I’d heard the rumors, read the reviews, even managed to spoil a few things for myself, and yet nothing quite managed to match the disappointment I feel after finally seeing this movie. My expectations were low, especially considering everything I’d read, and even so this movie failed. I have not seen or read anything that fails to understand what Superman is about quite as fundamentally as this movie did.
However, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. This movie lives up to everything a blockbuster should be. Big action scenes, full of every auditory and visual excess possible, quips and jokes for everyone, feel good moments, and not a drop of nuance or grace. This is a movie for the Michael Bay generation, and by goodness does it work at that level. The theater I was in ate it up, and applauded at the end! This is in every sense of the word the movie we deserve. It’s a movie conditioned by the success of every other big summer blockbuster.
That said, it is not a good Superman film. It’s not in the title, and likely shouldn’t come as a surprise that in the movie itself the name Superman receives nothing but scoffs, because this is not Superman. [Spoilers Ahead!] Read More
