Man of Steel - How to Build the Greatest DCEU Movie | Film Perfection

With Zack Snyder's Justice League Snyder Cut approaching and Wonder Woman 1984 being a ridiculous disaster, let's travel back to the origins of the DCEU film universe to the movie that set the bar for it: 2013's Man of Steel. Whether Man of Steel is the best DCEU movie so far is up to you, but it is a rare entry that functions competently from beginning to end in both plot and character, and also on the villain front with General Zod and Faora-Ul. What Man of Steel does, other entries should learn from -- and so today, let's see what lessons the DC cinematic universe should take from Henry Cavill's Superman movie to use in the future, either in Man of Steel 2 or any other. Hopefully less Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey and Batman v Superman from here on out and rather something in between.
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Man of Steel (2013)
Superman flies back onto the big screen in this Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen), produced by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), and featuring a screenplay by David Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight). As the planet of Krypton crumbles, General Zod (Michael Shannon) stages a coup as concerned leader Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife send their infant son Kal-El to a distant world called Earth. While the young child travels through space with an object containing the DNA of his home planet, General Zod and his cohorts are sentenced to an eternity in a black-hole prison. everything wrong with man of steel honest trailer snyder cut justice league trailer official trailer snyder cut release date batman superman aquaman wonder woman cyborg the flash hbo max suicide squad one dc-sastrous scene batman v superman the tragedy of opposition wonder woman 1984 a ridiculous disaster green lantern how to fail at iron man watch man of steel full movie online free 4k watch justice league snyder cut full movie online free 4k clip man of steel ending fight superman vs zod superman vs batman fight end battle final fight superman vs steppenwolf justice league man of steel 2 the batman birds of prey the impostor deadpool jack sparrow snyder cut reaction review steppenwolf new darkseid knightmare sequence best dceu movies dceu movies ranked reaction review rant bad movie shazam aquaman wonder woman Named Clark and raised by godzilla vs kong movie watch mechagodzilla king kong godzilla review reaction kindly farmers flashpoint movie michael keaton christian bale dark knight mcu vs dceu Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha Kent (Diane Lane), young Kal-El lives in fear of what might happen should his neighbors learn about his extraterrestrial origins, eventually exploring the world in search of himself. Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane (Amy Adams) has just come to investigate when, after venturing out with her camera, she has a profound encounter with Clark.
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Suicide Squad (2016)
In this "super-antihero" movie directed by David Ayer (Fury), a team of incarcerated villains -- including Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), and Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) -- are recruited by the government for a dangerous mission in exchange for reduced sentences. Jared Leto makes a cameo appearance as the Joker. Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis co-star. Based on the DC Comics series.
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Birds of Prey (2020)
Director Cathy Yan’s superhero action-drama is a spin-off of 2016’s “Suicide Squad”. It stars Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ewan McGregor. After deciding to operate independently of the Joker, Harley Quinn (Robbie) teams up with Black Canary, Helena Bertinelli, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from a contract killing that has been initiated by a brutal and narcissistic Gotham City crime lord (McGregor).

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[@Breezyz]

Zod is the best DCEU villain.

[@abdulazizmerdad4093]

Spider-Man 3 for me is like at world’s end for u

[@peepnox7747]

:D

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

OOHHHHH SHIIIEEEEET

[@thebcwonder4850]

I don't know if you take video suggestions, but I was wondering if you could make a video about good sequels. I've personally always felt disappointed by sequel movies and I don't have enough filmmaking knowledge to know if there's a logical reason behind it.

[@mityakiselev]

So basically, a movie must be written by a writer, not strapped together by the studio's incoherent vision

[@fredriddles1763]

LOL

[@readsomebooks666]

What a revolutionary concept.

[@Deletingthisaccountrightnow]

It's always studio company and investors who reach their sticky hands in and make a booger ball of a mess on release and the poor animators, actors, and directors suffer the public shame.

[@rilluma]

its bit more complex than just that is extremely important

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

well yeah. Always trust the artist for the most part, usually.

[@mr.moviemafia]

I don’t even care if Zack Snyder directs it, I think Henry Cavill deserves a Superman sequel

[@randomnerd3402]

Of course

[@spooderman6312]

who doesnt think that

[@vichuang1480]

DCEU is almost 10 years old and they don't even have a sequel to their first movie.

[@michaelcubed]

For real. I’d love to see what someone else can do with Superman.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yes. But Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice caused Zach's downfall after the movie's failed reviews but he somehow managed to rise again for the Synder's Cut. I can't believe WB managed to get away with all those executive meddling to the point of ruining the director's reputation and the career, like what happened to Joel Schumacher when _Batman and Robin_ failed at the box office and the audience threw some hate towards him when it was clearly not his fault. Joel originally wanted to be more faithful to Tim Burton's Batman with darker tone but WB executives forced him to do what he wasn't asked for -- making it lighthearted to sell merchandise at McDonald's to kids. As a result, it becomes history. Afterwards, WB did the same thing to Zach Synder. And they never learned their mistakes and pretend it never happened.

[@n0yn0y]

Faora is one of the scariest female villains, imo

[@detomnz2024]

She can easily win #1 on top 10 female villains im sure of it

[@durden2480]

@@detomnz2024 she great

[@tutorialslave]

If the DCEU had any semblance of cohesion, we could've gotten a Clarice/Hannibal dynamic in a MoS sequel where Clark imprisoned Zod in The Fortress of Solitude, and featured Faora on the roster of Suicide Squad 2.

[@pedrovargas2181]

Antje Traue 😍

[@josay3394]

Thats how you portray a strong woman *cough* Marvel *cough*

[@shmookins]

It still hurts after all these years that there is no sequel to this...

[@12341170]

And now they are trying to reboot Superman....

[@Becuaseofme]

@@12341170 To a Black Superman......

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

@@Becuaseofme might as well reboot black panther and make him white if there going with route. Since that actor is dead

[@everythingisawesome2903]

@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr Ryan Gosling as Black Panther

[@anomaly395]

Technically Batman v Superman *was* the sequel

[@anzmhd]

I think this is the only way to show a indestructible character’s film. To overcome their “overpower” issue.

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Or he is the antagonist. There is a few ways but it gets annoying.

[@billbutton8468]

Nahhhhh theres more Superman stories that work. This is a modern thing where people think its impossible to writing him interesting. Also this movie barely even has that cause we already see him at the very beginning after he already overcame it. So it fails on that

[@SuwinTzi]

No, theres plenty of good Superman stories, and they generally combine his power with a situation that his power alone cannot stop. One for example had him dealing with a suicidal man; Supes can just save him if he jumps, and the man even references this, but Supes instead talks to the man, hears him out and at the end, talks him down from jumping, helps him find therapy and promises that he'll check up on him. The DCAU had even more examples, and they generally combine Clark's overpowered abilities handling the physical crisis, and his character dealing with the emotional.

[@mr.dr0bot731]

DC comics seemed to have figured it out for like a hundred years.

[@wren7195]

@@trevordavis6830 Yeah I agree with you, he's the idea of "what would a good person be" even if they had "all power" and invulnerability and whatever... It's never going to be about our super powers or lack thereof, it's always going to be our humanity. The struggle of going another day, of doing right instead of wrong and why, all of those things. "Stories" have been around as long as we have, and they are both horrific and hopeful, but all teach a lesson. Hopefully a lesson we can gain through the story instead of experiencing the issue ourselves. So even if you're a "Super Man," you have problems, learning curves, struggles, and most importantly you have hope. Taking away his powers just takes away the "Super," and the struggle always laid within the "Man" aspect to begin with. Doesn't matter if it's galactic or fixing the kitchen sink, you either care and try or you don't. I remember being a little girl seeing my father shoved irritably under the kitchen sink fixing a broken faucet trap, covered in dirty water and thoroughly pissed, to Mom's amusement... and he was still the hero. He's 76 tomorrow, BTW. :) Be safe everybody. Great comments, and best wishes

[@NWB-NerdyWhileBlack]

The purpose of the scenes showing how difficult it was for Clark to fly was to later show how powerful and attuned Zod was. Zod was able to fly on his first attempt. Bred to perfection vs Born naturally. It also served to give the audience a sense that Superman has indeed met his match. Or in this case, in some ways, his superior. Now there is a true sense of danger to our hero.

