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- First reviewJune 29, 2013
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Overall rating
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PostedJune 29, 2013
Animusmors
Dialogue
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5
Special Effects
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5
Art Direction
5
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5
Acting
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5
Story
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5
Camerawork
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(WARNING SOME SPOILERS!) I watch a lot of movies and every now and then I work on them in LA doing camerawork and other various jobs. I had EXTREMELY high expectations for this movie, which is usually not a good thing, after I saw who was working on it and what Goyer based the story on. My expectations were met ten fold. These kinds of movies are very rare. Movies that keep you thinking days after you see it. There is so much packed into this movie that I bet so many will not understand the depth of what this film actually represents.
One thing that always bugged me with the other films is that there wasn't much emphasis on him being an Extraterrestrial. It's kind of a big deal and the other films just kinda brushed it off. This film, the film makers really explored that aspect and added so much to the character. Where does he belong? How can he be accepted to a race of people who are not on his level evolutionarily?
Superman represents pure goodness and they portrayed him as just that. I really felt like he was someone I could look up to, to set a moral example of what a person should be. Every scene he's dealing with how he's going to use his power and how or if he's going to help someone in need. He makes his choices very carefully with the guidance of Jor-El(Holographic representation of his consciousness) and his adoptive Earth parents, the Kents. This film even explored a Plutocratic Eugenics society that is on Krypton and how it becomes a failure and that a planned society is lacking the one thing that Earth still has evn though it is slowly disappearing...that thing is freedom. One scene you'll notice Clark Kent reading a book about Pluto when he gets knocked to the ground by bullies when he was a kid.
Now here is another theme in this movie, you have characters that have good intentions to save their own people from the US military and Zod. The ends justify the means is their mentality. From Zod essentially exterminating an entire planet's life to preserve his own people and the US government just going on a man hunt to find Kal-El. Snatching up Lois Lane, totally disregarding her rights, and the drones used to spy on the nation to find Superman.
One thing that is interesting is that one of the main characters was a DARPA employee. That's the agency that researches all the really cool high tech stuff. (Look up the Petman Robot) His character was there to be the expert on the Alien technology and figure out it's capabilities. One thing that I would've put into this movie is speculate on what our own government has been keeping secret that is way beyond what we know we have as far as military tech. But since the film makers needed the cooperation of the Pentagon with this film, they probably just left that part out.
Oh....the Music. I watched an interview with Hans Zimmer and how he was so afraid to score this film because of the memorable score that John Williams did. He worked so hard on this score and I think he nailed it. The score is VERY different from John Williams' and like what WIlliams did, Zimmer really captures the essence of the character. My favorite piece is called "Flight" used in the scene where he flies for the first time, you really feel as if you're flying with him with the way the camerawork was done. The drums and the slide guitars that are used really capture the feeling of the middle America Kansas, where Clark grew up. The juddering sounds used when Zod is on screen really make you feel he truly is a force to be reckoned with. The violin solo that was played when Krypton blew up really captured the tragedy of a lost people.
The only thing that I didn't like, was that the movie was too short, even though it's 2 hours and 23 minutes, the movie is VERY fast paced, and I wish it was about 10 minutes longer just to get a few extra shots in there to slow it a little bit.
Alright, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and hope you will too.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors
Cons a little too fast paced
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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