Skip to main content

Girl's Eye View: Man of Steel

Allow me to quickly introduce myself: My name is Kara, and I live over at www.karaschatter.com . I have no experience in the movie industry, other than watching and appreciating them. I thought I would offer up my movie reviewing skills, or lack thereof, to The Basement to give readers a female perspective on movies, new, old, good, and bad. 

The husband and I took an offer of free childcare by the way of grandparents to head to the theater and watch Man of Steel, the newest edition to the seemingly endless versions of Superman movies.

I will admit that while I had heard about the movie and saw trailers for it, comic book movies aren’t usually my #1 choice, but as my husband pointed out, it’s the type of movie you have to watch in theaters because it’s all about the special effects. So, I agreed that Man of Steel was the movie we would take in, and was definitely not disappointed.

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman is played by the ridiculously good-looking Henry Cavill and his main-squeeze Lois Lane is played by the adorable Amy Adams. Sprinkled throughout the movie are highly recognizable names and faces that doesn’t necessarily give the film more credibility, but it definitely made it more enjoyable, in my opinion. Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, and of course, Russell Crowe, were all there, to name a few.

Man of Steel flashes back and forth between Clark Kent’s childhood and his struggles to come to terms with his uniqueness and his adult life of trying to keep his inability to avoid doing a good deed from having him found out as some kind of freak of nature. Of course, while all of this is going on the bad guy, General Zod (Michael Shannon), is plotting to take over earth and slaughter the human race, in typical alien fashion. 

And then there’s the effects. In today’s films, if it’s an action movie, your special effects better be spot-on and believable, and they certainly were in Man of Steel. There were enough fight scenes, explosions and intense moments to satisfy this movie goer, and they were believable, in terms of sci-fi/comic book/action movies.

With a handsome cast and great storyline, you really can’t go wrong with Man of Steel if you’re looking for action. Is this the best Superman movie I’ve seen? Most likely, considering I couldn’t even recall the plot of the last one (Superman Returns in 2006). Overall, I give it a Good!

Related articles

Enhanced by Zemanta
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Justin Cider welcomes a Homewrecker to the Fanily

COVID-19 has impacted pretty much everything and, although some industries have slowly been able to get rolling again, sport is one that remains in limbo. This holds true for the world of Thrash Wrestling, which we in The Basement are a proud sponsor of. But the men and woman of Thrash Wrestling continue to challenge each other, and entertain fans, in a creative way. Which is why Jason and Shawn welcome Thrash Wrestler Justin Cider into the ring... err, Basement, when From The Basements takes over the Radio NL 610 AM airwaves at 6:05 tonight! Cider will update listeners on how Thrash Wrestling continues with social distancing in place. And he'll shed some light on the future of the sport, how people can support his Fanily, and more! And stick with us, as Justin joins The Basement Boys for a review of the new horror/comedy Homewrecker starring Alex Essoe and Precious Chong. Does this female-focused comedic thriller deliver the goods? Tune in after the 6 o'clock news ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Top 5 quotes from the Rambo franchise

It's Rambo Day, which means it's a day we celebrate all things Rambo. And no, we didn't make that up. It's a real thing, and part of the lead in to Rambo: Last Blood coming out on Friday. We were going to celebrate by doing a Top 5 favourite Rambo kills, but the fine folks at Arrow in the Head already did something like that, so I figured why not share our favourite Rambo quotes. I like quotes. Quotes are good. Anyway, here we go with our Top 5, in no particular order: 5) "They drew first blood." - John Rambo, First Blood (1982) Because it's always cool when the hero references the title of the movie in a quote. 4) "Live for nothing, or die for something. Your call." - John Rambo, Rambo (2008) Because it's 100-per-cent truth, and is the exclamation mark on a great monologue by Stallone. 3) "I could have killed 'em all. I could kill you. In town, you're the law. Out here, it's me. Don't push it, or I'l...
Post a Comment
Read more

Grace Victoria Patterson returns

What's this? Two podcasts From The Basement in less than nine months? Has the world gone mad!?! No, but when past Basement guest Grace Victoria Patterson asked nicely if she could return to this fine podcast, Jason and Shawn -- agreeable sorts that they are -- said yes. Hence we have this new episode for your ear holes! Grace provides an update on her career, which has seen the cheerleader-turned-actress appear in no fewer than eight films plus a TV series, with more projects on the way. She and Jason talk all about this, plus some other stuff. What kind of stuff? Stick with us! And stay tuned, as The Basement Boys discuss a whole slew of movies and television, including the Netflix Jimmy Savile documentary, The Batman, the horror romp The Cellar and more! It's podcasting that's so awesome, you'll be awesomed out by its awesomeness! What are you waiting for? Push play and enjoy!
Post a Comment
Read more