Your thoughts on Man of Steel (2013)?

It’s really Man of Steel that went for that approach. Most superhero movies these days have a lot of humor and don’t take themselves too seriously. Arguably sometimes TOO much humor

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Keep in mind I don't rate movies by genre etc as when I rate a movie I rated it in relation to ALL movies I have seen and in a basic sense the more I enjoy a movie the higher the score and the less I enjoy a movie the lower the score. this should help you understand why I only gave it a 6-6.5/10 as while that's not a high score it's still high enough to be within my Top 234 movies simply because there are only 234 movies I scored a 6-6.5/10 or higher out of the 2,225+ total movies I have seen.

also, I assume given your IMDb2 picture your probably a big fan of super hero movies in general but none of them are THAT great for me even though Man of Steel is the only one just shy of My Favorite Movies level status as all other super hero movies top out at a 6/10 (a mild Thumbs Up) as any lower than that (i.e. 5/10 or less) goes into Thumbs Down territory.

also, there are not many super hero movies for me that are worth re-watching and, like I always say, a movies true worth boils down to whether I want to re-watch a movie from time-to-time or not as that determines my basic... 5/10 or less = Thumbs Down (won't re-watch (with rare exception)), 6/10 or higher = Thumbs Up (will re-watch).

also, I tend to like DC over Marvel as there are more movies worth re-watching from DC than there are from Marvel. I think the Thor series is pretty much the only Marvel super hero movies ill re-watch off the top of my head.

also, at one point I had The Dark Knight (2008) as a 9/10 but it currently sits at a 5.5-6/10 (i.e. barely a Thumbs Up) as out of that trilogy I like Batman Begins (2005) (6/10) the most as The Dark Knight Rises (2012) (5/10) is no longer worth re-watching for me as of re-watches of those three movies in Feb 2018. I seen The Dark Knight Rises (2012) a total of three times but as of that 3rd viewing, which was in Feb 2018, it's no longer enjoyable enough for me to re-watch it. another thing... while I said The Dark Knight (2008) was a 9/10 at one point for me that took a hit from it's 9/10 back to a 6/10 on Apr 4th 2014 as my previous re-watch prior to that was Dec 27th 2011 and at that time it's 9/10 status remained. so basically somewhere between Dec 2011 and Apr 2014 it took a hit. I have seen The Dark Knight (2008) at least four times total but could be a bit more as I have only been logging all movies I see since Dec 27th 2011 to date and being I got that movie logged three times on file and I know I have seen it at least once prior to that I know I have seen it a bare minimum of four times but I would guess probably around 5 times.

p.s. but I have noticed that since around 2012-2013 a decent amount of movies I used to score a bit more highly have been dropping off as just looking at the movies I score a 10/10, of which there are currently eight movies, that figure used to be roughly triple that figure not all that long ago. hell, looking at some of my older log files from Nov-Dec 2013 there was a total of 73 movies I scored a 9/10 or 10/10 combined but now that figure sits at only 21 movies. so while it sucks the movies dropped off in score, to look on the positive side of things, it makes me appreciate the movies that remain that much more. but I do think say 10 years ago or so I tended to score too many movies a bit too highly but as time passed my scoring system and general scoring movies became more refined as how I score movies now tends to reflect what I really think of them quite a bit more accurately than it did say about 10 years ago or so. like nowadays... only about 8.5% of all movies I have seen are good enough to make My Favorite Movies and even being a bit generous, say counting those 6-6.5/10 range of movies to, that figure is still floating around 10%. or to look at things in terms of will I re-watch a movie or not re-watch a movie that figure is only about 25% TOPS of all movies I have seen are worth re-watching. NOTE: I never restrict ratings on movies either as it's simply how things played out and like I already said the more I enjoy a movie the higher the score and the less I enjoy it the lower the score. most movies I see score a 5/10 as while that's a Thumbs Down those movies are usually at least okay enough not to have wasted my time but since I have no desire to re-watch them they are ultimately forgettable.

I remember enjoying it overall but the sequence that stands out in my memory was Supes vs Faora and Namek. Faora stood out as a much more interesting villain than Zod in this.

She should have been the main villan.

I loved everything about Man of Steel. My favorite Superman film, hands down.

Oh, I Loved Antje Traue's Performance as 'Faora' in "MAN OF STEEL".

Even though I have it on DVD I have to acknowledge that it's not a perfect movie. For example, the writer's characterized Costner's version of Pa Kent as overprotective of Clark to point of not allowing Clark to save him from the twister was a flaw. Henry Cavill's broody Superman took getting used to because I grew up with Christopher Reeves' sunnier tempered Superman. I liked that Amy Adams' incarnation of Lois Lane figured out quickly that Clark and Superman were one and the same. I had no problem with Superman having to kill Zod to save an innocent family.

A bit of a mess, but better than anything else I've seen from Zack Snyder (I refuse to watch 300).