Henry Cavill IS Superman: - - - - Part 13

[Bruce Malone]

I'm avoiding reading most reviews but someone posted this review in one of the review threads and it caught my eye.

This critic absolutely eviscerates cavill here:

He’s no Brandon Routh in Superman Returns or Eric Bana in The Hulk. He’s from TV’s The Tudors, he looks like a Playgirl centerfold and he can probably act too, but you won’t find out here.

http://observer.com/2013/06/superba...ary-and-a-colossal-waste-of-talent-and-money/

Have people stumbled upon more flattering reviews of cavill's performance?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The majority of reviews have praised his performance, even ones that didn't like the film.

 

[DarkSentinel]

Cavill is MILES better than Routh. But that's all I'll say about that.

 

[MrMaooz]

Routh barely said anything.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Yeah that's really what caught my eye about it. I mean to argue Routh was a better actor in anything yeesh or at least a better superman actor.

 

[Sawyer]

Who the **** is The Observer anyway?

 

[Anita18]

STAWP! Ldchkjgwjehlkejgbakdjnalkwjfakjdnaslkjdnalkjdf!

I'm avoiding reading most reviews but someone posted this review in one of the review threads and it caught my eye.

This critic absolutely eviscerates cavill here:



http://observer.com/2013/06/superba...ary-and-a-colossal-waste-of-talent-and-money/

Have people stumbled upon more flattering reviews of cavill's performance?

You chose probably the only review that hates him. I haven't read through all the reviews, but even people who didn't like the movie think that Cavill is good.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I'm avoiding reading most reviews but someone posted this review in one of the review threads and it caught my eye.

This critic absolutely eviscerates cavill here:

http://observer.com/2013/06/superba...ary-and-a-colossal-waste-of-talent-and-money/

Have people stumbled upon more flattering reviews of cavill's performance?

Wow... what a god awful reviewer.

 

[sf2]

Well there will always be luthors in this world.

 

[Jim-El]

I'm avoiding reading most reviews but someone posted this review in one of the review threads and it caught my eye.

This critic absolutely eviscerates cavill here:



http://observer.com/2013/06/superba...ary-and-a-colossal-waste-of-talent-and-money/

Have people stumbled upon more flattering reviews of cavill's performance?

When I read this:"Mr. Nolan already ruined Batman."...I stopped reading.

 

[Sawyer]

They're just jealous because they're ugly.

Oh, is that not a viable defense? Alright, I'll try to think of something better...

 

[Anita18]

When I read this:"Mr. Nolan already ruined Batman."...I stopped reading.

It's Rex Reed. That's what he does.

Even Nolan was basically like, eff this guy.

They're just jealous because they're ugly.

Oh, is that not a viable defense? Alright, I'll try to think of something better...

It's been a viable defense against women, might as well use it against a man this time!

 

[sf2]

Yes. Let's boycott him!!! Haha... I mean serious.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I just can't stop starring at that photo of Cavill...I mean it's just jaw droppingly sexy.

 

[sf2]

Well. Look like a model. That's all.

 

[The Shield]

Routh barely said anything.

Fkn this! ^^^^^

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Well. Look like a model. That's all.

Stop trying to rain on my horny fangirl parade.
I'm trying to objectify a hot stranger here!

 

[Autonet]

Stop trying to rain on my horny fangirl parade.
I'm trying to objectify a hot stranger here!

There is "fan service" in the movie. (I'm dead serious.)

 

[Andreth]

these pictures made me laugh

it's like Henry & Amy are having a fun talk...

and then that guy from Nsync interrupts

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

There is "fan service" in the movie. (I'm dead serious.)

Really? t: I don't want to know but that's interesting.

 

[MydnightPhoenix]

Any more comments on Henry's performance in the movie?

 

[WarriorDreamer]

I think that its obvious they have taken some cues in this movie from Smallville. I do not believe Smallville deserves most of the criticsm that is thrown at it. I think the young man trying to find himself aspect as well as Lois Lane being in Smallville before they meet as Superman and Lois Lane was also taken from Smallville. I think having young parents might be from Smallville as well as having a dark haired Lana and a blonde-ish Lois.

I also think Henry looks a bit like Tom Welling too. I think Henry is going to do a really great job but I one of the people who think if Tom was given the costume, money and script that he could have been an equally as good Superman.

 

[sf2]

There is "fan service" in the movie. (I'm dead serious.)

The shirtless scene I suppose

 

[flickchick85]

Any more comments on Henry's performance in the movie?

