Who watches, indeed

[selenak]

There is one particular scene in Watchmen, the film version, that illustrates the difference between, not just between the book it's based on and the film but director Zack Snyder's appraoch and Alan Moore's, and the way Snyder approaches storytelling, like few others. In both Watchmen the graphic novel and in the film (at that point) retired

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[beck_liz]

Look: it's been decades since I watched that film, but I dimly recall that in the equivalent situation in Superman II, Clark did realize the necessity and even went for pretense of cowardice in order to get the fight away from the people.

This. I liked all the parts that you liked, but I was not only totally bored by the extended action sequence, but appalled that they wouldn't at least bring forward that one thing from Superman II. It's probably my favorite part of that movie. But no, they have to go all smashy-punchy all over the place. I was briefly hopeful in that scene right after Zod sheds his armor and Clark is punching him across the sky that he'd just punch him straight out of Metropolis, but it was not to be.

shiny spectacle of skyscrapers going down

Which was more boring than shiny or spectacular anyway. *sigh*

[selenak]

Alas, yes. Zack Snyder: not getting it since ever.

[night_train_fm]

Man of Steel sounds like a frustrating mix of good and bad, at least according to the blogs I follow.

Good: Clark letting himself be handcuffed rather than showing off, and Lois figuring out who he is on her own, thus completely skipping over any "love triangle" (phew).

Bad: The property damage you've already covered, and Pa Kent delivering the exact opposite message of Uncle Ben.

It's starting to look like DC has some bizarre reluctance to let their superhero movies actually be superhero movies. Compare Nolan's Batman to the MCU: one turns the grittiness and 'realism' to max, the other has a guy in a star-spangled outfit fighting Loki in full golden-horns comic book regalia.