$225,000,000

Two Hundred And Twenty Five Million Dollars.

The budget for this turd was Two Hundred And Twenty Five MILLION dollars.

What else would this sum buy you? I checked; a random search for 2014 / 2013 favourites lists here on LB. I looked at 30 or so, and picked out what I saw as peoples favourites.

Under the Skin $16M
Boyhood $2.4M
Only Lovers Left Alive $7M
Grand Budapest Hotel $31M
Her $23M
12 Years a Slave $20M
Dallas Buyers Club $5.5M
Worlds End $28M
Upstream Color $0.1M
The Place Beyond the Pines $15M
Nabraska $12M
Inside Llewyn Davis $11M
Stoker $12M
Enemy best guess about $3M
Philomena $12M
Mud $10M
Short Term 12 $1M
Fruitvale Station $1M
The Past $11M
Spring Breakers $5M
Before Midnight $3M
Only God Forgives $5M
The Hunt $3.5M
The Act of Killing $1M

I only saw the first $200,000,000 worth of Man of Steel, as I walked out at the two hour mark.

"but what if i have to tinkle?"

you will believe a man can sigh. hopelessly torn between regurgitating a myth & telling a story. inert, dull & terribly timid. the genome of a Nolan film & none of the grace. flashback structure fatally enervates the narrative. hardly any actual *scenes,* even fewer actual characters.

Cavill is great / wasted. Adams is given a petulant and banal Lois Lane. Shannon acquits himself, and yet enjoys not a single memorable moment (his henchwoman steals the show with her Metal Gear moves).

neat design elements, i'll give it that. the thought of a sequel has me locked in the fetal position. no more, zack snyder. no more zack snyder.

when you think you're going to jail but they meld
you to the interior of a giant metallic penis instead.

Henry Cavil's jaw could plausibly run for office

There really isn't any reason to be excited for BATMAN v SUPERMAN, is there?

Since its release, I've considered this my least favorite moviegoing experience ever. I am emotionally allergic to this conception of the character, and this iteration of his world. It feels like a healthy human body rejecting a diseased organ transplant.

Ma Kent growling "Go to hell" to General Zod, who is dressed like the Engineer from Alien, followed by a "Leave my mommy alone!" punch-fest was a particular low point upon revisit. That said, one whole star for Kevin Costner's brief, genuinely moving turn as Pa.

Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
No, it's Jesus wearing a leotard.

Pretty sure the S stands for shite.

I hate everything this movie stands for. But I also hate how hopeful the trailer made me with it's well-crafted imagery and quoting from Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman (for my money the best Superman comic ever written). Every scene with Jonathan Kent especially makes no sense. Dark and gritty Superman cannot work because Superman without his moral compass is a horrific monster. The dream and fantasy of Superman is power and strength being used to protect and support the weak for once. And it just started the DC movies down a path that has never really worked. I'm still salty almost 10 years later lol

Some of the most surreal scenes of buildings falling from the character's point of view I have ever seen. I took this for granted first time watching but trust me they look as real as it can get.

not my favorite.

q grande q sos snyder

People hate on this movie for the interpretation of Superman but other than that (which I find to be fine btw) this movie is not actually a bad movie. It’s just an adaptation that some people think is unfaithful. This is actually a pretty rad movie. I like that the last hour is a big fight, I really enjoyed myself. I like that Snyder gave us a more serious, dark adaptation. Before people yell at me, saying I haven’t read any Superman comics, I have, I just really like this movie. I just look at it like an elseworld comic. I really enjoyed the realism and even horror elements Snyder added. Like Zoe’s message to earth was legitimately chilling. I like the creativity Snyder displays in this movie and I think people are too hard on it. It’s a nice refreshing break from Marvel every time I rewatch it. 4/5

Im drunk so here are my man of steel thoughts for what theyre worth

I like it, I think the themes are well established and it excels at all the krypton stuff but is very flawed on the earth stuff.

The screenplay is more at fault here than Zack's direction like yea he uses the jesus thing like 4 times or smth and it's whatever to me it's giggle worthy

I think the script has definitely flaws like the pa kent death which I get the point but its DUMB and lois lane being present in a bunch of convenient places, again, DUMB

but it's a movie I feel has heart and I like Zack so yea good work buddy I love you smooch

Really love this realistic approach to superman

Definitely enjoyed this a lot better after seeing Zack Snyder’s Justice League imo

I get why Russell Crowe might’ve agreed to do this movie,
but c’mon,
AMY ADAMS??!!!!!

This movie is underrated as hell. I wont dive into it too much.

Henry Cavill as Superman is honestly perfect. My only problem with this Superman is that he isn't the happy and positive boy scout most people are familiar with. Snyder did have 3-4 movie arc planned where each movie Superman and Batman would become more like they are in the comics. I think it could have worked with Batman, but im not too big of fan of it for Clark. I think he should have been like it from the beginning, but this universe is also trying to be realistic, so that wouldn't work to well.

Decent

A Superman that actively resents humanity. That's certainly a take.