What I really love about these kinds of forums is that no one has a problem with critics when the movie they love is getting rave reviews but everyone thinks they are useless once they don't agree with their point of view...
Most people haven't seen it yet
Holy ****.
This movie completely blew me away. The cinematography is stunning, the soundtrack is glorious, and the fight scenes are the best I've ever seen in a super hero movie. They even manage to capture one truly tender moment between Clark and his parents.
Zack Snyder has a brilliant imagination and it really comes through in this movie without over powering the subject matter. There is a primal current flowing through this movie that comes to a head in a scene filled with victory, and fear. The cast and crew really knocked it out of the park on this one. I had Pacific Rim pegged as my summer movie but now I'm not sure if Man of Steel can be topped.
wait a minute? it's only 32 official reviews out with 8 of them being bad???
There's no way you can judge yet. Wait til it's 200+ reviews out
What I really love about these kinds of forums is that no one has a problem with critics when the movie they love is getting rave reviews but everyone thinks they are useless once they don't agree with their point of view...
Just to be clear, I have problems with the critics ALL THE TIME!
Critics have the most useless profession in the world. Just think about it for a second. Who exactly do these people speak for other than themselves? It can't be the casual movie going audience because more often than not, the movies that bring in the most bank are the ones critics tend to slam. It can't be the fanboys because chances are they don't need anyone to convince them to see a movie they already had a deep affection for the moment they heard it was green lit.
So I ask you. Yes you... crazed Superman forum reading this post right now. You've read the articles. You know more or less what this movie contains. You know the story. You know that feeling you got when first saw trailers 2 & 3. So I ask you... do you really give a FLYING F*** what Miss Ole' Sally Glasses from Middletown, USA thinks about your precious Superman movie? Sally Glasses who's probably in her mid 40's, has never even picked up a comic book, who's only exposure to Superman was a movie from 1978 she hasn't even seen since she was a small girl, and was so starved for attention all her life that she sought out to be a professional film critic....
... you're going to let HER opinion of the movie get you down because Lois wasn't in the movie another 20 minutes and she felt overwhelmed by all the macho male action sequences?
I thought not. Nothing to fear guys. The geeks like you and I, the ones who really love Superman have all gushed over this movie. This is the one we've been waiting for. I don't care if that RT score falls below 70. This movie is going to be an insane smash hit.
What I really love about these kinds of forums is that no one has a problem with critics when the movie they love is getting rave reviews but everyone thinks they are useless once they don't agree with their point of view...
Gone, too, are any of those lighter moments, fondly remembered from Supermen past, in which our hero in or out of disguise used his powers for decidedly non-super feats and, by doing so, grew closer to his fellow man. One longs to see this Superman change a flat or rescue a kitten from a tree or take Lois for a flight around the block.
Critics have the most useless profession in the world. Just think about it for a second. Who exactly do these people speak for other than themselves? It can't be the casual movie going audience because more often than not, the movies that bring in the most bank are the ones critics tend to slam. It can't be the fanboys because chances are they don't need anyone to convince them to see a movie they already had a deep affection for the moment they heard it was green lit.
So I ask you. Yes you... crazed Superman forum reading this post right now. You've read the articles. You know more or less what this movie contains. You know the story. You know that feeling you got when first saw trailers 2 & 3. So I ask you... do you really give a FLYING F*** what Miss Ole' Sally Glasses from Middletown, USA thinks about your precious Superman movie? Sally Glasses who's probably in her mid 40's, has never even picked up a comic book, who's only exposure to Superman was a movie from 1978 she hasn't even seen since she was a small girl, and was so starved for attention all her life that she sought out to be a professional film critic....
... you're going to let HER opinion of the movie get you down because Lois wasn't in the movie another 20 minutes and she felt overwhelmed by all the macho male action sequences?
I thought not. Nothing to fear guys. The geeks like you and I, the ones who really love Superman have all gushed over this movie. This is the one we've been waiting for. I don't care if that RT score falls below 70. This movie is going to be an insane smash hit.
... you're going to let HER opinion of the movie get you down because Lois wasn't in the movie another 20 minutes and she felt overwhelmed by all the macho male action sequences?
By the way... Jett gave the film an A...
From the Variety review -
From the Variety review -
Why doesn't anyone complain that iron man doesnt fly pepper potts around the block? Or Captain America doesnt direct traffic, such stupid complaints from some of these reviews.
Not sure why you added this little hint of gender bias here, especially the bit about how the ignorant geek girl only cares about girly romance over macho action. Mostly men have given the film negative reviews, and they also list too much action over plot as their main gripe.
I don't put too much stock in reviews, so I appreciate the point you're trying to make. I just could have done without the subtle implication that a female reviewer's criticism can't be taken seriously because she doesn't "get" it like you do.