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So here I am watching SR again, for like the 30th time probably, who knows, and I'm in one of those analytical moods, ya know? So I'm watching, and I'm watching, and scene after scene I find myself rewinding and watching it over and over.
Because I'm absolutely amazed at the *vision* Bryan Singer had for this movie.
Too bad its actors weren't too convincing. That's what sort of killed it for me anyway. I absolutely LOVE the story. I absolutely HATE the acting.
Anyway, so I'm watching the scene where he lands on the New Krypton island thingy Lex made - you know where he lands so hard it forms a crater? Was he ticked off or what?!
Or was he actually ticked off?
And I found myself realizing that all the times before now where I believed his crater hard landing was in anger, I was completely off my rocker.
I realized (and maybe I've just been stupid about this part of the movie, and everyone else got it, except for me?) that he landed that hard because he had lost his power of flight as he'd descended closer to the ground of the island, and had already acquired a good bit of speed when he lost it.
BAM!
CRATER!
His attention had shifted downward with his body at the moment of impact, as he watched the ripples of NK soil arch and roll away from him.
Something is wrong. He thinks.
His attention shifts back upward now, and as he sees the creation before him, he isn't sure which emotion feels worse - the fear of mortal danger now lurking inside, or the blistering rage this scenery now invokes.
But these crystals are benign, He thinks.
This is something else.
He opts, without much choice, to rage instead of fear.
"Recognize anything familiar?"
He does. The same sick man. The same trick.
The same Superman to fall for it.
As he draws closer to the steps that will lead him up to the sick man, he can feel his powers being swept away by an ocean of radiating heat, or is that pain?
But his gaze doesn't falter, nor does he. He's Superman. And he's Clark. And He's Kal-El. And none of them falter.
Each step grows more difficult than the last, but he must not appear shaken under any circumstance, and so he climbs with what appears to be limitless ease until he's standing before, and over him, covering him in his shadow.
Lex Luthor.
"You have something that belongs to me." Superman states authoritively and calmly.
That bead of sweat gave him away, at least to the audience, but Lex knew before he saw that bead of sweat the same thing that Superman knew. And the cool part is that they both came to this realization with each other, yet neither character folded. Lex, of course, didn't fold because he absolutely knew Superman was powerless. Why else would be standing in front of his otherwise all-powerful arch enemy with that satanic cheering smirk of his?
But Superman remains valiant despite the danger he now faces. He had felt this kind of danger several more times than he'd have liked to before.
Even after being dragged and beaten, and then stabbed in the back with a K shank, he stands up again and faces his unbeatable assailant, not unlike he had at the top of those steps.
Until his remaining power, the power to stand, fades, and a Superman falls.
---
Now THAT is a powerful scene. Singer freaking NAILED it.
Routh, however, did not.
When Routh said "You have something that belongs to me," it didn't carry the 'weight' it should have. Imagine Reeve doing that scene. His eyebrows would have arched downward in the middle, as they always did when determination or anger took hold of him, and he would have said with emotion and clarity what Routh could only say with clumsy innocence.
It's the kind of acting where you realize, while you're sitting there staring at it, that the actors themselves are actually nervous about being in front of the camera, and you can't believe it's so obvious and that no one caught it.
A good actor forgets that he's acting when he's acting. And so does everyone who's watching him.
Routh isn't there yet. Sorry folks. Maybe in the next movie, maybe, but certainly not in this one. I really hope he takes on other projects and maybe even does some stage work (he could use it), before he hops in front of a camera as Superman again. It can only help.
Anyway, back to watching. Maybe I'll see something else worthy of writing about, and I'll come back. Or not. Who knows.
Because I'm absolutely amazed at the *vision* Bryan Singer had for this movie.
Too bad its actors weren't too convincing. That's what sort of killed it for me anyway. I absolutely LOVE the story. I absolutely HATE the acting.
Anyway, so I'm watching the scene where he lands on the New Krypton island thingy Lex made - you know where he lands so hard it forms a crater? Was he ticked off or what?!
Or was he actually ticked off?
And I found myself realizing that all the times before now where I believed his crater hard landing was in anger, I was completely off my rocker.
I realized (and maybe I've just been stupid about this part of the movie, and everyone else got it, except for me?) that he landed that hard because he had lost his power of flight as he'd descended closer to the ground of the island, and had already acquired a good bit of speed when he lost it.
BAM!
CRATER!
His attention had shifted downward with his body at the moment of impact, as he watched the ripples of NK soil arch and roll away from him.
Something is wrong. He thinks.
His attention shifts back upward now, and as he sees the creation before him, he isn't sure which emotion feels worse - the fear of mortal danger now lurking inside, or the blistering rage this scenery now invokes.
But these crystals are benign, He thinks.
This is something else.
He opts, without much choice, to rage instead of fear.
"Recognize anything familiar?"
He does. The same sick man. The same trick.
The same Superman to fall for it.
As he draws closer to the steps that will lead him up to the sick man, he can feel his powers being swept away by an ocean of radiating heat, or is that pain?
But his gaze doesn't falter, nor does he. He's Superman. And he's Clark. And He's Kal-El. And none of them falter.
Each step grows more difficult than the last, but he must not appear shaken under any circumstance, and so he climbs with what appears to be limitless ease until he's standing before, and over him, covering him in his shadow.
Lex Luthor.
"You have something that belongs to me." Superman states authoritively and calmly.
That bead of sweat gave him away, at least to the audience, but Lex knew before he saw that bead of sweat the same thing that Superman knew. And the cool part is that they both came to this realization with each other, yet neither character folded. Lex, of course, didn't fold because he absolutely knew Superman was powerless. Why else would be standing in front of his otherwise all-powerful arch enemy with that satanic cheering smirk of his?
But Superman remains valiant despite the danger he now faces. He had felt this kind of danger several more times than he'd have liked to before.
Even after being dragged and beaten, and then stabbed in the back with a K shank, he stands up again and faces his unbeatable assailant, not unlike he had at the top of those steps.
Until his remaining power, the power to stand, fades, and a Superman falls.
---
Now THAT is a powerful scene. Singer freaking NAILED it.
Routh, however, did not.
When Routh said "You have something that belongs to me," it didn't carry the 'weight' it should have. Imagine Reeve doing that scene. His eyebrows would have arched downward in the middle, as they always did when determination or anger took hold of him, and he would have said with emotion and clarity what Routh could only say with clumsy innocence.
It's the kind of acting where you realize, while you're sitting there staring at it, that the actors themselves are actually nervous about being in front of the camera, and you can't believe it's so obvious and that no one caught it.
A good actor forgets that he's acting when he's acting. And so does everyone who's watching him.
Routh isn't there yet. Sorry folks. Maybe in the next movie, maybe, but certainly not in this one. I really hope he takes on other projects and maybe even does some stage work (he could use it), before he hops in front of a camera as Superman again. It can only help.
Anyway, back to watching. Maybe I'll see something else worthy of writing about, and I'll come back. Or not. Who knows.
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