Man of Steel; a Perspective.
WARNING. Spoilers for Man Of Steel and All-Star Superman follow.
I understand where David Goyer and Christopher Nolan were going with the original pitch of the film. What if Superman was real? Almost everything in the first half of the movie (perhaps bar the Krypton opening) is geared towards the idea of an alien with superpowers trying to exist in the real world. The scenes with Martha and Jonathan Kent really empathised the “reality" of Clark dealing with with progressing powers. Kevin Costner did an admiral job, voicing a very interesting and plausible concern. Clark explains this to Lois, after flashing back to a refreashing take on Jonathan’s death; “My father believed that if the world found out who I really was, they’d reject me… out of fear. He was convinced that the world wasn’t ready. What do you think?"
However once we get over the initial origin story we once again find the issue of inserting a Villain for extra substance, and this is where the movie denotes all forms of “reality" and becomes Michael Bay ridiculous really, really quickly. This eminence bombardment of destruction and meaningless attack is extremely numbing. After Zod was killed, I found myself thinking that; wouldn’t it of been great if they went straight to this scene instead of over-the-top destruction that preceded it. Less is most defiantly more.
I really liked the first half of the movie and what it had to say, I saw the manufacturing of the Kryptonian children a metaphor for our education system, forcing children into jobs that do not serve their natural talents. “What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended?" As a young adult who is just now finishing High School, this very much spoke to me and what I’ve experienced over that last five years. Further more the destruction of Krypton represents adheres to the fall of the old paradigms upheld in our society.
I only recently have been engaged with the Superman mythology, watching
I understand where David Goyer and Christopher Nolan were going with the original pitch of the film. What if Superman was real? Almost everything in the first half of the movie (perhaps bar the Krypton opening) is geared towards the idea of an alien with superpowers trying to exist in the real world. The scenes with Martha and Jonathan Kent really empathised the “reality" of Clark dealing with with progressing powers. Kevin Costner did an admiral job, voicing a very interesting and plausible concern. Clark explains this to Lois, after flashing back to a refreashing take on Jonathan’s death; “My father believed that if the world found out who I really was, they’d reject me… out of fear. He was convinced that the world wasn’t ready. What do you think?"
However once we get over the initial origin story we once again find the issue of inserting a Villain for extra substance, and this is where the movie denotes all forms of “reality" and becomes Michael Bay ridiculous really, really quickly. This eminence bombardment of destruction and meaningless attack is extremely numbing. After Zod was killed, I found myself thinking that; wouldn’t it of been great if they went straight to this scene instead of over-the-top destruction that preceded it. Less is most defiantly more.
I really liked the first half of the movie and what it had to say, I saw the manufacturing of the Kryptonian children a metaphor for our education system, forcing children into jobs that do not serve their natural talents. “What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended?" As a young adult who is just now finishing High School, this very much spoke to me and what I’ve experienced over that last five years. Further more the destruction of Krypton represents adheres to the fall of the old paradigms upheld in our society.
I only recently have been engaged with the Superman mythology, watching