From reviews? A few:

Becomingly modest in the character’s low-key early scenes and gradually reveling in his power, Cavill has a pleasing presence that makes him easy to accept, as Kal-El accepts the extraordinary fate that has been prescribed for him.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/man-steel/review/565025

Happily, Henry Cavill doesn’t make heavy work of one of the biggest, toughest roles in comic-book cinema. True, he’s more solid than spectacular; Christopher Reeve’s wholesome authority safely remains the performance benchmark. Yet Cavill nails many of the key beats, whether howling in grief or grinning like a loon as he climbs the clouds for the first time.

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/man-of-steel

The most successful part of Snyder's vision is two-fold: the laser-focused emphasis on Clark Kent's journey into Superman, and the impressive ease with which Cavill slides into the lead role. The British actor brings a cagey physicality to Clark/Kal-El, projecting a tired resignation to his powers that helps when their boundaries are seemingly unlimited. We also see a welcome sight -- Superman thinking. As Cavill shuts his eyes to the Antarctic sun during his first spin in the suit, he trusts Snyder and how the camera will regard him. He trusts he'll appear the part. We believe it.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...nry-cavill-amy-adams-michael-shannon-20130610

There’s almost a story here. And the actors, including the picture’s quietly dazzling star, Henry Cavill, do their damnedest to draw it out.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-06-05/film/man-of-steel-superman-movie-review/

the casting is perfect. Cavill walks a tricky line, winding up with the right amount of earnestness. Like Christian Bale’s Batman, Cavill’s Britishness (you can’t tell behind a fake American accent) gives him an Otherness. And like Christopher Reeve, Cavill wears the suit, not vice-versa.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...spacey-detour-article-1.1368996#ixzz2VyihsgSe
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Perhaps the highest praise I can offer to Henry Cavill is that I never once thought of Christopher Reeve during the entire running time of the film. One of the things that turned me off completely about "Superman Returns" was the almost slavish devotion to Donner's films, and while I think Brandon Routh was fine in the role, he was handcuffed because of what Bryan Singer was trying to do. The reason there's no comparison to be made here is because this imagines a totally different version of the character. The same is true of Amy Adams, who doesn't seem to be drawing on anyone else's interpretation of Lois. The chemistry between the two of them is very strong, and it sets up a very promising dynamic that I look forward to seeing play out in future films.

http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captur...vers-a-whole-new-level-of-superhero-thrills/2

Impressively, “Man of Steel” gets away with its restraint and thoughtfulness by peppering the film with tender performances and the right amount of comic book panache. Cavill avoids emulating the bumbling alter ego originally crafted by Christopher Reeve by turning Clark into a struggling observer. Sometimes he can’t resist — despite his mantra never to interfere, Clark’s such a hero he just has to save the crew of a burning oil rig — but more often than not, he’s holding himself back. Cavill conveys how painful that is.

http://www.film.com/movies/man-of-steel-review

Cavill makes a great Superman, but we don’t really get a true emotional attachment to the adult Clark Kent until he meets Lois Lane (Amy Adams).

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/11/man-of-steel-review


And on the flip side:

Christopher Reeve found his way in via Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent: in Reeve’s deft hands, the humble, stuttering, bumbling side of Kal-El. Immediately likable, somebody relatable, someone normal. But Henry Cavill doesn’t have that luxury. Writer David Goyer, under the aegis of Chris Nolan, isn’t paying tribute to, or pastiching, the Richard Donner/Richard Lester movies of old. Bryan Singer already tried that, and despite Superman Returns’ many overlooked merits, it didn’t connect with audiences. In Goyer, Nolan and director Zack Snyder’s new take on the origin story, the Clark/Kal dichotomy is not a contrast between a spectacled clown and a knight-in-primary-colour-armour, it is between a Kryptonian and an Earthling: a child of two worlds, one deceased, one floundering. It’s a tough gig for the relatively green Cavill, and while there are some interesting touches (there’s a strong sense he’s releasing long-suppressed rage when he first strikes Zod, a bully he’s allowed to hit), his Kal is a bit stiff and slow to thaw.

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=137126

Blessed with the most classically chiseled jawline of any actor who’s yet donned the red cape, Cavill is also the most dour and brooding, lacking even the sardonic self-amusement of Christian Bale in Bruce Wayne mode — and he appears to have been directed to be exactly this way.

http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-man-of-steel-1200493929/

At the risk of damning Cavill with faint praise, the 30-year-old Brit makes a better Man of Steel than the milquetoast Brandon Routh did in 2006's Superman Returns. But he isn't exactly Mr. Charisma either.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20687777,00.html


Seems like on the whole he's gotten much more praise than criticism though.

 

[Lily Adler]

I just can't stop starring at that photo of Cavill...I mean it's just jaw droppingly sexy.

To quote Miss Swan, "Ooo, I don't know he look like man."