Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 21, 2018 15:35:57 GMT
Before moving on to the 2nd more interesting topic, my point is that Superman HIMSELF can only be blamed for those two deaths, if you blame him at all for any of the deaths, because his actions (and Zod's) are directly tied to that building falling down.
"I blame Man of Steel as a film for its cavalier attitude towards the destruction of Metropolis."
Well that's another argument. And in that regard I agree AND disagree. Was the destruction probably more than was necessary to make the dramatic and visual point? Perhaps. I remember when I first saw the movie my first reaction was "this puts Avengers to shame!" Up until that point the NYC Avengers fight was the most destruction I'd ever seen.
But I'm not so sure that Snyder was doing destruction porn. I think he honestly wanted to do a Superman (and Zod) that was fully unleashed. A truly muscular version of the character. And the only way to show just how super powerful these characters are is to show their effect on their surroundings. A truly unleashed fight between two such beings would cause quite a lot of damage. Remember, even though there have been Superman movies before, MOS is the first truly modern version with the level of FX available to show Superman doing everything Superman can do. How could he not take the opportunity? (I know Bryan Singer did Superman Returns, but lets be honest, Superman didn't do anything in that movie but fly and cry).
In truth I always thought that they would reserve that kind of mass destruction and collateral damage to the Hulk. He's the one that has massive amounts of strength and rage. I always thought we'd see him do that, but that AOU fight is the closest we've come. Its still my hope to see a movie where the Hulk completely cuts loose.