Comments on: Michael Shannon Won’t Say “Kneel Before Zod” In ‘Man Of Steel’ & Why Franchise Traditions Aren’t Always A Good Thing

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

So you want a Bond film … to not be a Bond film. Great idea. Who needs women or locations in a Bond film, anyway? Who needs action or excitement? Isn't the appeal of this series that this guy is a killer? Let's just have a Thomas Harris-style film in which this guy just kills people and never gets laid, instead … oh God, in order to understand why a Bond film works or doesn't, you have to understand the appeal of the character, which Kevin clearly doesn't. The reference to 'The Amazing Spider-Man' proves that Kevin doesn't understand what he is on about, and will cite anything, despite its inappropriateness. TASM didn't feature any of the nods or winks that Kevin accuses it of: in fact, it desperately, desperately tries to avoid them, at all costs: "hey Peter, there's this thing called responsibility … I mean, acceptance. And you have to accept your powers … I mean authority."

By: njifn

njifn — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

You have to have \”KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!\” God, I hate Zack Snyder all of a sudden trying to pretend he\’s a serious filmmaker.

By: james

james — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

I'm inclined to agree with you about SKYFALL – although I disagree that's the reason for its failure. I think the filmmakers DID try and do something different, they just did it poorly. It was just such a poorly told story. It had a bizarre sense of stakes, asking us to invest in a story which was actually morally misguided, a lack of plot which meant the movie basically ended half way through, a villain whose insane competence then didn't tally with his subsequent insane lack of competence, as well as plot holes and lost plot threads and abandoned character development and… the list goes on. And don't get me started on the Aston Martin.

By: tion

tion — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MOM

By: TheoC

TheoC — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

I agree with the sentiment of this piece. I thought Nolan had begun to distance himself from this about a year ago? Understandably he'll have a producer or executive producer credit, but I thought I'd read here? that he'd moved away to concentrate on Batman and distance himself from 'Man Of Wood'. Who cares?

Kneel before Terence Stamp.

By: DG

DG — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

Well said about the Bond franchise. I think Snyder Might have been a genius choice too. Nolan's Batman films changed the genre so forcefully that it is now mandatory for every CBM to tyr and feature 'realism' whether it suits the material or not. In a lot of ways hiring a director not especially known for realism is a good sign that the creative forces behind this movie are challenging themselves and not just sticking to the trend they helped create. In other words realism has been a good thing for CBMs overall but it's starting to feel predictable.

By: Pikey

Pikey — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

''And then there's this weekend's "Skyfall." I'm in the minority who didn't much care for it, and without getting too far into spoilers, the film's adherence to the various tropes of what the Bond movie has to feature — a girl, a gadget, an exotic location — coupled with the acknowledgement of its 50 years of age, leads to a movie that sags under the weight of having to fit into the framework of a "Bond movie." I long for the time when the Bond producers give a writer/director free rein with character — it would be amazing to see what Bond could be become if each movie didn't have a set of criteria it need to checklist each time out.''

Amen!

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:34:52 +0000

Good point. I think Nolan's involvement will save this from being another generic superhero origin re-hash. I'm expecting a poetic, grand, almost philosophical story about big questions. Hiring Snyder might have been a rather genius match with Nolan's focus on depth and substance, mixing the visual richness with complex characters and genuine drama. Could be next year's best superhero film.