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Originally Posted by Redjake
I respect your opinion Gilda, and you make some good counterpoints and comments, but overall, the movie just wasn't good to me. I fail to see how it is a matter of opinion - using the standard schematics of rating or critiquing a movie, this movie just wasn't good. The reason I say this is because I love Kevin Spacy, I thought Brandon Routh was great as Superman, I thought the girl that played Lane was fine, I thought the graphics were great, I thought the score was great, but I still didn't like the movie. A truely GREAT movie will have all of these great aspects and you leave the theater LIKING the movie instead of hating it. A truely great movie leaves you with a smile on your face or emotional or happy or even sad, any of those. This movie just passed on by without me caring. The screenplay and directing just didn't work to please the people who went into the movie wanting to love it. The movie's quality can't be categorized as a "difference of opinion" when I personally have such a broad spectrum of movies I like. The types of movies I like are simply "quality movies." This wasn't a quality movie. It was similar to watching Daredevil, Fantastic Four, or X3. I just didn't care. Perhaps if you are a really huge fan of Superman and comics themselves, you can look past the bad qualities of the movie and enjoy it nonetheless. I can't.  |
I don't think the movie was great, either, but I do think it was good. I am a big Superman fan, not the current version, but I liked Silver Age Superman a lot (currently being repreinted in Showcase Superman), and I liked about the first ten years post-crisis.
We also seem to agree on the craft that went into the making of the movie, but had a different emotional reaction to it. That's fine, it's absolutely cool with me. I disagree with some of your points, but I can see why someone wouldn't enjoy it on the same level as I did.
However, it is a matter of opinion whether the movie was good. All judgements regarding art are opinions. Some carry more weight, some are better informed, some are derived from different viewpoints, but they're all opinions.
I'm not attempting to invalidate your reaction. If it didn't move you, it didn't, and there would be no way to convince you otherwise. But whether it was "good" is a matter of opinion. All such judgements are, including mine.
Gilda