Man of 60/40

So let's make this quick and painless.  I wasn't that big of a fan of Man of Steel.  In fact, I am about 60/40 in dislike with the film.  I saw it Friday and have been mulling it over to see if my feelings would change, but they haven't.  Out of my friends and I that went, making three, 2/3 of us didn't have strong feelings, rather feelings of meh.  (The one that did like it has really poor taste in movies and TV generally..) As I have mentioned before, I have been re watching Smallville and I AMA super biased fan of Brandon Routh(the previous Superman movie star).  So let me break this down.

Things I did like:
1) the visuals were awesome. I didn't bother with 3D, as per usual, and overall the other worldly sets were really cool.
2) Russell Crowe makes a great dad.  He was a strong leader and I had a lot of believability in him.
3) the new guy looks like a good Clark Kent.
4) The Daily Planet will suffice.

Things I couldn't stand:
1) shaky cam OVERLOAD!  I wasn't sure if it was my lactose pills settling or if my eyes were actually feeling sick, but when I try to look at different characters or stills and the camera man has something he's trying to shake out of his pants, it isn't good!  I did not like the camera concepts and lack of focus.
2) I did believe in Clark's parents. Not. One. Bit.  They filled the shoes of their role, but I have seen better interpretations of these two characters.
3) the villain was annoying. And illogical.  It took Clark ages to adjust to his abilities, you'd think that'd give him a slight superhuman edge.  Nope, he is matched and trumped for a while by the villain go had breathed in Earth twice.
4) I hate that super hero movies have been bought out by name brand things. Smallville,Kansas didn't need a fight in an iHop or a Sears.  I knew from product advertisements at the stores that they were a Man of Steel sponsor.  Product placement is getting less and less creative and it bothers me immensely.
5) and the fight scenes, okay those sort of worked (especially the super human strength/I'm going to toss you through as many buildings as possible), but how many effing things can we blow up in one film.  I believe mr. Snyder set a new record.
6) Zack Snyder, director of 300 and Watchmen(movies I love and own) let me down.  A slow start, too many flash backs, and then brawl after brawl.  I remember watching the last Superman and feeling tons more satisfied leaving the theatre than I did this Friday.  I won't be buying this one and I certainly don't want to she'll out money to go see it again.  I just wasn't as impressed.  The only good element is that maybe a Justice League movie will happen after all, but to what cost?  Batman's Christian Bale's contract is up and no other super hero of DC has been accomplished yet.

So.  That's what I think.  I hope I don't lose readership, but I feel only meh about this film.

On the plus side, I will have a book review for Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg and a film review for The Internship up within a few weeks.  Also also, This blog will be featuring a Londin edition admit will play host to my blog assignment for my British librarianship course.  Stay tuned!