OK 1STLY. MY ONLY WORRIES ABOUT THIS PROJECT ARE HIS HEIGHT/STATURE (MINOR ISSUE) & NOLANS INVOLVEMENT (MAJOR ISSUE)
EVERYTHING ELSE IS COMPLETELY ON POINT &I HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN SNYDERS ABILITY TO DELIVER A GOOD ENTRY TO A MODERN REALISTIC TAKE ON THE MAN OF STEEL ANYONE WHO SAW WATCHMEN &THE RUN UP TO THE RELEASE CAN AGREE.
THE 1ST HALF OF MY WORRIES ARE SELF EXPLANATORY THE SECONDARY ABIT MORE COMPLEX.. NOLANS INVOLVEMENT WHILE BOLSTERING THE CONFIDENCE OF FICKLE &SOMEWHAT PEDESTRIAN FANS IN THE PROJECT GIVES ME PAUSE FOR CONCERN.. BECAUSE THOUGH HIS GREAT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN SCRIPT REFINERY PACING &CINEMATOGRAPHY (THE LATTER SOMETHING SNYDERS ALREADY GOT DOWN) HIS WORRYING TENDENCY TO (INITIALLY) MAKE COMIC STORIES PLEASINGLY REALISTIC BUT GO PAST THE REALISM BARRIER &DESCEND INTO NAVEL GAZING MEDIOCRITY (DKR) IS SOMETHING I HOPE HE KEEPS IN CHECK.
ADDRESSING THE PA "BIZZARO" KENT SCENARIO HES OBVIOUSLY MIDSPEECH &IS TRYING TO TEACH CLARK HE NEEDS TO BE MORE CAREFUL ALSO &THAT HE WONT BE ABLE TO SAVE EVERYONE.. WHICH IS SOMETHING SOMEONE WITH POWERS SUCH AS HIS NEEDS TO LEARN EARLY OR HE'LL GO MAD BEFORE HIS TEENS
ALSO, IT SEEMS PPL HAVE VERY SHORT MEMORIES.. OR HAS EVERYONE ALREADY FORGOTTEN THE INITIAL TRAILERS GIVING TWO DIFFERING PORTRAYALS OF THE TWO FATHERS &THEYRE INFLUENCES ON KAL-EL/CLARK?
PA KENT : "YOURE NOT JUST ANYONE.. ONE DAY YOUR GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF MAN YOU WANA GROWUP TO BE.. WHOEVER THAT MAN IS.. GOOD OR BAD.. HES GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD..."
JOR EL: "YOU WILL GIVE THE PPL AN IDEAL TO STRIVE TOWARDS... THEYLL RACE BEHIND YOU ..THEY WILL STUMBLE.. THEY WILL FALL.. BUT IN TIME.. THEY WILL JOIN YOU IN THE SUN. IN TIME.. YOU WILL HELP THEM ACCOMPLISH WONDERS..."
EXAMINE THE DYNAMICS OF THOSE TWO STATEMENTS THE SIMILARITIES THEY SHARE ARE THAT THEY BOTH COME FROM A PLACE OF FATHERLY LOVE &FOREBODING OF GREATNESS.. THIS IS WHERE ALL SIMILARITIES END
PA KENT CAUTIOUS SEEMINGLY WORLD WEARY.. THESE ARE THE WORDS OF AN HONEST ORDINARY MAN DOING HIS BEST TO GUIDE A CHILD HE'S SLOWLY REALISING WILL GROW UP TO BE THE WORLDS MOST POWERFUL BEING.. HE'S TORN BETWEEN WORRY OF WHAT THE GOVT WILL DO TO IF THEY FIND HIM &POSSIBLY WHAT CLARK'LL BECOME IF HE LOSES HIS WAY OR BECOMES SHUNNED AS AN OUTCAST/FREAK BLINDED BY POWER ETC..BUT EVEN WITH ALL THAT HE GIVES CLARK THE LESSON OF "CHOICE" HOWEVER IMPORTANT WHATEVER HE BECOMES IS UP TO HIM.. HE CONTROLS HIS DESTINY...THERES NOTHING MORE GROUNDED &HUMAN THAN THAT UNIQUE UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS BUT FEELING AS THOUGH WERE STILL IN CONTROL.
JOR EL IN STARK CONTRAST ALMOST ALREADY KNOWS HIS SON WILL ATTAIN GREATNESS &RELAYS A SORT OF DESTINY UPON HIS LOST HEIR MAYBE IN TRADITION AS HE WAS EXPECTED TO BE AND HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM ETC. OR MAYBE AS A MAN OF SCIENCE &WISDOM WITH PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF EARTH &OUR SITUATION.. HIS WORDS ARE FILLED WITH GREAT PRIDE &A SENSE OF LEGACY &DUTY HE FEELS IS HIS SONS BIRTHRIGHT TO CARRY OUT ON EARTH TO HELP HUMANS ASCEND BY LEADING THE WAY/SETTING EXAMPLE THEY CAN ALL FOLLOW.
THE EFFECTS THESE WORDS WILL HAVE ON KAL EL CANT BE UNDERESTIMATED AS HE'LL PROBLY BE AT A POINT OF SOUL SEARCHING BY THE TIME HE HEARS THEM. THIS IS WHAT WILL COMPLETE HIS JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY &SET HIM ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING... YEH
ANYWAY MINOR RESERVATIONS ASIDE.. FROM THAT ANALYSIS ALONE I HAVE A FEELING IF THEYRE DOING WHAT I THINK THEYRE DOING.. THIS COULD NOT ONLY BE UP THERE WITH AVENGERS... BUT POSSIBLY BE THE DEFINING &QUINTISSENTIAL SUPERHERO MOVIE OF OUR GENERATION &THE BEST PORTRAYAL OF SUPES TO DATE. LETS HOPE.
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