Written by
Gerry Barnaby
Welcome to Movie Knights in association with SSG Secret society of Gamers movie zone , bringing you an article on the the new Superman film's. Bare in mind this may contain spoilers if you haven't seen Man of steel films.
First of all since ive seen man of steel come out all ive seen is whinny bitching people saying man of steel sucked or this was just a horrible film , with comment like i did contact with this superman , it had no emotional moment's , he destroyed the whole city blur blur blur blur........
These are the typical negative unhappy people that cant help but be negative because a film wasn't done the way they want it to be done or they are just plain & simple marvel fanboys / girl with no other opinion than negative one towards DC.
But I'm about to prove those negative people wrong in explain why Man of steel was good & why Batman v superman is gonna be better , no matter how much certain people want to hate on it or be negative toward it because its all a matter of opinion yes , but im based everything off of what ive seen in these film's the way if meant to come across as most people dont understand.
First talk about man of steel comments about it not being emotional , they change superman , they destroy the whole city etc. See now if people put there fan boy comments side & actually look at the film as a whole its brilliantly put together.
Negative comments:
1. The film sucked (not explaining why)
2. There was no emotional content
3. They changes superman
4. The film scene with the tornado didnt make sense
5. He could have saved his father
6. The whole city was destroyed , people died
7. superman doesnt kill
Seriously when i hear all this i just think to myself you truly didnt understand this film at all , to be honest that your own fault at the end of the day for being stuck in the past & not taking the film in , like come on to complain they changed superman really.......
Unless I'm not mistaken the character of superman has had how many change's in the comic books for the past 75 years while keep its origins intact ? your saying moaning that they changed superman in the film.................ya think about that for a second let that sink in.
The film's first emotional scene that most said didnt have any was the first scene of a child being born & seeing two parents fear & pain of having to send their child across the stars to save his life from the pending doom of krypton.
This for any parent this is one of the hardest things ever, knowing you will never see you child grow up, you never see him walk for the first time, you will never see them become the hero they are destined for. This is the true emotion of this scene & why it was such a powerful moment to start the film off.
Special the scene as the planet is breaking up, this scene had me in tears ,
Ayelet Zurer performance as Lara Lor-Van was so brilliant & convincing as a mother that it made this scene even more emotionally powerful.
The words from Kelor voiced by actress
Carla Gugino "lady lor, shouldn't you find refuge"
Its these last final words that lor said that touch my heart from a mother that will never see her son again
" there is no refuge , Kelor , jor'l was right, this is the end, make a better world than our kal"
Its these final words from the last moments of kal'el mother that truly made this a fantastic start to the film to which gave it emotion.
Second scene that was emotional was just after the school bus rescue , the scene show's the conflict in young Clark growing up with all these power having this conflict from what he earth father Jonathan Kent played by Kevin Costner saying "you see how she reacted , people are scare of what they dont understand".
Then we get the emotional scene of him say
"What was I supposed to do? Just let them die?"
Jonathan "Maybe; but there's more at stake here than our lives or the lives of those around us. When the world... When the world finds out what you can do, it's gonna change everything; our... our beliefs, our notions of what it means to be human... everything. You saw how Pete's mom reacted, right? She was scared, Clark"
Clark " Why?
Jonathan "People are afraid of what they don't understand"
Clark "Is she right? Did God do this to me? Tell me!"
This is a scene where your seeing a young Clark struggle to be normal in a world that would treat you as an enemy because they would be scared of him this is what this scene is portraying perfectly special after when Kent tell him his not from earth it the answer we have been looking for, your the answer to are we alone in the universe.
This portrays a perfect situation for any one that has those power trying to be a kid hiding who he really is but doesnt want to be alone.
The Third emotional scene was the tornado scene , which alot of people didnt quite understand alot were saying well he could of used his speed to save his father but that would have exposed him from what happen with the bus they would have had to explain why he's still alive.
But here the problem to many fan boy's / girl compare this scene with the original superman scene when his earth father has a heart attack.
Now dont get me wrong the original concept back in 1978 superman with
Christopher reeves was good for it's time, but this man of steel is a re-imagining story told in a different way which is a good thing , but its clear some people dont like change yet superman story has changed so many time over the years.
Ya in the original he could save is father but in man of steel he could which is a fair point to make , but you have to look at it this way, Look at how many people were under the bridge not to mention his mother.
Yes im going somewhere with this , Several reason why his father said no:
1. if he did he would be revealing his powers to everyone, he didnt want to him to reveal himself before the world is ready, that smile & nod was to say good buy im proud of you.
2. The same message as the original apply here to that you cant save everyone
3. Is the one thing staring people in the face that i dont think anyone got that one person life is not as important as the lives of many, some time you have to sacrifice one life to save 1000.