[@jacobwiren8142]

Yes, it also demonstrates the necessity of the neck snap. If Zod is not stopped now, he will outpace Superman and continue to murder innocent people. He MUST be stopped NOW, thus forcing Superman to make the difficult decision of killing him.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Haha. Ok, but heres the problem with all this: This movie was objectively a very bad representation of Superman; just like all the recent Movies about Superman; same goes for Batman. As some Documentarys and Essays (yeah, those exist) will tell you: Hero-Movies nowadays have a Hero-Problem aka a Representation-Problem.

[@andreashansen5313]

@@loturzelrestaurant How was it a bad representation? Just curious. I thought it was pretty good, so I would like to hear your point of view.

[@jammygamer8961]

@@loturzelrestaurant its just a different take on Superman

[@verdugo7974]

@@loturzelrestaurant It's a more realistic approach to the character. To be honest, I find it lame and boring to find such an overpowered person being picture-perfect physically and can smile every second despite all shit going on in his life. That's stupid and unrealistic as fuck, unless that person is a goddamn narcissist. I like MoS, this depicts what would actually happen if Superman is placed in current society. There would be doubts about his morals and existence. There would be pro and contra. There would be political issues sprouting here and there. And Clark would be shaken because of that. He is an alien, yes. But raised in Kansas as a human. He's a human being at the same time. He feels everything. Remember that this movie is a different take (with more realistic approach) and focused on the *origin story* of the character. Clark is still learning to be Superman. He's still learning to bear the weight of the cape. Just like Jor-El said, They will stumble = Superman being introduced to the entire mankind that KNOWS he exists in Man of Steel They will fall = Superman being introduced to every possible problem that may arise in consequence of his morals and actions in BvS Ultimate Edition But in time, they will join you in the sun. And you will help them accomplish wonders = Superman after he is resurrected in Zack Snyder's Justice League with all people realizing that he is a symbol of hope due to the heroic sacrifice he did ever since he wore the cape. This is the exact Superman we all know.

[@BaldinBlack]

DC fans: Restore the Snyderverse. Warner Bros: H E R E S Y.

[@gabrielelias8442]

Also WB :Destroy it.

[@g.d.graham2446]

Yes

[@authenticNL2]

Reduced to atoms! ):

[@tiagomaqz]

Many forget to mention or even notice that Clark’s scream after killing Zodd is his pain of finally, fully realizing that his choices made him the only one left from Krypton and that there’s no going back. But he did it for the greater good. Best movie ever and excellent cast!

[@thesimpledude186]

he is not supposed to kill, but when you don't have any other route what can you expect?

[@madridistasejati5358]

@@thesimpledude186 yes, and just like what the video explained. Zod also won't stop killing people since his only purpose in life was destroyed, he will always fight until death just as his purpose of being a soldier since he was born.

[@WL1264]

@@madridistasejati5358 True. It also works much better when you consider the fact that superman killed all the krypton babies in the most maniacal after saying "krypton had its chance"..... movie is so deep.

[@thesimpledude186]

@@WL1264 thing is they would support zod too, human brainwashing doesn't work on aliens

[@WL1264]

@@thesimpledude186 wat?

[@arthuralam1000]

"WHERE IS MY MOTHER?" Laughed a lot with this joke.

[@chaoticneutral4729]

SAME

[@jarosawszyc8287]

MARTHA???

[@torram4388]

@@jarosawszyc8287 Why did you say that name!!!!

[@sarahcortez8839]

I'm hyped for the #SnyderCut but that made me laugh so much. Hahahaha

[@Ramsey276one]

We can go to the desk and call her on the speakers... THAT IS A TOY, RIGHT??

[@Rydigion]

the closest anime like fight scene we will ever get

[@atrichoudhury1777]

Underrated comment

[@Shadowfire0001]

It literally took several fight scenes from the anime Birdy The Mighty, so very true

[@-Azure.EXE-]

Not all anime fight scenes are this bombastic. Some of the best are far more contained and centred around the characters involved.

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@-Azure.EXE- like JoJo or Hunter x Hunter fights , yeah... Big brain figths > op brawler

[@Synkhan]

@@-Azure.EXE- Pretty sure OP (and everyone with half a working brain) knows this. Fact is, this is the closest we have gotten to a bombastic anime like fight in cinemas.. Brain fights in movies are a dime a dozen. Folks always have to be contrarian knowing full well what someone means smh.

[@josephbenobasa]

Zod was such a great villian. He actually meant well for his race. Can't fault him for that

[@ragael1024]

he did, in his way. which was the whole problem. his way of seeing things was pre-set. a New Krypton rebuilt by him would have had a few bloodlines removed, but otherwise very much the same as the old world. ultimately mistakes would be repeated, ad infinitum. that is why Jor did not seek to save himself, he was a pre-set too. he managed to see this problem, thus having a first born son was the best thing he could do for a future Krypton. what i am pissed about is that MoS 2 was never made, where perhaps this future Krypton would have been a possibility, not just forgotten in the Phantom Zone. WB wanted a JL movie instead. BvS was the compromise. But YES! Zod was a great villain, because we can UNDERSTAND his PoV, thus we can somewhat relate to him. unlike some other random moronic caricature of a character searching for his MOTHER...

[@lxdead5585]

true that, he actually is one of the best written comic book movies villains. Why? Cuz You can actually sympathize with him. All he wants is another chance for his people, to rebuild Krypton, recreate its world, culture, traditions - the very reasons that Superman wants to protect on Earth he used to grow up. Him and Zod are sides of the same coin. Both were ready to commit murder to achieve their goals.

[@AyushBhadouria]

@@lxdead5585 lmao stop lying to yourself you never sympathised with him. You understood him? Maybe but the execution was really bad

[@ChineduOpara]

When people discuss sympathetic villains, they often focus on Magneto, Thanos, and Killmonger. They forget that Zod was basically programmed to be how he is. He literally had no choice.

[@mryellow6918]

@@ChineduOpara Thanos is straight up a cold blooded murderer tho. and Killmonger straight up wanted to just start wars

[@VanquisherVIII]

Christopher Nolan on story, Hans Zimmer on score. A tried and true combo.

[@JohnAgustinScuderia458595]

Most OP trio ever! 😂🤣

[@masterbateman2686]

Zack Snyder on visuals

[@zaryabK-vi8fh]

@@masterbateman2686 no no damn his movies are just in too dark weather

[@transfo47]

@@zaryabK-vi8fh His visuals are widely praised. See reception of ZSJL.

[@nestormelendez9005]

@@zaryabK-vi8fh as Ben Shapiro said " you can freeze on any moment in a zack synder film and it looks like a graphic novel "

[@The_Fantasia]

Why does everyone shit on big fights like Zod vs Superman? "they're two unbreakable things trying to break each other in a breakable world"

[@kazikek2674]

I think people just saw them so many times with so many bad reasons for them or mediocre executions that in hindsight they feel worse off than they were back when they just begun.

[@mylessimpson5209]

My problem is that superman doesn't even try to prevent damage in the movie. Theres one shot in particular where there's a truck full of gasoline coming towards him, and instead of stopping it and saving the whole building behind him, he just floats over it and let's it explode. But I guess it looks cool so I guess that's why Zach Snyder did it

[@freshnoodles2108]

@@mylessimpson5209 hey there, I suggest u watch the vid of zod vs kal el, bc everything I would like to say to u responding to this comment would be better explained in that comment section.

[@mylessimpson5209]

@@freshnoodles2108 I see, I'll go watch it

[@ZephrusPrime]

I thought it was super awesome and more realistic. If two of these dudes Super Kyptonians fought in a city, the city would be destroyed. Just like in DBZ.

[@erricro3198]

Just realised, the actors that played Kid Clark are so perfectly cast. It looks so seamless. Man of steel is my favourite DC movie

[@kniazjarema5809]

Michael shannon did a fantastic job playing zod. Wish they would use him more in other dc movies or something.

[@YoungPadawan85]

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[@kaidwyer6891]

Well from what I heard he will be one of the main villains in the flash

[@kniazjarema5809]

@@kaidwyer6891 i hope that is true

[@HurricaneGaming509]

@@kniazjarema5809Both him and Anthem Traue are back as General Zod and Faora Ul

[@gliizee]

@@HurricaneGaming509 Source?

