I'm seeing some negative reactions in here. Well, I quite liked it tbh. Had me glued to the screen the whole time. Maybe I don't remember the quality of seasons 1-5 or maybe I'm just happy with little, who knows. Everyone seems to hate this season and I have to say I'm not 100% happy with it. BUT. I really liked this episode. Anyway, what can I say.
Oh come on guys! The movie was good entertainment. Why whine about every little detail, when you can enjoy two hours of mindless fun and action. The ending was awesome. Can't wait where this is going.
Dear Savitar. Please kill everyone, maybe except Caitlin and Cisco. Thank you.
Why are you rating movies that haven't even been made yet?
The film sits like a memory. It is possible to love your life and also grieve for the life not lived. Perfect.
This is THE DEFINITIVE Superman movie. With truly spectacular cinematography, a heartwarming coming of age story, enthralling action and perhaps the best superhero movie soundtrack ever from Hans Zimmer, this movie hits every beat for Superman fans new and old.
As a DC comics fan growing up, the critical response to this movie prevented me going to watch it at the theatre. I mean who wants one of their favourite superheroes being "humourless", "too violent", and "not epic enough"??? Well, I can truly sit here now having said "lesson learned". Never again will I allow critical response to prevent me from experiencing something I had waited a lifetime for. I will never get to see Man of Steel in the theatre, and this movie was shot for the big screen. Some of the shots are truly beautiful, especially when he wakes up in the ocean with whales, and when he learns to fly in the snowy mountains.
The story is often criticised for not having the kookiness of the original four movies with Christopher Reeve - and don't misunderstand this for hating on the first few iterations, I have nothing but fond memories of growing up with those films - but I challenge anyone to watch those movies now and claim that they still hold up. A truly great movie as well as standing the test of time, has rewatch value, and Man of Steel is one of the few superhero movies that I have watched time and time again. This requires a great story.
The story of this movie focuses on a boys relationship with his fathers, and his coming of age through those guises. His cautious and protective Earth father who tought him the morality and goodness we expect from our Superman, who sacrificed himself in order to keep his sons secret; and his Kryptonian father who encouraged him to embrace his difference and be the man Earth needs him to be.
A bonus is that the relationship between Lois and Clark doesn't seem forced. You get to see how she is a great investigative reporter and through her reporting she discovers Superman's true identity. By protecting it, you can see Clark's appreciation and the weight of not being able to talk about it to anyone - something that bothers him throughout the great flashback scenes as wonderfully portrayed by Dylan Sprayberry and Cooper Timberline - being lifted.
The character development of the antagonist, General Zod is done in a way other superhero movies can only be envious of. The message that this character, like all other Kryptonians are born with a specific purpose, in this case to protect Krypton at all costs, comes across well. From his perspective he is the superhero of his own story, trying to save his planet and his people, and that is the truest of tests for supervillain development.
And this brings me to the epic and controversial (for some reason) third act. As mentioned earlier, Superman has a strong moral code instilled in him by Jonathan Kent, which is shown throughout the flashbacks. Any observer who doesn't see that Snyders portrayal of Superman has the most morality of any Superman in cinematic history is simply not paying attention. He doesn't spin the Earth backwards to rewind time just to save his girlfriend like in the original, and he doesnt go back to Smallville and hook up with Lana because the love of his life Lois is ignoring him a little bit like in Superman III. That Superman, despite all of his displayed morality (e.g. where he refrains from fighting the bullies) feels he must kill General Zod is one of the most powerful moments in superhero movie history. He repeatedly begs Zod to give up his quest to destroy Earth and humans now that his quest to return Krypton has failed. Zod makes it clear as day that he will NEVER give up, and that he will destroy humanity at all costs as an act of revenge. What was Clark supposed to do? He was left with no choice! Add to this the fact that Zod's laser beams were inches away from killing a whole family, Superman reluctantly had to break his neck. Yet unlike other superheroes he did not gloat in victory, the pain and anguish in that scream that follows is filled with the heartbreak of breaking both his moral code and killing one of the few other fellow Kryptonians in the universe.
Overall, this movie gets better every single time I watch it. If you haven't watched it since it came out and had mixed feelings the first time, please give this movie another try without the immediate negative reviews that were extensively covered in the media at the time of release. It truly deserves it. Man of Steel is THE DEFINITIVE Superman movie.
When the first panic scene involves someone frantically trying to unlock a smartphone at their workplace when a regular telephone is literally in the shot, you know you're in for a waste of time. I was misled by the IMDb score. Modern slashers are still 99% trash these days.
It's the third time I've seen this episode and I still don't think I have ever seen a more disturbing death scene in my entire life
Great episode, but it really bugs me that this is classed as a 'special'. This is a straight-up episode of Downton Abbey, only longer. Starting season 3 without watching this first would be entirely wrong, so much would be missed. Special episodes should be stand-alone and shouldn't impact the overall plot/direction of a show going forwards.
Again, fantastic episode, but by no means is this a 'special' episode.
Finally the most satisfying death so far in this series.
people being mad over them wearing masks & them talking about how serious they should take this pandemic is amazing, this isn’t about liberals, it’s about staying safe & wearing a mask to protect others, & all the hard topics they brought up in this episode is the reason I fell in love with this show
This episode takes one of the harshest turns in tone from the moment that Nate's bereavement support group meeting is temporarily halted by the false fire alarm. What follows next is an acid trip of sorts, the sort of nightmare midnight experience like the ones in the films Blue Velvet and Eyes Wide Shut to name just a couple. It's not always easy, it's in fact frequently unpleasant and infuriating but that's by design. Never has an episode of Six Feet Under felt so difficult to digest as this and yet it's an episode that I feel is done in good taste. It's surprisingly (or maybe unsurprisingly) controversial, some seem to love it and others loathe it as the episode that ruined the show but I for one loved it.
There's such a tension to the second half of the episode since it practically does not leave David once after he lands himself in a sticky situation. The editing is merciless in that it never cuts away from this unpleasant storyline and the scenes themselves appropriately linger. There's that one moment where David seems to have gained the upper hand over Jake but runs away, not retrieving the gun from Jake, which falls as an oft-used cliche in film and television. And yet, since the episode maintains such an intense rhythm and it very much gets at David and the manifestation of all his fears put together, I feel it could be overlooked.
I LOVED IT!
20 years later and Gillian Anderson is still responsible for giving boys everywhere happy dreams.
amazing movie
Without a doubt the greatest chick flick ever made.
