OldBoy

I thought with the other 6 pages long already and only a couple actual reviews in we could open this?

mods can close if unnecessary...

Please continue pre-release discussion here.

Movie:
"Man of Steel" (Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne)

Release Date:
6/14/2013

Rating:
PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, and for some language throughout)

Running Time:
148min. (2h. 28m.)

Budget:
$225 million (estimated)

IMDb Synopsis:


IMDb Info and Rating:
0.0 (0 votes as of 6/11/13)

Rotten Tomatoes:
Fresh:28 Rotten:12 (70% as of 6/11/13)

Metacritic:
60 metascore ('Mixed or average reviews' as of 6/11/13)

Trailer:
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Poster Art:

bluetoast

Seems unnecessary.

JumpCutz

Tom Creo

taffer

This. Why do we need another review thread? Who cares if the other one is six pages long. Its not like this is 2003 and threads are still closed due to length.

The Cow

Rex Power Colt-Robot Man

Deftones

someone didn't use a search.

Lara Means

This thread is stupid.

Hokeyboy

As much as this might seem unnecessary, I like having the star ratings.

Paul_SD

At least two of the Rotten reviews are actually 3/5 star ones.

It sounds like it has some issues. I wonder if an extended cut could rectify those? Synder said the first cut was about an hour longer IIRC. If it's just more spfx mayhem, probably not- but character moments I would love to see.

Sonic

Bring back Routh's son! That would up the rating from 3/5!

Dr. DVD

Jaymole

Deju vu all over again

Ash Ketchum

Is this a sequel to IRON MAN?

The Bus

islandclaws

Kal-El should know that General Scott runs the racket on review threads in this town.

DonnachaOne

Man of Steel has problems with its sense of flow; stuff will matter deeply in one scene and feel unnecessary the next, and the film asks us to jump into liking people we don't know very quickly. But it's big and spectacular and grand and beautiful - everything crap like Transformers or Star Trek Into Darkness would try to do and fail. If Batman Begins was an entertaining, if sometimes-boring look at a man trying to become an inspiration by becoming more than a man; Man Of Steel is nothing short of a God trying to become an inspiration by becoming more *of* a man. Its setpieces hearken back to some of the more brilliant parts of Thor's smalltown battles (themselves owing a lot to Superman II) and the alien invasion in The Avengers, and what it lacks in humor it makes up for with, as Joss Whedon might put it, big damn heroism.

Pros: Henry Cavill embodies the role. It's a different Superman from Reeve - this guy is a little less sure of his place in the world (who would be, knowing it's not even yours?) and far less comfortable as a hero. Still, Cavill is an admirable and charming presence, and it's fun to see him get a little cocky as he gains more control of his powers. The cast is aces all round, really, and the film is beautiful, looking far different from the Marvel high-key technicolor sheen and Nolan's Michael mann-incluenced Batman universe. Someone watched a lot of Malick (and, as can be assumed by a beautifully-rendered animated exposition sequence, Georges Mιliθs), and then took time to plan out fight scenes where you could see everything, which is nice. Throw in some Duplass zooms for good measure and you have a Superman flick that doesn't look like other superhero movies you've seen.

Cons: It wouldn't be a summer tentpole without a needlessly complicated story, would it? Michael Shannon's General Zod is basically a Nazi from space, looking for a "codex" of predetermined genetic materials that force Kryptonian children into a caste system - like the sorting hat, but with more light-up floaty bits - which the film will find need to remind you of incessantly (I'd say you could make a drinking game of the amount of times they say "codex" in this film, but I don't recommend drinking that heavily while Shannon yells at you). Normally I find it hard to suspend disbelief when it comes to woefully inefficient plans, but this film won me over, since the details of the plot are mere frills to the simple core story: Zod wants to remake Earth as a new Krypton and will happily wipe out every human to do it.

Still not as good as The Incredibles, but I am one happy Superfan. Go, see it on the biggest screen you can, and enjoy Superman fighting for truth, justice, all that stuff.

JumpCutz

Currently 59% at RT.

OldBoy

now 57%

Dr. DVD

Any chance we might consolidate review threads sometime soon?

Supermallet

There's already an existing review thread.