[@ironheart5830]

The First Kryton Military coup scene was so realistic that it reminded me of what happen to my country 70 years ago with surprising similar plot line from that scene with a military general took power from politicians with justification of "These Politician just do talking when everything was fallen apart".

[@ironheart5830]

@@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611 I'm from Myanmar 🙂

[@definitelynotyuribezmenov7611]

@@ironheart5830 ah I see,india here

[@ironheart5830]

@@Feroce May your wish be fullfilled 🙏

[@ironheart5830]

@@Feroce 😊

[@phyokyawkhaing2251]

Oh hey, weird seeing someone from the same country

[@AdrianChazz]

To the movie studios (specially WB): Stop trying to guess what we want to see, focus on telling a good story. Make justice to the characters, show love, show passion, care about them to make us care. Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes, instead of trying to design a flag that everyone will salute to.

[@extramile.5yago]

Show their true struggle and how they overcome it.

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

@@extramile.5yago Like in the animated series

[@garr_inc]

But why work hard if you can cheat to the end and save production money? And then we can sell it for the same price as any other movie, thus exploiting capitalism even further?

[@RaidenX01]

This is what they did with Joker. This is their biggest success (I know Aquaman made more money but it was in 3D).

[@Cleron_O_Andarilho]

That is a awesome quote

[@Klivdx]

The fight scenes were looking like how actual super-humans fights would be, with insane speed and reflexes leaving a lot of destruction behind! Very well done & executed!

[@ragreenburg]

I think it's the only way that fight scene should go. You literally have two beings who have enough power to destroy entire civilizations, fist fighting. So of course there should be massive destruction.

[@Klivdx]

@@ragreenburg Yeah, also the speed is well shown here. Not like other superhero movies or especially TV Shows, you see the hero throwing a punch very slowly, or just like a human. Even though it leaves some destruction behind, but it seems like it has no significant weight or super-power to it. The fight with Faora-Ul was perfect in Men of Steel! I've never seen anything like it before.

[@Jaysus777Live]

Absolutely

[@dmacalpine353]

@@Klivdx It's never been the same. Now DC seems to just rely on slow motion (particularly in Justice League, holy fuck that movie must have been 45 minutes at regular speed) to present the idea of superhuman capability. Man of Steel didn't jerk itself off with the CGI budget, like most DCEU (and most films in general now) do. Honestly, the "slow-motion-superhero-dodge" is just the new 3D glasses gimmick and it's frustrating.

[@tskmaster3837]

Yeah, it's like in DBZ where the Z fighters were all set to throw down with the some killer cyborgs in a populated city and then they destroyed the city and killed a bunch of people saving the day! No, wait, they're not insane muscleheads like Snyder so they took their fight to somewhere isolated and uninhabited. Wow, Goku is a better Superman than Man of Steel. I don't know how to feel about that.

[@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger]

Actually the sense, flight and heat vision scenes are actually to set Superman and Zod differences while showing how much of a threat Zod is, Superman struggles to master his powers even when he has been on Earth for years. Zod was breed to be a perfect soldier, while Superman needed years of training and trial and erro to learn, Zod simply adapts right after manifest his powers, weakness suddenly turned into strong points. And another little addition, the scene where Superman is overwhelmed by his senses as a child, this was more to show Martha's connection to Clark and how important she is. Superman history is a arc, from MoS to JL, and Martha's speech "pretend it's a island" will come back, not exclusive to MoS.

[@BloodyFlowerFilms]

Been calling it for years, Man of Steel is a masterpiece.

[@spenser9908]

It's dreadful.

[@siddharth_0771]

Not really a masterpiece. The DCEU after this have released many worse movies so all started liking it.

[@aashishbasnet9710]

@@siddharth_0771 i won't say a masterpiece, but MoS and BvSUE were movies with really new/fresh ideas in superhero history. They were philosophical and had deeper meaning. But all we wanted was jokes, action and so on. We thought the realism is boring and dumb but it wasn't.

[@Dushine]

@@aashishbasnet9710 Were philosophical and had deeper meaning? Lmao you're kidding right? They're literally popcorn blockbusters that incredibly easy to get and are filled with writing issues. Revolutionary? What on earth are you on about...

[@alexk5907]

@@aashishbasnet9710 lol i have never lost this many braincells after reading your comment.

[@JotaDeeMeO]

"WHERE IS MY MOTHE---" Yep...A kid lost in a mall.

[@itsjustyash2750]

HE WAS SO LAUGHINGLY BAD HE ACTUALLY REMINDED ME OF THAT KID IN THE MALL WHO COUDNT GET HER BARBIE.. (why was my caps on?)

[@jmxbox]

I've been saying this for years. Man of Steel still hasn't been topped by its proceeding DCEU films.

[@red_freire]

I loved the movie first time I saw, I was shocked people hated it, until I figure that people couldn't stand a superman who kills, apparently.

[@seyerus]

Aquaman was pretty good 👯‍♀️

[@BirdsElopeWithTheSun09]

That because they're all garbage, except for maybe Shazam!

[@berengustav7714]

@Solitary Stranger Doomsday is a living being too, but Clark did what he had to do.

[@BoTheJo]

BvS UE and WW was close for me.

[@MarcusM334]

Man of Steel was by far my fav superhero movie of all time..I remember I went and watched it at the theater like 3 times. The feeling I got while watching this movie was on another level. The music, the cinematography, the plot, the messages it portrayed, all of it was great. Snyder was really onto something. It’s a shame they switched focus but with the release of JL Snyder cut we saw that his direction was the best direction

[@aulian4338]

MoS and BvS are the only DCEU i never get bored to re-watch. Especially MoS, the other DCEU movies are just trying too hard to be like Avenger.

[@onepieceforever4475]

Same

[@gerrya2133]

Try too hard but fail. If they tried to be like Avengers and actually succeeded, I'd be pretty happy.

[@averyweirdweeb3178]

Maybe the reason why Mos and BvS are arguably the best DCEU films is because of the tone of the movies. It would be really dope to see Zack's complete vision of the DCEU

[@toxic6085]

For me , it's MoS , BvS and WW .....

[@rohanprasad4845]

Wonder Woman and Shazam! are also really good in my opinion. Aquaman...was fine for me.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This film was the only reason why I got interested in the DCEU in the first place, it's unfortunate that its successors would fail ever so miserably.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

BvS UE I would say was the only good film after MoS. And before you ridicule me this is coming from a guy who hates the theatrical cut of BvS.

[@ilovemetalmusic310]

Early to your comment, But yeah, I wish they decided to make a Batman movie before making BVS.

[@donalddeluxe6407]

What sucks is that since justice league is going to resurrect Superman no matter what, looks like we won’t be able to have one of my favorite supermen villains in cyborg Superman since zack is undercutting the reign of supermen. 😔

[@DiZtheJedi]

Hey, what happened to your mustache?

[@ilovemetalmusic310]

@@DiZtheJedi He was cursed to never have one.

[@frescopino7866]

Man of Steel on its own aged... Incredibly surprisingly well.

[@sharendavis9216]

Now just to wait a few more years for people to realize the same about BvS

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

@@sharendavis9216 I think BvS UE is amazing but I can’t defend the theatrical cut because honestly it’s terrible because that 30 minutes of footage makes all the difference.

[@GoFidoGo]

@@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT I'm glad I never saw the theatrical. Now if only I had never watched Justice League...

[@TheFranchiseCA]

@@sharendavis9216 If the second Superman movie and the standalone Batman movie happened, BvS wouldn't have been loaded with so much development. Supes would have been established as the global paragon, and Batman being betrayed by an ally (leading to Robin's death), would have left him deeply distrusting.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

@@TheFranchiseCA honestly I’m kind of happy they didn’t do that because it leaves a lot to the imagination. I mean yes a solo Batman and a second Superman movie would be cool but it isn’t really necessary for the development of the characters unless those solo movies directly affected BvS. It’s like with the lord of the rings, I don’t need to watch a solo movie about Gandalf to understand him and his motivation. A solo movie of him is a cool idea but it is completely unnecessary because the only would build up character and nothing more.

[@jasongrant2366]

Everyone thought I was crazy by saying MOS is a masterpiece

[@djantouahmed7319]

You are.

[@muhammadkevinardhiwilaga1741]

You are not

[@animeverse-bc3cu]

MOS is most definitely a masterpiece.

