Time to remember one more of the little things that made up the immense greatness that was MOS.
Okay, remember that bit where Jor El comes running out of the council chamber, rifle in hand, then he slows to a halt, stunned by the eruption of cataclysmic civil war on Krypton.
I call that shot, of him just looking at the fighting in absolute dismay the "**** gets real on Krypton" shot. Crowe just owns that moment, his face conveys precisely what the character's thinking, that the end has really come, that Krypton is doomed, not just the planet but their whole way of life. It's like he intellectually knew it was over before that moment, but now he knows it in his soul.
He pauses, just for a second and looks at the destruction, before calling for his trusty
steed. If you look at his face, you know he's made up his mind, even more than before, that his plan to send Kal-El and the codex off-world is the right thing to do.
Personally, I don't think Crowe got enough credit for his portrayal as Jor-El. He had to be as cerebral as Brando, and kick ass, which would be a tall order for anyone.
But Crowe was the man for the job. If you watch the Graham NOrton interview with Cavill, Crowe and Adams, it turns out the Cavill had met Crowe, many years before MOS as a boy at boarding school, and had asked him for some advice, after Crowe had dropped by to watch a rugby match. It's a good story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g0X2eIoJio
here's an article about it :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/eve...ercame-obesity-bullying-British-Superman.html
So,So, there's a story behind the story, and just another reason that MOS was great !
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Don't worry that's the same thing I did.
