There isn't really anything spoiler-y here, but if you've not seen Man Of Steel, you may still prefer to err on the side of caution and give this story a miss.
With over $600m in the bank, Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman franchise, Man Of Steel, got things back up and running for Warner Bros where that particular franchise is concerned. And, as you more than likely know, the next chapter in Superman's big screen adventures will be the 2015 valet/Superman movie, starring Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck.
Man Of Steel was a bit of a divisive movie, all considered, but one thing most agree on was that the wholesale destruction of the last half hour was borderline extreme. With a body count that would have comfortably run into the tens of thousands at least (hundreds of thousands, even), and the city of Metropolis more rubble than standing it seemed, 'carnage' would seem an appropriate word.
Snyder, though, has been defending that aspect of his movie in particular. "I wanted the movie to have a mythological feeling. In ancient mythology, mass deaths are used to symbolize disasters. In other countries like Greece and Japan, myths were recounted through the generations, partly to answer unanswerable questions about death and violence. In America, we don’t have that legacy of ancient mythology. Superman is probably the closest we get. It’s a way of recounting the myth".
Snyder was chatting to The Japan Times, and in the interview, he also talked about how he was telling a story of immigration with his Superman movie. You can read it in full here.
Snyder is currently working on the story for the valet/Superman movie with David S Goyer. Snyder will then direct, and Goyer will pen the screenplay. The movie is due in cinemas in summer 2015.
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The more Snyder opens his mouth the more ignorant he seems. It's a shame that Batman has now been put in the hands of someone who defends senseless, out of place violence in such a simpleton manner. The entire second half of Superman was so over the top it became incredibly tiresome. His best work, to me, still is Dawn of the Dead -- the only film where he didn't have a huge budget so he had to rely on story.
I agree fully on Dawn of the Dead - love that movie so much - and partially agree on Superman. I don't think the entire second half is problematic but i described the climax as an example of ten minutes worth of excess making a great movie seem merely okay.
I hope that Zack Snyder get fired from the project and get replaced by Ben Affleck to direct the movie.
In 1978 I believed a man could fly. In 2013, I believed a man could mope in the most joyless manner and break people's necks.
I thought the damage portrayal was really good. Many people missed the point that Zod and his small army was a very destructive force. He was hell bent on destroying the human population. It allows for the government to be wary of Superman, and Lex Luthor can capitalize on new armaments to help defend against alien invaders since the world now knows it is not alone in the universe.
When titans fight, there is likely to be carnage. There's really no getting around that. You can try to sugarcoat it but then you end up with violence without consequences. That's hardly any better.