[@rkey4388]

It is masterpiece

[@who-ny5oe]

​@@djantouahmed7319You should respect other people's opinions.

[@TheLegoJungle]

First time watching, I loved it. Didn’t think it was too bleak or depressing like many pointed out. Also, this is my favorite Superman costume. It’s dark and just has a hint of blue but that’s why I like it. It looks sleek and elegant.

[@hello-gx6oi]

And it doesn't look like it's from a store

[@TheLegoJungle]

@@hello-gx6oi Exactly, it looks like clothing, not costume.

[@jacobwiren8142]

@@TheLegoJungle Correction, it looks like ARMOR, not a costume. 😉

[@anomaly395]

I also love the leather look to it. It’s so shiny and smooth looking.

[@anomaly395]

@@hello-gx6oi Right lmao!

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

I've never realized before that Zodd actually wanted to die at the end. That's why his rage to slaughter humanity and his slowness to use his laser beam looked so awfully cliche to me. (Plus the fact that, as a trained fighter, he should have had the upper hand). But it make sense if you consider that he's so desesperate to die fighting now that he has no goal. In a sense, he force Kal'hel to give his best and do what's necessary, a valuable lesson for a hero, given by an ennemy who had the same standards. In a sense, Zodd teach him to become what himself was always meant to be: a protector of this world.

[@oneyplayes465]

This is a flipping amazing comment. High key!

[@johnmacleod2487]

Agree with your conclusion, but to nitpick... You mention Zod is slow to use his heat vision and should have had the upper hand due to training (and also genetics. Zod was bred for war), but Zod was still getting his powers as the fight went on. Clark spent a lifetime absorbing Earth's yellow sun. Grew up learning how to finetune his heat, Xray and microvision and superhearing. All those new powers were getting stronger in Zod, overwhelming him and giving Clark a chance. Part of why Clark knew he had to kill Zod then and there, because he knew he could not win against a fullypowered, acclimatized Zod Kind of begs the question though: If Zod was such a brilliant (genetically engineered even!) military tactician, why did he not just wait a couple months (go orbit Venus or Mercury or something, really soak up those rays) and power up before revealing himself?

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

@@johnmacleod2487 Fair points. As for the question: his ship negates kryptonian's powers. He knew about the effect of the sun, but wasn't willing to wait. Why? Well he's in charge of an entire crew who spent years travelling in space, desperately searching for a homeworld. Having your soldiers wait when the objective is within grasp is risky. He was counting on his numerical superiority and the fact he could convince Kal-el.

[@johnmacleod2487]

@@benjaminthibieroz4155 Agreed, Zod was eager to re-create his dead homeworld, but where's the risk of waiting a few more months? The primitive earthlings weren't going to solve the codex for decades, maybe centuries. They weren't even aware of it's existence. Kal was busy finding himself or whatever. Roaming around Alaska, fishing, stealing clothes, bussing tables, malevolently smashing up tractor trailers Probably my biggest problem with the movie is Zod's motivation. Completely upside down. He wanted to terraform earth to be more like Krypton, but...why? Earth's conditions are not just 'habitable' for Kryptonians, turns them into near gods. Why would he want his new master race of Kryptonians to not be a Super master race? He just lost his homeworld because they fcked with the core. Finds a habitable world that turns him and his people into gods...and immediately starts fcking with its core. The ship negates superpowers, so why not turn that function off or go for a spacewalk? Why would Zod NOT want superpowers? (Rhetorical questions. Fire away if you got them, but not really looking for answers. More of a rant lol. Frustrated that, despite its flaws, MoS really is still the best of DCEU)

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

@@johnmacleod2487 I don't have the answers. I think that giving your entire race superpower would be extremely risky. But that's not how he justifies it.

[@jayjd1996]

"Jor El was right you're a pack of fools every last one of you. And you, you think your son is safe? I will find him. I will find himLaura. I WILL FIND HIM!!!" that whole scene sent chills bruh

[@rilluma]

very ominous

[@andrewphillips8341]

Really? He sounded like a ruptured drooling water buffalo!

[@hermitcard4494]

I WILL FIND HIM!!!

[@jonathanraecrisanto5912]

Still gives me chills everytime I watch it, and Zimmer's soundtrack is perfect

[@wjzav1971]

Let's just say, that he says "I WILL FIND HIM!" so often became a tad ridiculous.

[@prashantpandey6946]

"One man forcing another man to kill his body the same way his... soul... has... already... DIED" I love Zach Snyder for this reason.

[@akevomsahungyo9299]

Actually it's Nolan who wrote the script

[@g.d.graham2446]

Indeed

[@rilluma]

thats the stuff

[@g.d.graham2446]

Definitely

[@jammygamer8961]

@@akevomsahungyo9299 No it was Nolan that originally didn't like that part :). So he didn't write that

[@tommyleejones623]

My favourite part of the movie is when he rams into one of the villains by flying and while continually punching them he says, “Don’t. You. Ever. Touch. My. Mother!” It just makes him look badass and relatable.

[@QuietlyMagnetic]

"You are not alone... My name is General Zod. I have journeyed across the ocean of stars to reach here. For some time, your world has sheltered one of my citizens. He will look like you, but he is not one of you. To those of you who know of his location: The fate of your planet rests in your hands. I request that you return this individual to my custody. To Kal-El, I say this: Surrender within 24 hours, or watch this world suffer the consequences..."

[@androssteague]

I thought a lot about that monologue . Zod really was an arrogant thick-headed POS. he must have forgot that he's a war criminal who was banished from his own people and planet so he has no right nor authority to have anyone in his custody.🙄🙄

[@khandmo]

@@AxxLAfriku the hate comments are because your videos are probably trash, who knows tho, nobody’s gonna watch them with such blatant advertisement

[@TheAlienGangster]

@@AxxLAfriku you’re not real

[@JacobGrim]

@@androssteague there was no one to keep him from doing it though

[@pwl2992]

@@AxxLAfriku stop. Get some help

[@Bloodom1]

Faora UL is one of the coolest designed characters, I've seen; and she is busting people's ass in the movie. Sexy, evil, and badass rolled into one.

[@SoloEcho]

The best way to describe a human emotion is through words.

[@makatron]

Faora was robbed screen time, I kinda was left waiting for more of her.

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

A strong independent woman nonetheless.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@flaviomonteiro1414 that’s not a good example of one since she’s evil and wants to kill millions of humans. Please don’t say those statements mindlessly without thinking it through because that’s not something positive that she should be known for. A great Villian but not a great role model example.

[@HM-wn2in]

She went to the phantom zone maybe she survived.

[@specialk4006]

Zack was going for the "darkest before the dawn" philosophy, and I for one fucking loved it. Nolan's Dark Knight wasn't dark... it was serious, there's a difference. Snyder was legitimately taking a dark approach, but only to make the turn into bright and funny that much more affecting. If only WB let it play out. Cannot fucking wait for the Snydercut!

[@NYCFIGHTBACKROOMS]

@Meita wow im surprised youtube bots are still a thing

[@nungbear1398]

Damn. This comment has aged well.

[@simonbright2975]

Eh. I disagree. Nolan's Dark Knight was very dark. I feel that it was darker than Man of Steel, which sure had a blue tint and de-saturated colors, but the very core of its themes wasn't all that dark.

[@Sahil-hp3fz]

@@simonbright2975 dark= relistic, when you try to make a movie grounded you can't prevent it from becoming dark case witn batman begins and MoS

[@simonbright2975]

@@Sahil-hp3fz No. Dark doesn't mean realistic.

[@gbdomalgamer]

snyder cut was the proof, that DC universe can work if you give director freedom

[@adrianbundy3249]

lol. Ok bud. That wasn't why it worked. Keep in mind, that same director had the same freedom you cite, in BvS. Which was perhaps the most boring movie superman movie I have ever watched. And FYI, due to track records, etc, Whedon is who I trust in as a director, and not Zack. But he was given the product nearing completion, and then told to change so much, and was subject to far, far more interference than what Zack was going through in this last cut. I suspect if Whedon had the product from the start, and was not rushed and given a half baked project already, he could have made something quite memorable. So I suppose you are right about studio interference being the main problem. But I am not trusting Zack's vision here, nor buying into what you think was the secret sauce in the Snyder cut.