Now i bet you wondering why i said that, well watch the film again how many people were under the bridge , Now if he had gone to save his father they could have died , so in a way Jonathan Kent in this vision sacrificed his life not only to keep his secret but so the others could be saved if need.
This is what i saw with this scene which put a tear in my eye because it was such emotional death scene.
Now one of the most power scene that gave me goosebumps & such an emotional high was the scene when Kal'el first takes flight , now it was funny as first special when he took out half the mountain side when he crashed in to it showing that superman is incredible strong like a body of steel.
But it the part when he take off , the visual effects & the music made this one of the most incredible flight scene ever in a superman film , being a superman fan that scene blow me away.
This is why i dont understand why people dont give Zack Synder credit for making this film its beautiful made, perfect casting as well , because im not being funny Bryan singer version who i dont rate as a good director when it come to comic book film because he has no vision made a really bad superman return film.
This is the best version we have had in a long time , but now people are attacking Zack Synder for what he said say that his calms to know what he doing by saying this :
“People are always like ‘You changed Superman.’ If you’re a comic book fan, you know that I didn't change Superman." Snyder said recently. "If you know the true canon, you know that I didn't change Superman."
Now that to me feels like an excuse to pull the film down , not to mention saying that he calm to know is a fan boy / girl thing to say which has no credit what so ever , as proven is in Zack Synders film's.
Zack Synder done amazing casting choice for general zod one of superman most prominent enemies in the DC universe played outstandingly by
Michael Shannon , I'll give you reason's why he was a good choice , he has the right look for zod , his acting profile was perfect for this character.
His presence on screen as Zod was perfectly performed special the scene after he get capture on krypton before sent to the phantom zone. The very words he spoke in that judgement court room was given with such a theatrical performance that made it stand out more was the word:
"you think you son is safe , I WILL FIND HIM"
Those words alone with the way he was staring at Lor was a great performance shown just why Michael was the perfect choice , i just dont think you could of go a better actor to play the role the way he did.
This is the other thing that is mention about man of steel superman destroyed the whole city............yet if you actually look at scene by scene on this destruction the damage is contained to the docks area & not the whole city, because there is still a city, this is only 5 block damage radius max ive or take a few damage buildings during the fight scene with zod & superman.
But to say the whole city was destroyed with them fight was a little bit stupid to say really , since it was only a small amount of the city that got destroyed. the other thing as well this wasn't superman doing that was zod's , so anything to blame superman for that is wrong really because he not response for zod's actions.
As for the rest of the cast i think it was brilliant casting it why i think Zack synder knows what he's doing , Amy Adams play Lois brilliant, Laurence Fishburne play perry white perfect you couldnt get a better casting.
Laurence Fishburne - perry white
Amy Adams - Lois lane
Diane Lane - Martha Kent Christopher Meloni - Colonel Nathan Hardy
Harry Lennix - Richard Schiff - Dr. Emil Hamilton
Now alot of people think the casting for superman was bad which i think these people dont like the fact he being played by British actor
Henry Cavil because the superman has been played by american actors. But i happen to actually think
Henry Cavil is perfect for superman & was born to play this role from the moment he started acting.
The reason why he was good for the role was because of his life experience trying to get into acting it was a hard struggle for him it was this that humble as an actor made him a perfect choice for superman.
One other villain apart from general zod that stood out was Faora-Ul played by Antje Traue (pandourm) Her presence show that Kal wasn't experienced in fighting as show in the film which is good for superman character because it showed he was still a rookie in the superhero thing. But for a villain she was rather hot although dangerous with a military hard set attitude.
Antje Traue - Faora-Ul
Finally we come to the most shocking part of the film that no one seem to like , it was the moment superman killed Zod by snapping his neck , which was unavoidable as zod didnt give him any choice.
Now alot of people have this was stupid they change superman because he doesnt kill , this is just complete non-sense because superman wont take a human life but he would an aliens live if it meant the destruction of the earth so yes in a way superman would kill.
The fact this film gets away with this is because the film isn't called superman, its called man of steel , notice it wasn't called superman in the title until batman v superman that is because this superman in the man of steel is not superman yet & just learning his power & strength to become a better a hero.
Now superman S symbol might seem like a S , which Kal'el mention in man of steel its no a S its a symbol of hope on krypton, the actual S is a snake symbol , ancient Native American symbol Coat of arms of the House of El.
Did you also know that the S shield on henry cavil suit had a slightly hide kryptonian writing on it, its translated :
"Strength, Justice and Courage",
and the cosmic projections of the Classical Elements are represented by the number "8".
As for Batman v superman there has been a few hater hate on the the film where there as been alot of people praising the film which is bound to happen because it something new.
