Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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I was initially concerned about Routh because I didn't know if he could carry the film, but he really impressed me.
Me, NSM. I thought he looked a good Superman, but he seemed a little wooden to me. Still, I enjoyed the movie and loved Kitty dumping the extra crystals out of the helicopter. Hee.
I think Superman is a bit wooden.
Not in the comics he isn't. Christopher Reeves wasn't wooden, nor was Dean Cain.
I was a bit woden for Dean Cain.
My perception of Superman (from the comics on) is that he is wooden. Maybe boring is the more proper term. A boyscout. Not conflicted. Morally unambiguous. yawn
So it's been annoying me that I wasn't bowled over by Children of Men like I was supposed to be. Although I could just have a Cuarón block, since I didn't think Y Tu Mamá También was hot shit either. The problem with CoM for me was that everything was great except for the story, which was pretty much nonexistent. And I like stories. It's my thing. The same thing, a friend of mine noted, is wrong with The Fountain: the narrative isn't very strong. And I don't know, I'm trying to think of movies I like that have had very simple stories because I'm sure there are some.
What are some great movies whose stories are pretty much "Some guy saves a girl, and that's it" or "A man meets a woman," and why do they transcend it? For you, at least, because I want to see if any of the movies you come up with are ones I like too.
I was a bit woden for Dean Cain.
Wrody McWrodpants.
I am totally a Batman or Wolverine girl, and snark on Superman with that criticism, but I can't back that up with recent well-written text (recent being 20 or so years). He bores me, mostly. Although I did recently get hooked on Action Comics, weirdly.
My perception of Superman (from the comics on) is that he is wooden. Maybe boring is the more proper term. A boyscout. Not conflicted. Morally unambiguous. yawn
Which is why I loves me some Batman and Wolverine (x-posty with ita). Actually, not a big comics girl, but I like the characters so much more and would go see the putative Wolverine movie. I haven't seen any Superman movies past the first Reeve one.
(Favorite comic character is Desire, actually. Pure id! Love!)
Just off the top of my head, I love Before Sunrise, and there isn't much story there. Same with Dear Frankie or Hard Day's Night.