Why do I always have to be the voice of reason? Sigh. Long post inbound, grab something to drink.
Man of Steel: One of if not the best Superman movie...EVER. PERIOD. Several people did not like the destruction yet love when that SAME LEVEL OF DESTRUCTION is animated. Let me tell you that tat was one of the MAIN focuses of MoS. Superman is YOUNG, DUMB, AND FULL OF..indecision. You don't become the Almighty Superman overnight. He has control of his powers just not to the degree of being able to hold back. ZOD WAS LOOKINGTO DESTROY EARTH, so OF COURSE he and company gave no shits about collateral damage, so do you think a young INEXPERIENCED Superman could fight against these MILITARY TRAINED WARRIORS without explosions going off everywhere. No even then he was not going full force. Just like Bitch Face Kyrptonian said "YOUR MORALITY IS YOUR WEAKNESS." He wouldn't cut loose cause even at a young age he was taught to hold back, be the bigger man, you know your powerful so show some restraint.
The pacing: Yes slow at first but that's any origin story, had he started off in the suit we'd have Superman Returns.
Superman: I tend to feel like noone has even read a comic these days. Superman HAS and ALWAYS will be miserable. Your God amongst ants...noone can relate to Superman..NOT EVEN THE READER. DUDE could you IMAGINE HOW INSANE YOUD BE IF YOU COULD HEAR EEEEEEVVVVEEERRRYYYTTTHHIIINNNGGG. That means you can hear all the murdering, child raping, regular raping, horrible DISGUSTING things humans are capable of and YET you STILL fight tooth and nail for that one family you hear having lunch together, laughing and having a good ole time. Superman is the most heartbreaking of ALLLLLLLLL SUPERHEROES. Snyder captures that and Henry Cavill does great showing the BURDEN IT IS TO JUST BE YOU.
Zod: Zod made that movie. Period. Kneel bitches.
Batman vs Superman: DAWN OF JUSTICE. KEYWORDS DAWWWNN OOFFF JUUUSSTTIICE. To me this movie was great, I loved it. Seen it more times then I've seen Civil War and I've been waiting to see Black Batman..er I mean Black Panther for decades. WB cut ALOT out yet the movie still served its purpose, showing the aftermath of MoS while also setting up the JL.
Led: Hit or miss on how he was portrayed, not in his execution however. He clearly hates all forms of higher power, he was abused and maybe worse and grew up think God was a cruel being. Then comes God himself and Led is like. "Where was yo antennas when the big bitch jumped on me? Nowhere to be found huh..yeah fuck God and you too for being a physical representation of EVERYTHING I HATE."
Manipulating Bruce was EASY
I liked both movies, MOS and BvS but can see why people didn't like them. I'm also generally uninterested/unhype for the recent big Marvel titles, I'd rather watch grimdark edgy DC, than "we're in grave danger and people are dying, time to make a pun" that happens in most of the Marvel films.
I also think people seem to purposely misconstrue the "Martha" scene in BvS just to be annoying. I didn't care much for the Joker-Lex hybrid style Lex, but I think the director's cut showed Lex being more true to his character with how deep his manipulation had been going in the plot. Batfleck is probably my favorite Batman portrayal in any medium.
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