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i will admit i was one of those people that shyed away from the notices that Ben Affleck was announced to be playing batman in batman v superman , that's because of the of the whole dare devil film being a disaster , i was on the fence about him play the role.
But as ive since ive seen the trailer's im convinced Ben Affleck was the right choice for batman , just by the way he look in the suit & the way he acts as batman look awesome.
It looks as if Zack has taken a few methods of tactics from the batman arkham knight game , in tactical ambush instead of going through a window or door , we see him come up in the middle of armed thugs & the we see the MMA (mixed martial arts) in play has we see him brutally taking out the arm thugs.
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As we've seen from from the trailer this is not a batman we've seen before , this version of batman is much older & battle warn. But there seem to be something else gonna on with this character like his complete lost all empathy because this person that deals with thing by any means necessary.
Which is the cause of the brutality on criminals which would suggest that this batman is suffering from P.T.S.D which is blurring the lines between friend & foe , which would suggest why batman see superman as a threat as why we see in the trailer saying this (quote) :
"He has the power to wipe out the entire human race. If we believe there is even a one percent chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an absolute certainty"
There is also something else i noticed in the trailer special with the final trailer, it like he has no fear of death like he welcomes it , which shows a much darker batman which will make this batman the best version.
Now casting for Alfred i think was perfect casting by zack synder with Jeremy Irons playing the role , We get to see a more hands on Alfred in this film clearly seen in the trailer piloting the batwing.
Not only does this character of Alfred feel more involved in Bruce waynes life, he seem to be his mentor & friend trying to get Bruce to see sense , that superman is not their enemy with the quote we here in the trailer:
"You're gonna go to war with the wrong person, his not our enemy, You know you can't win this. It's suicide"
This feels as if Zack has written Alfred as a very tough person that is the only person that can speak to Bruce with a brash tone & get away with it, like a father figure which is good because i think this will work for his character.
To the people that are complaining this is nothing like the comic books....note one this suit is straight out of the comic book frank millers dark knight returns.
It has been confirmed that the suit is lead line with kryptonite or batman would be just crushed like a tin can going up against the man of steel , which we saw a few scene in the trailer batman giving it the attitude so you know this fight is gonna be epic.
There been a few complain about wonder woman played by Gal Gaddot saying her boobs are to small for the role , which less face it is an unjustified remark to make , because after seeing her in the trailer she look bad ass as wonder woman , it been over 42 years since we've had a wonder woman grace the big screen from 1974 when Cathy Lee Crosby done the Tv movie wonder woman before it became a tv series 1975 with Lynda Carter.
Now from what ive read Zack synder is very big on respecting female characters in his film's it good to hear that he written this version of wonder woman sequel to superman & batman , It shows in the trailer when she take the full blast of something we see her standing in the middle of batman & superman in such a bad ass way.
So this is gonna be interesting to see how the wonder woman solo film will do, the latest we've heard is it set in world war 2 she starring along side Chris pine which is set to be realise 23rd June 2017
Now the doomsday reveal most people have been whinny about so much , its got to the point you dont understand what they are most upset with , like the way he looks or just the fact they revealed him in the trailer.
Now anyone that know their comic books know this is not the final form of doomsday nor was he the spike mutant creature we all know at the begin , because due to he genetics every-time he get killed, he evolves much bigger & more defence with the bone structure so this is not his final form.
My theory is which I'll find out iver Friday or Saturday is the reason why they show doomsday is that he might not be the end villain fight, because there has been said something bigger & more dangerous that doomsday is coming in this film.
So are we about to see Dark sied coming in this film or is this just the nightmare scene of batman dreaming about alien's or is this a future event that could possible happen if batman & superman dont unite together? The question of this scene will be plaguing people until they see the film this coming Thursday for some other Friday.
I'm still not convinced on Jesse Eisenberg playing Lex luthor i think it could of gonna to a stronger actors like mark strong , but i guess Zack wanted to go with a much younger Lex so we're have to see if he does well in this role im just hoping if he make a mistake it will be over shadow but the rest of the film.
We know this has been confirmed that the flash & aqua-man will be in the film as cameos but its unknown as to whether we will see them in full characters , just a brief mention or on a news paper clip or tv screen. So this will be interesting to see how this is done, but it needs to be done it a way they would be a good cameo to introduce them for the justice league film in 2017.
Ray fisher - Cyborg
Now this is a mystery because the casting list Ray fisher has been casted as cyborg , but i have a feeling he wont be the cyborg yet until the justice league film , i think this will be a cameo in his human form as a football player which could be a possibility but wont know until we see the film.
All in all Batman v superman is the one film, i just cant wait to watch on the 25th march 2016