[@adrianbundy3249]

@@bobbyquetzalcoatl1876 So, you are saying an Avenger's style JL could not have worked? It certainly would have been more enjoyable, but I don't think you actually understand the issue here. More to the point, he was told to lighten it up, and was brought on board by the execs to make it the avengers because they lost faith in any darker themes (as they were failing them before that time, even the last movie where Snyder was trusted with it). It could have worked... If he wasn't given the movie at the eleventh hour, like few months to finish, that was already largerly darker themed, and then went to work on it. And then 3 months to completion, was told that the original runtime which even he was working on (3 to four hours), had to be cut down to 2 for movie theatre entries and money. Yeah, after he was already mainly dealing with just the emergency edits he was already dealing with on a movie that was largely already filmed and dumped into his lap. Now, you tell me which god awesome director do you trust, in that mess, to have made an awesome movie? And make no mistake, Whedon is awesome. And yes, he could have made a Whedon version of JL in which was totally awesome. But that was NOT his project. He finished a mostly completed project due to good will (and they still fucked him), but if he was given the sort of latitude for the length of time that Synder now has had to do this Snyder cut? Yeah, I think it could have even been a better rendition. Given previous hits, the fact that Snyder made not just 1, but 4 cult status director roles in his years, with 2 generationaly defining jobs (buffy was the GoT talk buzz of the later 90s, early 2000s, not sure if you have lived long enough to actually remember that), and far more on the good spectrum besides those, even some ones that dealt with serious topics, in not so joke a minute as you seem to want to criticize him (he can do many things well, if he is given the chance to). Where as I have maybe liked 2 movies total where Snyder is concerned, and neither of them are even in the ballpark of where I put Whedon's best, nor even where box office and reviews are concerned from either fans OR critics, so I am not even alone in that sentiment.

[@thesimpledude186]

@@adrianbundy3249 freedom for BvS. what crack are you smoking? he didn't have freedom, if he did have, we could've gotten a batman movie first and mos 2, and in BvS the main villain would have been metallo, and they even cut 30 mins from what he made, and you say he had freedom to make it? and don't forget the fact that chris nolan who helped snyder with mos left WB because of their execs

[@zorpman]

@@adrianbundy3249 lmao 🤣 Wtf did I just read? Whedon making a good movie 😂

[@ppprenxx]

@@adrianbundy3249 sorry, nobody, and I MEAN NOBODY will take someone that thinks whedon is good director for a dc movie seriously. Nobody here will give a single fuck about what you said

[@kvaknanhere2250]

I think this is the most Underrated origin movie

[@finalcam1740]

@DC Smoke it's the best DC has to offer yet. Snyder cut is awesome but this is overall a better movie.

[@myles3856]

@@finalcam1740 yeah

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@finalcam1740 Dunno about that, but they're tied for sure. This one had a stronger story structure I think, but the Snyder Cut had more meaningful character driven moments, especially from Cyborg and The Flash, and very contrary to the Whedon cut, from Bruce Wayne as well. The action was awesome in both. 9/10 Films, easily.

[@zaryabK-vi8fh]

@@finalcam1740 for some reason this movie has the best animation

[@beevstew1896]

@Guga Bad shut

[@oOcrownclownOo]

The kryptonian girl's fight scene is something I never thought I wanted to see in films. DC should make more of those scenes.

[@keepthemetalflowing]

I've never understood the hatred and vitriol this movie has gotten. Is it perfect? No. Is it a new look at the Superman backstory? Yes. I've always dug this movie, one of my faves.

[@inmjoh]

One side (Superman) represents free choice and individualism, the other (zod) represents authoritarianism, top down social planning, and collectivism. As such, the movie didn't agree with certain peoples political view. These people are rather noisy...

[@aeroga2383]

Horrible movie. Only good thing about it are the action scenes

[@inmjoh]

@@aeroga2383 Why would you comment this? You give no reason for your opinion, and have added nothing to the conversation. Its effectively just noise.

[@jacobwiren8142]

I love this movie and I think it's the best Superman movie ever. Superman is the luckiest man in the universe. If they don't give him a REAL problem to face the story is just boring. MoS gives Superman a real challenge.

[@g.d.graham2446]

Same here

[@guitaoist]

When a dude on the internet knows more about plot structure than those who “went to school” for it and make millions creating garbage

[@sahilsahoo901]

yeah probably he is a better critic than rotten tomatoes

[@mr.random8638]

Man of steel is still a eh movie

[@christianlee5666]

Making a movie itself is very difficult. It's easy to criticize a movie after it's made, almost every filmmaker will look back and see things that could've been better. Filmento is a good critic, but that doesn't mean he'd be a good movie director, nor does it necessarily mean the people in the industry know less. It's just that filmmaking is such a mess. If you try to make even something as small as a short film on your own, no amount of plot structure knowledge will save you from the headache that is making films. That being said, there are still a lot of untalented directors making quite a bit of money, but discrediting a lot of filmmakers is pretty ignorant.

[@guitaoist]

@@christianlee5666 im a movie buff so I know what true cinema quality can be and relish any roasts of crappy movies, that being said I know it’s incredibly difficult as well, doesnt mean they shouldnt be held unaccountable is all

[@christianlee5666]

@@guitaoist Yea you have the complete right to criticism, no doubt about that. And yea, there are a lot of people who don't produce amazing things. But I highly recommend you try making a movie yourself. It'll make you appreciate the smaller things about movies, and I also personally believe it's impossible for anyone to be a movie buff if you haven't even tried making a movie yourself. It should also give you a lot more perspective about the development of movies and also show you why every movie isn't a masterpiece. But that's just my opinion. My standards of movies aren't necessarily low, it's just sometimes I try to acknowledge all the little things about movie production because I especially know how hard it is to make anything remotely good.

[@danielcaraj]

The flying scene with Hans Zimmer soundtrack still give me chills

[@ninjanibba4259]

EVERY single time for me

[@zabi1185]

yup, it gives you vibe of whats like flying "damns that looks cool"

[@shri3072]

When he places his clenched fist against the gravel on the ground and it starts vibrating,that's the scene ❤️🔥💯🙏. Zimmer+Snyder at their metaphysical.

[@robinthrush9672]

Why? I really understand how much a musical score can elevate a scene, but what do you get out of it? For me, he's just not hiding himself anymore and accepting what he is. I agree with @Solitary Stranger as well, there's no build up to this power.

[@ninjanibba4259]

@Solitary Stranger cuz jorel told him he could, he said go beyond his limits, that means to do what you wouldn't normally do How did you not get this?

[@AddlerMartin]

Zod was one of the villains I fully understood and was sad with his death

[@amayyaduvanshi2706]

Yup

[@davidmeloche3563]

I loved Terrance Stamp's Zod...but Shannon's Zod was a better character.

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Zod wanted to Make Krypton Great Again. 😂

[@AddlerMartin]

@@destroyerarmor2846 Hahahhaha!

[@user-fq4hj8yv2z]

Then I remember Mars was just there. Uninhabited (mostly).

[@hotgirlsarehot]

Man of Steel is the most rewatchable comic book film for me. Absolutely underappreciated Superman film imo

[@seventeencord2176]

I love how everyone says MoS is the worst super man when in reality it’s the closest to being realistic ... he didn’t want to kill Zod but was ultimately force in doing so without a better outcome

[@apaulm2082]

I’ve seen MOS like almost 10 times and I’m still excited on every scene!

[@riseofazrael]

YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN MY MOTHER?????!!!!

[@muhammadkevinardhiwilaga1741]

For real

[@neesolt5]

@@muhammadkevinardhiwilaga1741 Shush.

[@costileraphid1891]

The early DCEU days were the best for one reason: They felt Special regardless of their Quality.

[@JacobGrim]

I think that's the key trait of Zack Snyder's directing.

[@costileraphid1891]

@@JacobGrim If only i was able to put a Heart in that Comment...👍

[@r.daneel.90]

"They felt Special regardless of their Quality. " Yeah, the Snyder seal.

[@alphareturns5988]

Actually no. The only good dceu movie from the early days are man of steel and Wonder woman. Movies like BvS, suicide squad, justice league were very hated (even though I love BvS ue). After justice league the dceu pumped out movies like shazam and aqauman and birds of prey even though that had mixed reviews.

[@JacobGrim]

@@alphareturns5988 I love BvS as well and think it is (mostly) criminally underrated.

