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Method of Madness:
Unreasonable expectations, yes.

Edguy:
Ok, so I finally got to see it. My thoughts:

(click to show/hide)- RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME FIGHT SCENES. Beyond anything I've ever seen; IT WAS AWESOME.
- The tone was good, I can appreciate the (mostly) serious tone of the universe, as long as the writing is good enough.
- The writing was sort of weak. Wasn't really on board with the whole DNA thing. Also, Zod seemed a little too "malevolent for the sake of evil" for me. Too much shady science MacGuffin. I feel like they easily could have achieved an equal story without the shady plot devices.
- Side characters (Read; Lois Lane) was poorly integrated.  Lois + Clark was easily the weakest part of the film, I had a hard time embracing their romance, after they met like two times. Needed A LOT more development. The way the film was, I think they should have saved the entire Daily Planet crew, Lois included, for the sequel. Or at least the post-credit scene (which in this case was placed before the credits..)
Conclusion; with some stronger writing, DC could beat Marvel to a pulp. I'm looking forward to see what comes from here.

Lupercal:
BlueKitty, your thoughts on this resonate with mine 100%. Kudos for such a well thought out an intellectual breakdown of the movie!

(click to show/hide)I too thought the biggest problem was the destruction of Smallville and Metropolis. It felt like as soon as they were out of Smallville, Metropolis essentially had to be destroyed before the Superman/Zod battle could begin, ensuring further destruction. Very 9/11y at points, especially when Perry is trying to save a co-worker in a pile of rubble. Intentional? Probably. It's an up-to-date New York City disguised as Metropolis. The fact people are still wandering around Grand Central Station in the middle of the city being partially destroyed was pretty ludicrous.

I thought Jor-El was amazing. The best use of the father figure Superman has ever had in a film. Towards the end of the film I had to wonder how successful a Superman film is if I felt like I preferred seeing Jor-El doing his thing than seeing Superman accomplish incredible feats.  I liked the fact that Snyder kept coming back to both Jor-El (in holographic form) and Jonathan Kent. The flashbacks were well integrated into the plot. But there wasn't enough 'discovery' for my liking. Part of the greatness and relatability of reboots is discovering the powers of the character with the character. It has happened with Spiderman, Batman, Iron Man, pretty much any hero you'd like to name. Clark Kent is shown as a bullied kid who doesn't have any answers and becomes rather introverted because of it. He has no place in the world - something he comes to understand further as his Cal-El identity manifests - but there isn't a single point in the film where I felt like I could relate to that kid. It's a shame, because the emotional baggage is all there, it just fails to pay off in the way one would expect.

Also, however Lois managed to get into that ship in the first place is bloody beyond me. Also, the fact she turns up to his house with a few police cars and keeps calling him Clark when he's in his Superman costume...it seemed like very little effort was taken to keep his identity under wraps, especially by Lois.

But hey, it's probably the best Superman film that's been made. It's just a shame it isn't, on its own, a fantastic film. I'm looking forward to seeing kryptonite, Lex, and a whole other load of Superman related stuff in the Inevitable Sequel.

Blue Kitty:

Welu:
Blue Kitty's said my sentiments pretty much.

I enjoyed the film and I didn't think there was anything really bad about it, it just got a slightly enthused, "Huh." outta me. A little humour would have helped a lot. I really liked the opening segment.

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