It would be more productive to list the reasons you don't like it. I thought it was a decent movie. The burden falls on you to make me think otherwise.
I thought it was a decent enough pop corn flick.
Sorry, had to go find another thread where I laid out a lot of my reasons.
Superman has no original motivations
Zod is more motivated than Supes. He had the closest realization of actual motivation compared to everyone else, even if he was psycho. Superman/Clark was just told what to do. He wants to save humanity, not from some deep understanding of our flaws and propensity towards self-destruction, but because he is
told to.
*Clark saves bunch of kids and everyone at his school sees it*
Pa Kent: Don't do that, people will know who you are...but also, don't forget, you're meant for GREAT things. Hope all of those kids and bus driver forget that you single handedly saved them all!
*Tornado approaches Pa Kent*
Pa Kent: Don't save me, you're supposed to hide your powers, because you're meant to do great things, like save people, later in life, just like, not right now.
*Clark Kent super swims and super strength saves oil rig workers*
Clark: Stealthy as fuck, just like Pa taught me. *wraps 18 wheeler around tree*
*Clark finds Jor-El hologram thing*
Jor-El: Alright, now's the time to start saving people.
Clark: Okay!
*Clark stands beside stained glass window of Jesus*
Priest: Alright, you should save people if that's who you are.
Clark: Okay!
*Clark floats in space like Jesus next to Jor-El hologram thing*
Jor-El: Go save people.
Clark: Okay!
Jor-El creates a self-fulfilling prophecy
The "destiny" angle was horribly done. Clark is told all his life he'll do big, amazing things, but that's only because he was sent to Earth. Zod only came to Earth BECAUSE Supes was there, it wasn't some strange coincidence. That's not destiny, that's cause and effect.
The writing can be mind-numbingly bad
"Evolution always wins" is like saying "photosynthesis always wins". You're describing an organic process, not a fighter in a match. The ONLY thing that could possibly "fight" evolution is genetic manipulation, which, ironically, is exactly what Zod and his kind were up to, so it's not even accurate when hot alien says "Evolution always wins". The Kryptonians already side-stepped evolution, which also led to their downfall, so maybe that's what she was trying to say is that--aaaaaah my brain
If the movie is going to note that the Kryptonians are genetically engineered from birth to fulfill a specific role, why is Jor-El (a scientist) able to best Zod (the army's general) pretty easily in hand-to-hand combat?
Lois Lane is supposed to be bad ass. We know this because she drinks
whiskey and mouths off to Detective Stabler.
I mean, really, who wrote "Zod tosses a gasoline truck at Superman and Superman jumps over it, letting it explode into the building behind him" WHO WHY
Danger what danger I'm fucking Superman
Superman is literally invincible. Any fight where he is at full-power eventually just loses its momentum because no one gets weaker or fucked up. The only time I felt that Supes might be in danger was when he was flying through the reactor thing, but otherwise? Nah, he's got this...and that's not exciting. The fights are exciting for the OOOOH DAMN SONness of them, not for your investment in the invulnerable fighters.
To be clear: I liked the movie. When I got out, one of the first things I told my buddy was that it's a shame it's rated as rotten on RT.
However, the more I thought about it, the more I think it's a solid 6/10 movie, just above average. It's frustrating: there are good elements in MoS. It was recently added to HBO Go, so I watched the first 40 mins or so last night and forgot how much I was onboard with it. The flashbacks were fairly effective and well-staged, there is the potential for the exploration of "why save humanity?"...but it's never really fulfilled.
Superman is supposed to be the savior of humanity, but he doesn't interact with humanity, as Superman, at all in this movie. He's saving the people of Earth because he is told to, not because he has a connection to them.
Snyder wouldn't know subtlety if it exploded into him. Dude has potential with a good script, but that's not what you get with Goyer.
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