[@AbdullahAlSayeed]

After all the DCEU movies failed trying to imitate MCU blindly, all of a sudden everyone finds MOS to be a very good movie. I always said it's a decent movie with a decent plot. And also the last fight scene, that was extremely satisfying for me. Never saw a better fight scene since then.

[@n_o1166]

Can't copy box-office lol

[@bloody4558]

I have to agree, my main problem with Marvel movies is how they never succeed in showing how powerful their characters really are, everything is too grounded, and there are few scenes which portray how destructive their abilities can be. Too controlled I must say. MoS, gave me exactly what Marvel lacked, a glimpse on how much of a threat can villains become to the whole world, and how much powerful does heroes need to be to stop them as well as the consequences on how that power influence to the surroundings of such fights, as well as show us why is it so important to have heroes to save the day. How many more lives would have been lost if Superman had failed. We can visually see what is at stake. Which is a lesson Marvel took to heart and replicated on Infinity War.

[@LordMalice6d9]

@@bloody4558 Infinity War has a bad plot and badly written goal for its villain Thanos. but the characters are still well presented so IW gets a pass from most people. Zod had a better motivation in MoS.

[@simonbright2975]

@@LordMalice6d9 Nah, Infinity War might be one of the best written and executed superhero films, especially on that scale. Thanos was almost the protagonist of that movie. Just brilliant. Zod was alright.

[@RatedShocks]

DCEU never tried to copy MCU. Which movie you are talking??

[@Czah5]

I never understood the outrage over the infamous "neck crack."

[@butlers4m428]

Find channel TEX he explain why man of steel best Superman movie

[@brandonmuse5532]

Agreed. He had to kill Zodd he is walking destructive nuclear bomb.

[@AlexMagnusTheLoneGamerWanderer]

if i remember correctly (if not then i'll rewatch the movie) Superman gave many "stop this/surrender" chances to Zodd during the fight but he was always "nahhh, i'll double down on killing everyone" so... *crack* problem solved. I mean... seriously, after all the destruction he made... *enough is enough*

[@Czah5]

@@AlexMagnusTheLoneGamerWanderer It has also been brought up before that it serves to strengthen Superman's "no-kill" resolve even further *moving forward* because he has actually been forced to confront taking another's life.

[@prabhatsingh5234]

Same pepole cryimg for thor to aim at head

[@biogamer93]

This was IMO the perfect superman movie out of all that have come out. Also the casting was just perfect. So underrated

[@erikrodriguez3829]

MoS is the most criminally underrated comic movie ever made

[@erikrodriguez3829]

@Solitary Stranger I didn't say campy garbage. I said underrated. You must be one of the purists. Loving the undies outside and cat saving.

[@marvingonzalez8586]

@@erikrodriguez3829 jesus dude you sound like a snob

[@erikrodriguez3829]

@Solitary Stranger sorry , I don't wanna watch superman saying "gee golly" and saving cats. This is 1937

[@lalkiran1950]

@Solitary Stranger nope Superman returns was just bad and don't start with me that awful connection with lois and Clark That one was a cliché and so is that lex's stupidest plan

[@kristianvaisanen7608]

@@lalkiran1950 Well If it was just bad it would still be miles ahead of man of steel, so I guess it still very well might be the best Superman movie

[@juanprc10]

Man of Steel is as close to an epic sci fi/action movie masterpiece as I've ever seen. There are so many great things to say about it. For example, the deep characterizations of the protagonist & antagonist, the serious & grounded tone, the amazing visuals & action sequences, the score, etc. To this day and after the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League, MoS is still the best dceu movie by far.

[@deonambrose]

I love how this movie focused on Superman at heart and didn't rely on jokes and comedy to move the story. This is how I like my superhero movies!

[@WoodyandDaffyDuck]

Congrats Filmento! You reviewed every DCEU movie in your channel!

[@jammygamer8961]

gives them time to be ready for the intended version of Justice League

[@JacobGrim]

Screwed up on BvS in my opinion, but yeah

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@JacobGrim How? That movie is pretty flawed even with it's great visuals.

[@jammygamer8961]

@@Gadget-Walkmen Its flawed but its still a good film

[@JacobGrim]

@@Gadget-Walkmen there are a ton of videos going into why it is an underrated film. Maybe try out Twin Perfect's videos on it?

[@mattwagnermovies6308]

Man Of Steel has always been my favorite DCEU movie. I love it.

[@hunterkiller1440]

How does your video not get blocked with the music and video clips?

[@eggjason]

He bought the movie

[@gogetavsvegito2440]

*He Is...INEVITABLE*

[@Pringlebox]

Some of his videos have ads some don't, I don't think he makes the Adsense though pretty sure they get claimed which is why he has a patreon. It's why I like this channel because channels like this are becoming rare

[@nerdingout3560]

because it falls under fair use since he is doing a critical breakdown for educational purposes.

[@MakerInMotion]

He said once that his videos get claimed and he relies on sponsorships and patreon. The corporations don't take videos down so much anymore. They let it stay up, but claim all the ad revenue.

[@D.Foster]

That "fun" flying scene was gold fucking gold ✨

[@aleksandargrganovic7042]

I was never a fan of Superman, this movie was the first time i got interested in him and the first Superman movie I liked.

[@TSEDLE333]

This movie was made for a new generation that wasn't happy with the previous Superman incarnations. The previous Superman movie apparition on cinema was Superman Returns, a love letter to Christopher Reeves Superman AND a DIRECT continuation of after Superman 2...it flopped so hard, it took another 7 years and a lot of different scripts to make another Superman movie... The bad joke? The SAME people who HATED Superman Returns, that complained the movie felt OLD and LAME, were the SAME people that complained MoS, a movie made for modern viewers and a NEW take on the character that was raised in the 1980s AND NOT IN 1690s, was too OUT OF CHARACTER and not close enough to Christopher Reeves Superman....the hypocrisy/irony...

[@MyJourneyConcludes]

@@TSEDLE333 I don't know about. I loved Superman Returns and I first hated MoS. But after watching it a few times it became my favorite movie. I've argued many times trying to explain to people why MoS is good and the common factor I found with most people that hated MoS is that they liked Superman Returns. So I don't think the same people that hated Superman Returns are the same people that hated MoS. Of course you could still be right in that many people retroactively only started liking Superman Returns after MoS came out in the same way that more people like the Star Wars prequel trilogy after the sequel trilogy came out. But I think its really just more of a case of a loud minority making all the noise. I have no doubt that if MoS was made in the same campy style of Superman Returns then it would've performed just as horribly as Superman Returns did.

[@peternystrom921]

Thing is, Superman have always been the worst hero Ever. Without flaws. Only ppl with so many flaws can see him as a hero and not just a stupid gimic. This movie atleast gave him a soul.

[@karolusmagnus8405]

the best superman movie in my opinion

[@kimmycat2977]

@@MyJourneyConcludes Im the opposite. Hated Returns & loved MoS at first. But after many repeat viewings, it's clear to me that Returns is the superior movie. Underneath all that flash & style, MoS has very little substance.

[@AzA609]

Clark Kent is not Superman's secret identity. It's the other way round, Superman is Clark's secret identity. He'll always be the kind-hearted guy who grew up on a farm.

[@billwithers7457]

I disagree. They are both secret identities of Kal-El. One is his "human" disguise. Non-threatening, humble, kind-hearted, industrious man from Kansas. The other is his "Hero" disguise, completely without fear, noble, indomitable, and nigh-omnipotent alien. But they are both aspects of Kal, the Kyptonian raised among humans, never truly fitting into either world.

[@anubusx]

I agrere Clark Kent existed first.

[@AzA609]

@@billwithers7457 Yes I agree he has his Kryptonian identity that cannot be ignored BUT as a person he is Clark first. The way I see it is that Kal El and Clark Kent together make the hero Superman. The power comes from Kal and the moral and ideals come from Clark. Clark Kent is who he has always been. He grew up as Clark and was raised to be kind and humble. Superman is the (figurative) mask for Clark. Superman came second.

[@svenleeuwen]

False. They are both Henry Cavills secret identities.

[@TheFranchiseCA]

Who he is _with the Kents_ is who he is. Elsewhere, parts of him are Superman and parts are Clark. That's why Lois Lane matters so much, she offers a new context for him to belong in as a whole self.

