Man of Steel 4/5
“…spend
money on the spectacle rather than the visual effect.” - Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan's films (The Dark Knight) continue to have more substance than the amount of what filmmakers nowadays have in big, summer blockbusters. They’re with a small group of writer/directors who don’t stick to the standardized norms behind the scenes. Given the pictorial extremes superhero films have gone for in recent years (The Avengers, Iron Man) former TV ad director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) directed this film with an elite team of writers and producers including Nolan and comic book aficionado David S. Goyer. Obviously, these movies aren’t supposed to be anywhere near ‘groundbreaking’ in terms of writing and subject matter, but compared to other accomplished superhero films “Man of Steel” is infectious and, sometimes even has essential film making.
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan's films (The Dark Knight) continue to have more substance than the amount of what filmmakers nowadays have in big, summer blockbusters. They’re with a small group of writer/directors who don’t stick to the standardized norms behind the scenes. Given the pictorial extremes superhero films have gone for in recent years (The Avengers, Iron Man) former TV ad director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) directed this film with an elite team of writers and producers including Nolan and comic book aficionado David S. Goyer. Obviously, these movies aren’t supposed to be anywhere near ‘groundbreaking’ in terms of writing and subject matter, but compared to other accomplished superhero films “Man of Steel” is infectious and, sometimes even has essential film making.
The first 45 minutes is without a doubt, the most ambitious scene I saw all of last year. As mentioned above, Snyder has assembled an incredible team of some of the best artists the entertainment industry has to offer. One concept artist in particular was Christian Scheuer, who did some incredible illustrations for the film using Zbrush and Photoshop.
Snyder may have taken cues from recent arthouse films including Malik’s “Tree of Life”
(2011). Incorporating some of those unique looking elements prevented it from becoming another generic blockbuster.
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Tree of Life and Man of Steel Comparison
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