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Heavily underrated film in this decade


I bet if this film released in 2009 it would be a huge hit
but it released in a time when superhero genre was filled with toilet humour kid-friendly films like iron man 3 and Avengers also people thought a superhero would be funny unrealistic and stupid like Avengers characters which Snyder's Superman wasn't he was dark and realistic. This film theme, story everything was perfect so, does the direction of Snyder it totally showed how Superman would be treated in the real world this is the Superman which is suitable for this era, not that goofy silver age reeve superman.

Just if this film would released in a proper time it would be critically and more commercially successful

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Although, I think this movie has flaws. I like it better than 90% of Marvel movies. I wish DC had maintained this tone throughout their other movies instead of caving to Marvel audiences where everything is a joke and every character has an interchangeable personality since they all just quip

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definitely better than most of the phase 1 and phase 2 mcu films .Just if it released in proper time *sighs*

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Not as good as :-

Iron Man, Thor, Avengers, Captain America, hell i think i prefer Iron Man 2 and Hulk to this snore fest

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you seriously sound like those under 15 mcu fans ^^^^

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For sure. If this film came out in Dark Knight era, it would have been very well received. I think when all the dust settles, 20,30 years from now, people will look back and say, "hey, this film was actually pretty great."

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Yes !!! absolutely it would be cult classic film after 30 years from today

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no, not it wont

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Yeah lets see 30 years from today how many people would remember about avengers or thor 1

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You'll be....48 at that time? With your sons Tim, Jason and Wally?

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I will be 46 after 30 years (since i'm 26 now ) not 48

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You're STILL bad at math.

First off 26 plus 30 equals 46?

Second, blatantly obvious you chose 1996 because of year of birth. Meaning you'd actually be 52.

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So why didnt it make more then ? whys it Marvels fault that this average film didnt make more money ? The market is big enough for both franchises to make good money.

Snyders superman was as dull as dishwater, looked the part but by god Henry Cavill is so wooden, could of mistook this movie for a Michael Bay fillm.

How is Iron Man 3 and Avengers Kid friendly ? they were rated the same as Man of steel ?? How is Man of steel realistic ? At least Donners superman had heart and soul, this was just so very dull.

5 out of 10

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You are just a dceu hater or old school superhero fan nothing else otherwise no one would say that Reeve's Superman is better than Snyder one both are in the same level but Snyder Superman as I said was more realistic than reeve's goofy and sometimes stupid version
also go and see Avengers and im3 you will see how much forced jokes in the film which ruined the film completely

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Well the majority of people in this world prefer superman 78, not sure why you think Reeves is goofy

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078346/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/?ref_=nv_sr_1

and ill become a DCEU fan when they make good movies, WW was the first one i liked, the rest are dull

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reeve was good superman but terrible clark kent (he made clark a stupid idiot guy which he wasn't in the comics)

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INCORRECT. If you'd READ the comics in the 1970's, Clark was a milksop who constantly feigned stomach aches and headaches and all sorts of weak excuses so he could go off and change into Superman. The Donner film, for better or worse, NAILED what Clark was in the 1970's.

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it was silver age superman but clark kent in 2010s can't act like this and henry cavill totally portrayed a modern era clark kent

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And he played Superman straight out of a commercial for chronic depression.



YAWN.


Dean Cain played the role better than Cavill.

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In MOS there is no difference in Kent and superman, just one wears glasses , Reeves is true to the comic and plays 2 different characters which is why I prefer donners by a country mile , it has heart and soul

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I'm actually in a different place with this movie. I loved it when I saw it in the theater. Over time I've come to like it less and less.

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It showcased what a talentless hack Zack Snyder is....that's all it does.

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Maybe. Superman is kind of boring and Snyder made him more interesting but I don't think America was ready for that.

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This film came on the heels of the The Dark Knights Rises which was a series grounded in "realism" and was a large commercial success so there was a demand for a darker tone in the genre.

I really enjoyed MOS, but it does have its flaws. For example, the latter half of the film is just an action CGI fest which got repetitive by the third act. I think people mostly do not like it because it strays from what you expect from a Superman film; fun, light-hearted, phone booths, and Lois Lane doing investigative journalism.

To me it was more of a coming of age film for Superman which was different and I really enjoyed it. However, I can see how others did not because it is a flawed film. I do not think the time of its release had much to do with its shortcomings commercially or critically. Since when has the genre been filled with non-kid-friendly films?

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Agreed , I enjoy the first part of the movie but it just fell apart and bored the call out of me

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