Not so Man of Steel

     So Warner Bros' new movie, "Man of Steel" came out the other week.  Who saw that one?  What'd you think?  MoS was supposed to be the king of the summer blockbusters this year...however, it's not.  Warner Bros has a lot riding on MoS's back, including future Superman movies, the Justice League Movie, and all other DC superhero movies.  Man of Steel needed to be perfect, it had to be the movie that would re-solidify our faith in DC heroes.  And unfortunately, it's not perfect...it has audiences divided.
     Some love it, some hate it...and like me, a lot are kind of just in the middle.  I enjoyed the movie, it had great action, some great emotional beats, and looked great.  However, there were a lot of issues, I felt. The pacing in MoS was completely off.  Goyer's script was one of the biggest problems for the film.  I also felt that certain emotional beats were missing, and if they'd been hit, the movie would have connected way more with audiences.  The main thing that kept my head shaking though, was the massive amount of collateral damage caused by Superman and Zod in the film.  I couldn't get over how the devastated the entire city of Metropolis.
     I'm sure Warner Bros wasn't expecting the film to get smashed, critically.  There's no doubt that the film will make it's money back, but like I said, this movie will be an indication on how well the rest of the DC universe does, cinematically.  The main crush to DC's campaign, happened this weekend.  Man of Steel was knocked out of the number 1 spot in the box office, by World War Z and Monster's University.
     This is a huge hit for WB, as they were expecting Man of Steel to be number 1 for quite a while.  In just one week, it was knocked down.  It's doing pretty well for itself, but compared to other big franchise movies like Iron Man, Spiderman and Star Trek, it's not holding up.  This is very unfortunate for Superman and DC, alike.  I would love for DC to buck up and make a decent film (that's not Batman).  I'm an avid movie and comic fan, so I love when a movie is based off a famous comic.  It's just so unfortunate that Hollywood can't seem to get it right, even when it's put in very capable hands.