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Cavill’s Kal-El is granted no such wisecracking foils, only speechifying mentors: Kevin Costner’s Jonathan Kent gruffly telling him, effectively, to keep his Y-fronts under his trousers Russell Crowe’s hirsute Jor-El imploring him to give Earth a chance.
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Surprisingly, Man Of Steel features less levity than the Nolan Batmans.
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He also had the Joker - terrifying, but some good one-liners - then Selina Kyle, plus his own ‘Clark Kent’, that dim playboy persona. Besides, Batman had Alfred, and Bale’s angst was leavened by Michael Caine’s dry wit. Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy was accused of humourlessness, but that was unfair it just took itself seriously, which it needed to. Don’t expect many laughs in Man Of Steel. It’s a tough gig for the relatively green Cavill, and while there are some interesting touches (there’s a strong sense he’s releasing long-suppressed rage when he first strikes Zod, a bully he’s allowed to hit), his Kal is a bit stiff and slow to thaw. In Goyer, Nolan and director Zack Snyder’s new take on the origin story, the Clark / Kal dichotomy is not a contrast between a spectacled clown and a knight-in-primary-colour-armour, it is between a Kryptonian and an Earthling: a child of two worlds, one deceased, one floundering. Bryan Singer already tried that, and despite Superman Returns’ many overlooked merits, it didn’t connect with audiences. Writer David Goyer, under the aegis of Chris Nolan, isn’t paying tribute to, or pastiching, the Richard Donner / Richard Lester movies of old. But Henry Cavill doesn’t have that luxury. Immediately likable, somebody relatable, someone normal. We’re pretty sure he isn’t even ticklish.Ĭhristopher Reeve found his way in via Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent: in Reeve’s deft hands, the humble, stuttering, bumbling side of Kal-El. To misquote Shakespeare: try to prick him, he will not bleed. He may look Homo sapiens, but he is not human. He is also, to all intents and purposes, a god. Yes, he is, like Wayne, an orphan, but one brought up by a loving couple in the heart of apple-pie country. It is far harder to get inside that invulnerable and morally burnished exterior. Bullets bounce off his boulder-like pectorals. Superman can literally jump over the moon. With Batman, as Christian Bale found and exploited so well, you can climb inside and get your hands dirty. The troubled childhood, the phobia, the anger, the guilt, the discipline. There’s an interior to explore there, a whole murky cavern. Batman’s someone to really get your teeth into. Thick-necked, square-jawed, serious and utterly benevolent, he hardly provides an actor (or even a writer) chewy material. Or at least, to make interesting on screen. Cap is very similar personality-wise to Superman’s personality.Superman has never seemed the easiest character to realise. But the Russos found a way for Cap to keep his purity of being Steve Rogers, but not corny. America was one of the corniest characters around. “A Superman with Chris Evans Captain America personality is what people want,” another Twitter fan wrote. “A man who does good because he believes in it and knows it’s right.”
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“They don’t think a Superman movie can work right now, because the version of Superman they keep trying to push on us is grimdark Man of Steel bullsh*t when it needs to be more like Captain America,” one fan tweeted. Some suggested the DCEU take a page from the MCU, and make the superhero film lighter. RELATED: Henry Cavill Reveals His Favorite ‘Man of Steel’ Moment Some Superman fans think the next ‘Man of Steel’ film should be like MCU’s ‘Captain America’ moviesĪddressing the idea that a new Superman sequel wouldn’t work, some fans think that if the movie is more like the Captain America films, it would do a lot better. Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill's 'Man of Steel' flew into theaters! (June 14, 2013, US)ĭo you want a sequel❓ #ManOfSteel #Superman #ManOfSteel2 #MoS /cEiudwRpTU- MoviesMatrix June 14, 2020