Is Man of Steel a misunderstood masterpiece?

According to DCEU fanboys every DCEU movie is a misunderstood masterpiece.

Not really

It's a good film but it's not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination.

Definitely not a masterpiece. Decent film though, if it wasn't for the action I wouldn't have finished the movie.

No. Nothing with that much blatantly bad writing is a masterpiece.

No. It isn't. It's just not good. The action scenes were good but they didn't save the movie.

Another thread about MoS? I think haters and trolls secretly love the film more than the people who enjoyed it and thought it was reasonably decent.

Not a masterpiece at alllll.

@t6: I'm more in the camp of severely disappointed at almost everything about the movie

lmaooo truee

A perfectly understood mediocrity.

I don't consider mediocre movies with questionable dialogue and story choices to be an underrated masterpiece.

No.

Great movie but not a masterpiece. The only recent CBM that comes close is TDK

Wonder Woman was better

Nope

Yup

this isn't new, its a trend thats come back around, Man of Steel is basically the most talked about Superhero movie and has been constantly generating more conversation

a few years ago a thread was made commemorating that achievement

Congratulations Man of Steel

Couldn't have said it better myself; it is essentially a beautiful turd.

LOL.

It's misunderstood I'll give you that. But to say it's a masterpiece would be stretching things. Although visually it is one of Snyder's finest works and Zimmer created a phenomenal soundtrack, perhaps the best in cbms. Thats about it. The story is a different take on Superman. Some didn't like it. Some loved it. I can see why MoS is so talked about. The faction that liked it, do really like it a lot.

Masterpiece: No

Misunderstood: Sure

Armond White said that Man of Steel is the Godfather of Superhero movies

So you know it's not a masterpiece.

Plus TAS likes the movie too so that means it's definitely bad HAHA

It’s barely even good.

What a beautiful lie ;)

Nope

A better question, how long can Comicvine go without a post on Man of Steel?

More like a handsome truth D;

I'm a big Man of Steel fan and I agree it's misunderstood, but... a masterpiece? Really?

Lol no.

No. Truth be told, its pretty dull. And I'm one of those who thinks Man of Steel is ever so slightly better than Wonder Woman. Even though Wonder Woman has more replay value because its easier to catch my attention... at least up until the climactic battle.

I only see that movie for the action scenes.

It’s not a masterpiece in no way shape or form, but it isn’t as bad as I once thought.

Not masterpiece, no, but more like diamond in the rough.

great film but not a masterpiece in general or for the genre

Not a masterpiece, but maybe misunderstood.

I always thought MoS was a bad movie, but I appreciate it in hindsight and I like it as an experience. Martin Scorcese said something a few days ago that instantly changed the way I look at movies:

Is it a picture that has to be explained? What about the experience of watching mother!? Good films by real filmmakers aren't made to be decoded, consumed or instantly comprehended. They're not even made to be instantly liked. They're just made, because the person behind the camera had to make them.

@theamazingspidey:

Martin Scorcese said something a few days ago that instantly changed the way I look at movies:

Is it a picture that has to be explained? What about the experience of watching mother!? Good films by real filmmakers aren't made to be decoded, consumed or instantly comprehended. They're not even made to be instantly liked. They're just made, because the person behind the camera had to make them.

I always thought it is supposed to be known. But in this era of bandwagons, kool-aids and nonprofit corporate devotions, one can easily forget that I guess.

No. I liked it a lot when it came out. Loved it, actually. But I never thought it was a product of gifted writing. Good action sequences, but painfully boring with everything else.

Also, I do like Henry Cavill's Superman just fine, but he may be the most overrated Superman actor to date.

Edit: I take that last statement back. Cavill has received his share of flack over the past couple years. He was overcredited in 2013.

Nope, it's understood to be a heavily flawed take on Superman by a significant number of fans. If there weren't any good reasons why people didn't like it, it wouldn't be as controversial as it is today.

Yes, because it is a DCEU film

Supermans youth and upbringing along with the begining of the movie with the kryptonian ship buried in the ice and how he meets Lois is really bad writing and just dumb

Seeing Krypton and the last half of the movie was great

It's a decent movie but has it's flaws better than most MCU films imo it's over hated for sure because of how bad BVS was

Its the second worst CBM ever IMO. Some people just can't accept it.