So, about those Man of Steel reviews...

[Morrus]

On the whole, they're glowing. I've seen the movie described as "awesome in the actual meaning of the word" in more than one review. It's beginning to look like this might be as good as the Nolan Batman trilogy.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MrMovieMan/news/?a=81307

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/10/i-saw-man-of-steel-tonight-and-want-to-tell-you-all-about-it/

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/DarkKnightNews/news/?a=81311

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/62812

And they've greenlit MoS2 and have Goyer writing Justice League.

I can't wait for Friday! I've gone from being doubtful at the beginning of the year, with each trailer whittling me down some more, to the point where I feel more excited about this movie than I have for a film in a long time!

 

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

I am suspicious. This is the internet and remakes, it is supposed to be all "this movie raped my childhood and made it wear a gimp outfit" type of reaction. These positive response leave me confused.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

None of those are particularly discerning sites. I'd wait a day or two, when genre-friendly but still good review sites, like Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, weigh in.

 

[El Mahdi]

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[EricNoah]

For it to work for me, it has to be more science fictiony than fantasy, and this looks like it is about aliens and space ships and high tech stuff ... and that works for me. Looking forward to what modern special effects technology can do with this subject matter.

 

[Richards]

It's beginning to look like this might be as good as the Nolan Batman trilogy.

Oof. I hope not. I was not particularly impressed with the Nolan Batman trilogy.

Johnathan

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

I enjoyed it.

It opened in the Philippines today and I watched it as soon as the film arrived at the cinema. (It was supposed to open at 11am but the film didn't arrive until later so the first session was 1:30pm.)

It was rather good and would be stunning on a really big screen with good sound.

My favourite parts involved Clark growing up - obviously that's not a spoiler - and the fact that an effort was made to make this feel like an ensemble cast in parts.

It's definitely worth seeing.

Because of the sound problems at my local cinema I missed about a quarter of the dialogue but I will watch it again next week on DVD. There are some advantages to living in a Third World country....

 

[Morrus]

None of those are particularly discerning sites. I'd wait a day or two, when genre-friendly but still good review sites, like Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, weigh in.

I don't follow either of those, but the Empire review released yesterday and was 4/5 stars, mainly very good; and Mark Kermode's review will be on Friday.

 

[Umbran]

It is running at 67% on the Tomatometer, which is an aggregate of reviews. I'd call that "mixed".

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

It is running at 67% on the Tomatometer, which is an aggregate of reviews. I'd call that "mixed".

It does drag in a couple of places and there are a few times where he is very un-Superman-ish which is why I think there are some mixed reviews. 4 out of 5 stars seems about right. It's good without being great.

I certainly enjoyed The Avengers more.