless) but at least it wasn't a story about lex Luther tricking him into touching kryptonite again. they gave us some interesting new backstory, which worked ok. but they also over relied on http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1NjczMTAxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODc5ODcyMQ@@._V1_SY317_CR4,0,214,317_AL_.jpgand wrapped things up way too quickly at the end.

 
shadyridr said:
Insein said:
FreeBaGeL said:
:lmao: "Beyond confusing"

I can't find a 13 year old that couldn't keep up.
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OK were on krypton then scene change were on earth and apparently dude with a beard is sups. Then were in a school. Then immediately a restaurant then bus. Just no rhythm to it. I turned it off after 40 mins when it got to the ridiculous part of Lois Lane being in Antarctica.I'll try to pick it up again tonight but it was bad. I didn't want to believe the nay sayers because how bad could it be. Its pretty bad so far.
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those were the good parts imo. Once he turned into supes it was all down hill imo
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Ah yes I remember I turned it off when his space dad gave him a superman outfit he had already made.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
I'm beginning to dislike you people. :angry:
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Yeah I just don't understand what the expectations were for some people in here.

I guarantee you they would have hated the first Christopher Reeve Superman film if it were released today. "Wait he flew around the world so fast that it reversed time? SUUUUUUUUCKS!!!"

 
Special effects are pretty sweet. Just not that enthusiastic about Lois and Space dad being so integral to the plot early on.

 
I'll give it credit for doing a real superman battle. The amount of destruction is crazy.

Its not terrible but its not really good either. It's OK. Can't see how they go from epic world ending battle in Zod to old guy Bruce Wayne.

 
I personally enjoyed the movie and this few minutes gives me goosebumps. The music and bass thud at 1:35 gives me chills. I can't explain it, just love that scene. Dad stuff, Superman Stuff...just good job.

Also, I hated the theme at first, thought no way can anything touch John Williams's original, but it's grown on me.

 
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Kilgore Trout said:
Finally got around to watching this. It may be the worst movie I have ever seen.
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Sorry for the 2 year bump but I finally watched because I want to see batman v superman. 

Holy #### was this terrible. Worst comic movie I've ever seen. Had to fast forward through it. 

 
Capella said:
Sorry for the 2 year bump but I finally watched because I want to see batman v superman. 

Holy #### was this terrible. Worst comic movie I've ever seen. Had to fast forward through it. 
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You never saw Green Lantern? Superman III? The new Fant4stic movie? Fantasic Four, Rise of Silver Surfer? Ghost Rider? Elektra? Catwoman? Batman and Robin?

 
Harry Manback said:
:lmao:

It was not a great movie, but there are far worse comic book movies out there. Hell, Man of Steel was better than Superman Returns IMO.
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I didn't see that one either. I guess I'm pretty good at filtering out the crap. 

Plus side is he's a good superman and this doesn't diminish my interest in the batman movie. 

 
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