Man of Steel

 

 

 

Jean, This is a big time, big screen event in my mind. The theater I went to was literally packed. I have not seen that since "Iron Man 3". It has a great cast of actors and Henry Cavill is a great looking Superman, in or out of the blue tights and red cape. The actors all hold up their roles in fine fashion. And there is almost non-stop destruction as you near the end of the movie. ( It is long at 145 minutes ) Be prepared for almost complete high-rise building destruction and explosions etc. to the point that when you get to  destruction overload, the screen goes all white. (This happens 3 or 4 times.) I would see the next Super man movie now that they have spent so much time in exposition of the early days in Krypton. I really do not care about Kal-El or Jor-El or the Codex, etc.. My audience was there to see Superman rescue helicopters from a collapsing  deep water drilling platform or catch Lois Lane at the last second after she falls out of a plane. Which they did see. I thought Amy Adams and Henry Cavill made a good couple  but there is very little romance but lots of action and destruction.  Too bad they did not have more humor such as "That is not an S" or " They say after the first kiss, it is all downhill" or " To me he is just hot". This is one big action scene on another, maybe Christopher Nolan had something to do with that.  Dad

 

The Previews were:

 

300: rise of an empire

R I P D

White House Down

Paranoia

The Worlds End

The Hobbit, The desolation of the Smaug.

The Internship

Jean, This is not a case of the sequel being better than the original. This is a mediocre comedy at best. I think the supporting characters are stronger than the two leads. The one joke is that those two guys are complete technology know-nothings, That becomes stale very fast. (Have they been asleep for the last 20 years?) The story line revolves around a summer intern class and the 5 or so tests they have to pass as teams of 5 members. (Are you proficient in programming in the C ++? or playing the Hogwart's game holding on to broomsticks  (Quidditch?)) This is a great commercial for working at Google Campus and all the perks that come with it. It is also a great look at the Bay Area from the air or Golden Gate Bridge and just working in the Bay Area is shown as a  plus. There is a black Star Wars t-shirt with gray letters that is quite prominent in the movie.  Dad

 

P.S. The previews are:

 

R.I.P.D.

We're the Millers

The Way, Way Back

Kevin Hart's " Let Me Explain"