man of steel – The Knight Shift

Man of Steel came out just over two weeks ago. I’ve seen it twice and the more I think about it, the more I’m of the mind that it’s not only the finest Superman film made to date, it’s also the best comic book movie thus far (tying with The Avengers and The Dark Knight). Dang near everything about Man of Steel is spot-on perfect: from Henry Cavill’s performance as Superman to Zack Snyder’s direction to the sight of Metropolis getting the slats beaten out of it, to the beautiful and epic score by Hans Zimmer.

I’d wanted to write a review, but kept getting bogged down with stuff during the past several days. But who says that I have to be the only one writing a movie review around here?

So here are two fine people who have some thoughts about Man of Steel that they’d like to ...

MAN OF STEEL trailer, and the last one for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

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I’ve a theory: Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Khan Noonien Singh. In the post-Kelvin altered timeline the Botany Bay was found years earlier than it was in the original Star Trek series, and Khan wound up working for Starfleet’s black ops. Then years later he comes back for revenge for something or ‘nother and that’s when he and Kirk will tangle for the “first” time.

But if he’s an entirely new character, I’m down for that too. Either way from the looks of this final trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, it’s gonna be a toad-strangler of a movie!

Meanwhile the new trailer for Man of Steel swooped onto the Intertubes a short while ago…

I will believe this Superman can fly 🙂

And this movie has had some of the most beautiful trailers that I have seen for a summer tentpole in a long, long time....

First pic of Henry Cavill as Superman!

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Now this is what the Man of Steel should look like!

Click the above image to embiggenize our first look at Henry Cavill as Superman in the Zack Snyder-directed Man of Steel (now due out for 2013). Check out Supes’ getup! Now that is a Superman that I would believe can not only fly but also kick the tails of Darkseid and Brainiac.

I am beginning to have a positive vibe about this film. Yesterday it was announced that Laurence Fishburne would be playing Perry White, and then there’s Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Michael Shannon as General Zod (among others who have been cast for the film). And Zack Snyder had already pulled off the impossible when he adapted Watchmen (the Ultimate Cut, incorporating the animated pirate story into the main film, is by far the best of the ...