Superhero Comics 101

[bfmusashi]

We shall see. Tbh, with Zak Snyder directing it doesn't really matter how good an actor she is, she'll be lost in amongst the wall of noise and things exploding/being demolished.

I don't remember too many walls of sound or distractingly explody parts in Sucker Punch, Watchmen, 300, or Legend of the Guardians, but I watched them at home.

[DWest]

I don't remember too many walls of sound or distractingly explody parts in Sucker Punch, Watchmen, 300, or Legend of the Guardians, but I watched them at home.

This would be the same Watchmen where they had a gratuitous extreme close-up of a woman's leg being obliterated by a magnum round? Though I'd be more afraid of them doing the stupid super-slo-mo kill shots like in 300.

[bfmusashi]

Didn't distract from anything, so yes, the same movie.

[Wildeybeast]

I don't remember too many walls of sound or distractingly explody parts in Sucker Punch, Watchmen, 300, or Legend of the Guardians, but I watched them at home.

I was referring specifically to Man of Steel. He had some good plot and character stuff in there (the bits with Kevin Costner) but didn't have the conviction to develop it properly and the last 45 minutes was basically just wanton destruction of anything and everything. He has some substance as a director, but falls back on mindless action far too easily.

[eldargal]

Yep I didn't hate MoS but the ending was stupidly destructive.

[Mr Mystery]

Yep I didn't hate MoS but the ending was stupidly destructive.

I did.

Flashbacks lacked any kind of visual clue as to the time scale. Whilst what they showed was ultimately interesting, the lack of chronological indictators (say, playing a classic Gameboy on the School Bus. That would have helped) left them quite jarring. Spesh as I felt they just sort of turned up unannounced.

Plot holes everywhere - I mean, SPOILER FOLLOWS, JUST IN CASE!! Zod turns up and is all like 'MY WAY OR HIGHWAY!! GRAARR! And no attempt is made to negotiate. Or say 'hey man, why don't you, me, the codex and that machine go terraform Mars? I'm well up for reviving our own civilisation, innit'. But no. Fighty fighty fightfight WHOOPS GENOCIDE!

[bfmusashi]

I haven't gotten to Man of Steel yet. It never got me excited about seeing it and watching Superman learn to be Superman is just a concept I kind of hate. But, I figure I should see it since a lot of the complaints people have about it are things they love or forgive in other movies, and I suspect it's because every shot I've seen is just a big grey wall. It's a pet peeve of mine, right up there with cyan-orange movies.

[Mr Mystery]

I just found it....dull. Dull and boring.

Didn't develop any sympathy for the characters.

However, it is on Sky Movies, so might give it another whirl, see if it improves on a second watch.

[eldargal]

So, I just found out who the canonical strongest Marvel Superhero is:


Bahaha.

[Brakkart]

Ohh yeah Squirrel Girl... you don't mess with Squirrel Girl!