[@mattizmushroom1466]

Although i am mainly a mcu fan, Man of steel is and will forever be the best superhero movie for me.

[@BP-dn9nv]

People hated this film when it first came out because it wasn't a marvel movie. Now that Marvel movies are on the downward spiral it's become clearer that this would have been a great film to start a series off of, but Warner's greed and the unfair rejection by critics doomed it. It's a shame too, I would have loved a sequel where superman fights Brainiac.

[@JR28.]

As a massive Marvel/DC fan, this movie was everything I wanted it to be. Definitely one of the best superhero movies I've ever seen.

[@spider-man500]

As strictly a Marvel fan, this makes me like Superman.

[@JR28.]

@@spider-man500 Nice, the action/fights are incredible👍

[@lalkiran1950]

Yep, same But that awful third act in the first wonder woman movie was laughable as fuck

[@hothemeep1219]

It was average at best

[@dmin5782]

@@hothemeep1219 It’s a matter of opinions.

[@errol484]

I've said this to my wife several times: Man of Steel is my favorite DCEU movie, and I can watch it without ever getting tired. Outside of the DCEU, it's one of my favorite comic book movies. I'm likely in the minority here, but I absolutely loved this movie, and it's a shame that the studio is/was going to replace Henry Cavill 😑

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

“You are not alone...”

[@darthmisogyny3828]

The best dceu film and watched it multiple times...I actually love this film but everything after was down hill. Definitely in my top 10 maybe top 5

[@isaiahsmith7123]

Coincidentally this film, for me, gave me hope that the DCEU would truly be something special...and I lost that in subsequent films, but hey at least I got one of my favorite Super hero movies out of it.

[@jacobwiren8142]

One of the best movies ever, imo. Superman is finally interesting again after being boring for so long...

[@ricardovillon1189]

It's my favorite Superman movie as well as one of my favorite superhero movies. I've defended this movie quite a few times.

[@taham.esmaili]

I have always liked to think superman coming in frame after zod ask "where is the codex?" be a little nod to the fact that he in fact is the codex

[@joshualaturno4227]

This was one of the first few times I saw perfect casting g for younger versions of characters. I love how fluid it made the story feel

[@legodoctorstrange]

I don't care what people say, this is one of the greatest KZbin channels ever

[@Zimisce85]

What do people say? Seriously, I don't usually follow channels of cinema reviews, it's just this one that made me addicted.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

it is. It's funny, creative and informative.

[@rilluma]

i say that this is.

[@annylovleys]

Me: doing a DCEU rewrite for school Me finding this video: Finally exactly what I need

[@Cheesemongjambles]

Rly is it a project?

[@annylovleys]

Yep! We basically have to get a book/movie and re-write it. Some of my friends are doing Harry Potter and I know someone in my class is doing one of the marvel movies (I can’t remember which one) I’m doing Batman v Superman

[@akhonankosi4704]

@@annylovleys if u didn't finish the rewrite use bizzaro

[@TheKersey475]

Never ceases to amaze me that flipping AQUAMAN is still one of the most functional movies in the DCEU.

[@hassanshabazz6878]

Aquaman followed much of the same template as MOS.

[@vignesh0208]

From 2013 onwards it has been a battle of endurance, being that one guy who loves Man of steel & DC movies, while everyone around keeps telling you how boring and dark they are. The amount of negativity at the time of Dawn of justice was just insane. Glad to see people are starting to come around ; even if it took close to a decade 😂

[@zhengyingli]

The endurance is totally worth it now that we've received the Snyder Cut.

[@charaznable8072]

Faora is such a badass, really loved this movie never understood why so many people disliked it.

[@avairal5936]

Um idk cuz maybe she’s a villain? Jk. Idk anyone who disliked her

[@abominableyeti1570]

@@avairal5936 he's talking about why many people dislike the movie, not the villain lol

[@ashyy190]

Probably cause superman is light hearted funky guy and not some dark tone as predicted in the movie. Btw I enjoyed it lmao

[@stuartbagley2586]

@@ashyy190 And that critique never made sense to me either. Justice League and Justice League Unlimited are generally viewed as very good representations of the DC Universe. There are some surprisingly dark Superman moments in that series. The Justice Lords for example. They may not be from Earth 1, but they are versions of our heroes. The other common complaint is that Superman does not kill (which is wrong, that’s Batman), even though Christopher Reeve totally killed Zod as well.

[@thehomiedan6378]

I think people had a problem with the characterization of some of the characters. Some people just didn't like how Superman kills many people throughout the film. Most of which could have easily been avoided if he had just left the area. They also had issue with Johnathan saying that perhaps Clark shouldve let those those kids on the best die just to hide his abilities. Things like that.

[@PitchBlackYeti]

How to build the greatest movie: Step 1: let Hans Zimmer do the soundtrack

[@hopemanreturns3135]

Well ww84 was failed so

[@adnan4112]

@@hopemanreturns3135 lmaoo

[@nemz7505]

Did you mean to say "How to make a great film even better" because a great soundtrack can't save a crap film?

[@juce9878]

Well dark phoenix is a masterpiece I guess lol

[@hyendacraener1672]

Shit movies with good music

[@jobsmine]

This exactly why I prefer DC. Because they actually make you think about how these heroes and villains have repercussions in the real world. The film was a complete package and an epic journey from start to finish. I love the graphic novels used, the properly executed punchlines, and the background of the characters introduced. This movie did a great job showing the sheer power and destructive capabilities of Kryptonians under a yellow sun. Bro I am insanely in love with this cinematography and combat sequence. Notice how Faora didn't bash Clark's masculinity or invoke any "girl power" nonsense? And still, she came off as a powerful female character in the movie. That's good writing by Goyer, the Nolan brothers, and Zack Snyder. Also brilliant acting by Crowe, Shanon, and Cavil.

[@Shredius]

I've always said that Man of Steel was a good movie.

[@pepsififa3205]

Every time Zod says " I will find him " I get chills

[@MMerajHossain]

This Movie was the Best DCEU movie for me. I really hated the fact that critics fked the movie up JUST BECAUSE SUPERMAN KILLED SOMEONE AND DESTROYED BUILDINGS

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

Thanks to Filmento, we see why the death and destruction was inevitable. (Also, of course, that's how it was written... sigh...) Too bad Bruce Wayne didn't have a chat with Filmento before Batman decided to destroy Superman... imagine Batman as a skidmark under Zod's shoe had Superman lost the big city bruising fight...!

[@kimmycat2977]

Kudos to u for still being able to like this movie. But the critics din fk this movie up. The product itself is plagued with a myriad of issues that many ppl have alr called out for yrs.

[@freshnoodles2108]

@@kimmycat2977 every movie has a flaw but I feel as though critics were being a little antsy about this film. This film has flaws but they are so easily mixed in with nit picks.

[@kimmycat2977]

@@freshnoodles2108 Nah, this movie was equally divisive with the critics as it was with the fans & general public. I've seen my fair share of critics that reviewed this movie positively, glossing over its flaws. Remember, this movie still made money, so it wasn't a flop. But it din meet box office expectations either.

[@mal3xia]

@@kimmycat2977 Too many people say it sucks because superman killed someone when the whole point of that scene is to have superman be forced into trolley problem.

[@akeelyaqub2538]

Over the years this movie has slowly inched its way into being my favourite comic book movie. I love how the kryptonians have that 1950s alien invasion vibe to them. They actually feel extremely alien, even more so than movies who have aliens that in now way resemble humans. And theres nothing more I wish for in comic movie land than for the snyderverse to be restored, especially after zack snyders justice league and seeing the vision come together more. My god it seemed like a complete masterpiece of a story was coming and sadly we only got half of it. And Faora....... damn😍

[@LUXSTERIA]

I still remember the last time I watched this with my friend. Miss that guy

[@jt_picks]

THANK YOU THIS FILM HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNDERRATED

[@corncob7299]

No cap I just remembered, “hey filmento exists I’ll look him up to see what he’s posted”

[@purplespark8]

"A good death is its own reward". Man I love this movie. Nice video Filmento

[@summertyme5748]

“I can’t die, the writers won’t let me” Kal El

[@MateusMeurer]

I'm so glad that this movie is getting its redemption now, with the snyder cut and stuff. For me it has always been a superhero masterpiece.

[@duberdurm]

MoS gets better every time I watch it.

