Pretty good, but Donner went a bit too far with using Christopher Reeve's pre-bulk-up footage.
Well, we have to think of it as a demo reel of what could have been.
Yeah, it had new B-roll (e.g. a scene that actually shows a diverse New York that wouldn't have been in the actual film from early 1980) and some new scenes added that have an actor portrayed by someone not Christopher Reeve, but a stand-in...as well as some audition scenes between Reeves and Kidder used as actual scenes for this particular cut...but, it was cool. Zod, Ursa, and Non are even more scarier than the released version; that Moon scene is brutal! And not too mention the scene where Zod throws the police siren at the kid trying to escape the town on horse. (Actually, I think that's a deleted scene). Or the scene where Zod and company take down the military and secret service at the White House.
I also liked the scene between Ka-el and his father before Ka-el gets his powers back.
It's interesting looking at the pacing today. It's not solid pacing, but the tone is consistent and a lot darker than its predecessor. I haven't watched
Superman: The Movie in years (since, like, the early millennium) but I want to see how that particular film holds up.
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Yesterday, I watched
Frantic by Roman Polanski. Usually, I think of Polanski films as long and boring. This one, however, had Harrison Ford and an interesting Hitchcock-like story. (And there was an attractive French girl who had a thing for leather outfits).
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I forgot to mention my viewings of the latest episodes from
2 Broke Girls. A show that seemed to have lost its point (i.e. the girls were trying to get their own shop,which they did...and Caroline, the blonde, trying to adjust to the life of the working class - which occurred in this current episode). I think I just watch it for Kat Dennings.
I also watched the latest episode of
Black-ish. An interesting episodes that coincides with 'news' that Patti LaBelle, at 71 years of age, is dating a man 30 years her junior. In the episode, the lead character has double standards: Growing up and even in the present day, Anthony Anderson's Dre has no problem with his father bringing home much younger lovers (who are also very pretty). However, he has problems when his mother brings home a handsome younger man.
Currently, as update this particular post, I'm also watching Man of Steel for the first time. And good grief this movie is kinda boring.
Henry Cavill is kind of stiff. Not as stiff as Jai Courtney or Sam Worthington, but he's not as charismatic as many of the performers around him. Too, the movie seems to be plodding along; there's not much going on in the plot. There's not really a story. (Zod is looking for a codec?) And there is a forced romance between Superman and Lois Lane when he hasn't even known her for that long.
On the other hand, Hans Zimmer's music is pretty awesome.