superman whatever happened to the man of tomorrow

This is Superman? Unfortunately, that scene is compounded by the following one, when we see Supes whining to Lois in her hotel room. If you want to be charitable to the point of incoherence, you can say this is the filmmakers’ attempt to show how slowly the world moves around Superman so he really wasn’t, you know, not helping while a room full of human beings were ripped apart by flames and debris.Īs I watched this scene, I sat there, open-mouthed, at what was being put in front of me. What do we see? A long, slow shot of Superman JUST STANDING THERE WHILE EVERYTHING AROUND HIM IS ON FIRE.

A crippled employee of Wayne Enterprises sets off a bomb, blowing up the building and nearly everyone in it. Take, for instance, the scene where the Man of Steel arrives in Congress to testify. In Batman v Superman, Zack Snyder gives us a Superman so beleaguered with self-doubt and self-hatred that it’s no wonder the world is against him. Painfully uncool compared to the badass Batman, the company’s schizophrenic approach to the most famous superhero in history has now bled (and I do mean bled) into the lacquered walls of its parent company. Still, I thought, holding out some hope, how bad could any movie be that features all my favorite superheroes finally assembled on the big screen?Įver since The Dark Knight Returns (from which this movie borrows so heavily Frank Miller deserves a screenwriting credit) it seems as though DC has been apologizing for Superman. Some critics whose opinion I trust really seemed to hate this movie, so I geared myself up for what I assumed was going to be a disappointing experience. My expectations sank even further still when the initial reviews came in.

I’ve have not found Zack Snyder’s previous films all that impressive, and his dark, heavy, overly dramatic style seemed an odd fit for the DC Universe. I will admit, I went into seeing BvS with lowered expectations. After seeing the film, I felt as though Zack Snyder, the screenwriters, and the entire team at Warner Bros.

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Superman whatever happened to the man of tomorrow