tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10907764.post4249515425720906845..comments2019-09-15T11:17:34.789-04:00Comments on Buddy Gott's Blog-O-Rama!: Why MAN OF STEEL Is A Good Movie And Why I Hated It A LotBuddy Gotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984354050806632264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10907764.post-45165190475916073422013-07-12T00:57:11.370-04:002013-07-12T00:57:11.370-04:00Thanks for the kind words, Elle, and thanks for sh...Thanks for the kind words, Elle, and thanks for sharing your thoughts on the movie, which we seem to agree should have been a LOT better. Buddy Gotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984354050806632264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10907764.post-44359898114981122032013-07-12T00:27:39.450-04:002013-07-12T00:27:39.450-04:00I enjoyed your passionate review. I can say you we...I enjoyed your passionate review. I can say you were generous in the like column there. Yes they did make great use of the studios multimillion dollar budget on effects and production. I'll give them that. And I applaude their ability to suspend my disbelief for the few minutes they filled in backstory on Krypton. Would've been nice to see the happier and thriving Krypton before the impending doom. At least that was my hopes as a young Superman enthusiast.<br /><br /> Next, while I agree about the disloyalty to the original story I think the writers wrote in the style of [what if this happened instead of this..] technique. They should've had voice overs in the trailers hinting at possible changes in story line. Terrance Stamp saying " Imagine making the hardest decision of you've ever had to make and then finding out you were wrong" or something along those lines. Letting the audience know this isn't going to be the typical Superman story.<br /><br /> Then, as for Zod I think it's possible it may have been played that way or cast that way rather because of a 'sign o' the times' mentality. The 80s sort of had that punk-chick, slick-hair, guy liner eye make up, shoulder pad fashion and along with it was that snarky arrogance. The looks on the faces of the Kryptonians in the earlier movies was like they were so appalled by our taste in everything from clothes, to cars. That snobbery was well played. These actors played it more brutishly. Almost like the generation that easily annihilates objects in an Xbox game. While I do not dislike Amy Adams I just didn't feel the chemistry there. Remember how Lois pined for the secret superhero. And soon she didn't know if she was falling for clutsy Clark or Superman. I wanted to be Margot Kidder's version of Lois desperately as a kid. Not at all with this Lois. However I will say I did enjoy Faora- Ul. The fight scenes she was in and her leadership.<br /><br /> Lastly, I think the writers were a little lazy with the ending. Nothing beats a climatic ending like the one they attempted but they would've pissed off a lot less folks had they taken the time to use clever tactics and devices such as having Lois use a piece of reflective metal or mirror tossing it from behind so Clark could bend his heat vision back to Zod or some other object in that lobby that would "indirectly kill" Zod. So it would be like Lois-a human killed him. Making her a heroine for her people while maintaining his code of honor. Or something to that effect. Something viewers wouldn't forsee. And probably allow the two of them to bond a little over the defeat. I may have ended up liking her character more. Christopher Reeve played shy and coy so well in the role it may girls crazy. Akeruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683474109201247134noreply@blogger.com