[@gab1172]

Zod is hands down the best DCEU antagonist by far

[@FuelDropforthewin]

Let's not damn him with faint praise: he was a good antagonist, period.

[@luke5930]

is it wrong I actually liked lex luthor, I know he wasnt like comic lex but he was so cold blooded, especially in the ultimate edition. He had so many innocent people killed and he was just playing a game with superman. Gonna be interesting to see what they do with his arc from now on However zod is the best dceu villain

[@adarshkrishna6434]

Wrong... It's the WB executives

[@FuelDropforthewin]

@@adarshkrishna6434 Eh, they're too cartoonishly evil and shallow to be believable. The CGI monsters are more convincing.

[@siddharthkhirwar2351]

I thought Maxwell Lord was better but I agree Zod is a great antagonist and easily the best alongside the former.

[@ChaplinofEdits]

I hope "Zack Snyder's Justice League" turns out to be just as good if not better than "Man of Steel".

[@King17McCoy]

@Logan Legend it’s the second best film in the DCEU after MOS

[@vincebui155]

Thank you for this video. Man of Steel, to this day, still is my favorite superhero movie. And this breakdown explains how I feel perfectly. Very well done 👏

[@Lotsolov4u]

It's great that someone is finally saying this film is good. Personally i wasn't in to it but am glad it spoke to others

[@jaxkommish]

I didnt like it either, but Cavil is a good actor and was good for the role. More power to those who do like it, thats the cool part about being independent adults

[@drakolobo]

you was in bad place in internet , wlecome

[@SourRobo8364]

Man of Steel was ahead of its time. I think if it came after Logan it might have been better received.

[@SourRobo8364]

@Solitary Stranger I'm not. What I am saying is Logan and Deadpool was a game changer for superhero films. I think if Man of Steel came after those 2, it would have been better received.

[@jackskellington684]

"One man forcing another to kill his body the same way his soul died" Damn some deep shit here

[@brrrr997]

I fell in love with this movie's music the first time I watched it

[@nexgreymore8702]

How did I learn this so fast? 'Skillshare' Blinkist 'That wasn't part of the simulation'

[@zad_rasera]

I was expecting Audible

[@etienneleroi9515]

You should use the first Kingsman movie as a great example of GSU

[@kenniron6313]

Maybe, but I feel like it doesn’t work quite as well because for a lot of the movie, the obstacles they have to overcome are staged.

[@simeydotme]

I wish movie execs watched these videos instead of counting money.

[@mattbayne3049]

People hate this movie because "superman shouldn't be dark" when the existence of a superman is an inherently dark concept

[@fernandosanchez9726]

This video reminded me how much I like Faora

[@bwtrader]

She was great! The fight was amazing!

[@spooderman6312]

notice how superman was born in a planet of tyrants yet somehow isnt evil

[@Bruced82]

Raised by humble humans that showed him nothing but love, that'll do it.

[@spooderman6312]

@@Bruced82 nature versus nurture is a cool thing to discuss, I mean megamind was born to be good, his nature, but he ended up evil, by being nurtured that way. In the end his nature took over, and he is a good guy now

[@jgreen2015]

When young Clark is getting bullied and he grabs the fencing, bending it..when the ginger kid who used to bully him comes over and helps him up..clark is reading The Republic by Plato. The book is a series of conservation about the true nature of morality. In order to explain his view of morality arising from an order soul, socrates describes the "perfect" city state. The people are categorised into 3 classes of citizens, analogous to the three constituents of the soul. The worker class (basic desires and drives) The warrior class (the spirit/emotional drive of the soul) And the philosopher kings (the intellectual part of the soul) Sound familiar to krypton? A counsel of intellects. A warrior class The philosopher kings impose their rule onto the working class via the warrior class. The moral person uses his spirit to force his intellectual knowledge onto his basic desires. Yes that cake looks good, but i know its bad for me. As morality is an exceptional trait of humans, by doing something that makes me worse I am making myself less exceptional and thus less moral. Likewise, a city that is not ruled by intellect, but by greedy businessmen becomes corrupt In order to implement and sustain such a society, socrates argued that a myth would be created where the philosopher kings analyse each baby and say if they soul is made from bronze, silver, or gold and thus determine from birth their role. Sound familiar?? Now..many argue Socrates was indeed a tyrant for this belief. However he does actually say that such a society isnt feasible because the role of the state as cold as "whats best for the state" but had to allow for personal liberty and that is it just an analogy to how people who have potential to be anything (eg..codex of all possible kryptonians encrypted in their dna) must be tyrannical with their own impulses to act immorally. so in short...its actually perfectly in line with the theme that the society would be tyrannical but the individual moral

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Because he didn't grow up there. Similar to Goku- oh wait.

[@Mysticgamer]

Nature vs. Nurture

[@MarkyCMark]

This is one of the most underrated superhero films. The scene where Kal learns to fly is magnificent as it perfectly sums up what Superman stands for, hope.

[@dignerds]

The scene of Clark in the classroom experiencing sensory overload actually does also carry a plot element...It connects later on to when Zod experiences sensory overload ...Giving Clark an advantage. And when that happens to Zod, the audience is familiar.

[@Tevinbrissi]

I never understood why people did not like MoS, this Movie is absolutely amazing.

[@robinthrush9672]

Personally, the camera work gave me a headache in the theater. Additionally, the lessons he is taught by the Kents conflict with his final struggle with Zod (there was no indication killing was an issue for him). And, yes, generally, there is no hope and positivity in MoS's Superman. It's like how the 80's Ninja Turtles cartoon has little in common with the comic, but if you were first exposed to the cartoon, you judge the comic negatively by comparison. And I say this as someone who is not a Superman comic fan.

[@roylle6346]

The marvel fan base felt threatened and started a movement

[@theawesomebat1244]

@@roylle6346 Let’s not forget that even Donner fans were triggered by the film.

[@roylle6346]

@@theawesomebat1244 and joined in the movement

[@poeticdavide]

My main problem with it is: they took all the battles and crammed them non-stop at the end, all while Superman destroyed without a concern the entire city... 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jointscript]

Zod was one of the best vilians, i kinda sympathise with him

[@geovanegustavo4320]

Its similar to thanos. They are not simply just bad. They really believe in their goal as a righteous thing.

[@avairal5936]

Lex is up there. Well written & acted, just misunderstood

[@luke5930]

@@geovanegustavo4320 I like thanos and think hes well written but the more I think about it, hes just kinda stupid. In infinity war his plan is to wipe out half of life to prevent overpopulation but thats not how population works, there are plenty of articles explaining it, hes technically just straight up wrong but they tricked everyone into thinking it was right because the rest of him was well written. Then in endgame, his plan changed to wiping out all of the universe just cause he saw that only 1 planet (earth) didnt miraculously make a huge improvement in 5 years. What about all of the other planets who improved? Endgame thanos annoyed me so much, I always call iw thanos and endgamen thanos different characters. Thanos is supposed to be 1000 years old so why did 4 years make a complete change to his attitude and behaviour? Thanos is a weird villain cause he only acts like earth is the only planet in the universe and bases all of his assumptions on the universe from one planet. However the rest of him was very well written, shame he got ruined in endgame

[@devils_shadow]

@@luke5930 Endgame Thanos did not have to sacrifice Gamora. Endgame Thanos did not have to physically go out and look for every single infinity stone and face the challenges the chase for the stones provided. In short, Endgame Thanos was narrow-minded for not having to face adversity. That's why he was so cocky. You can look at it as though Thanos was a grizzled old war veteran by the end of Infinity War, and Endgame thaos was a young bloodthirsty murderer believing he was immortal. The character arc is quite obvious, especially based on the way Thanos is portrayed by Josh Brolin in the two movies. One is weary and tired, even remorseful, while Endgame Thanos is just hellbent on achieving his goal.

[@cgijokerman5787]

@@luke5930 uh... That's not why thanks wanted to kill all life I'm endgame... Dude don't just spew false shit. Thanks wanted to kill all of life in endgame and start from scratch because he knows that "as long as there are those who remember, there will be those who resist destiny", i.e the avengers getting the stones to snap back. Seriously not trying to be a dick but i don't think you understood that.

[@WhatIsMatter101]

Audience: This is a good start for the DCEU WB Execs: Nah, we'll reboot with a crisis.