10/10 movie trailers these days just piss me off. It's like "Hey, look at all the cool scenes you'll see in the movie. No really, those really are ALL of them. Also pretend you didn't figure out the whole freakin' story already, but we're hoping you're too stupid for that."
So basically the only trailers that still somehow get me into the cinemas are ones about stuff I already want to see. Like, Godzilla and well, New York being destroyed again... by a monster which had the total screen time in the trailer... which is of course defeated... crap. Why the FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU is it New York again?
On a similar topic, I have a controversial question to which I don't really expect a satisfying answer. How come "The Avengers" is considered a masterpiece while "Man of Steel" is the torment of the 9th hell? Sorry, it might seem off topic but this does come up a bit too often in Bob's videos (including this one).
Allow me to explain. Thor's movies are PATHETIC, but the actor is decent and the character is still interesting. Robert Do... ups Iron Man is well.. annoying, I don't know if it's intended but I simply loathe him in his solo movies (less so in TA). Hulk did have a decent movie (the one with Edward Norton), and the new actor was super, so no surprise to see him have the best moments in The Avengers. Captain America had a really good entry movie (but not much to do in TA). Ok... but here's the shocker. The script SUCKS. The main villain is pathetic (doubly so considering how interesting Loki is in the crappy second Thor movie). There is zero tension, zero at stake, no message, nothing worth remembering aside from Loki being thrown around by Hulk. That's it. Bob seems amazed that they "made it work". No they didn't. It's like taking the best ingredients for pizza and putting them in the washing machine instead of the oven. The Avengers is a dumb action flick with nothing new to say (apart from the series idea) and a plot so dumb I got bored midway in the cinema hall. I've seen bad 80's action movies with more memorable scenes than The Avengers. The first Punisher movie was better than The Avengers. Darkman was a masterpiece by comparison.
Now on the "Man of Steel". As a non comics fan, I still understand that generally Superman is probably the most boring character of them all, most of his aura coming from the fact that he was mostly the first Superhero. He's so pathetic that I disliked the original 80s movies even tho I was a kid when I first saw them. He's a tough job to put on screen. In fact I don't think that the actor actually did a good job at it. But the story? The locations? The action scenes? They're at least decent, some even memorable. The bad guy is interesting, the plot is credible, the origins story is minimal (cause we all know who Superman is) and we get to see Krypton instead of dumb Louis Lane getting fooled by a pair of glasses. Heck we get a brave Louis Lane, not a dumb broad and the best explanation of Superman's motivation for being a hero in the first place. I'm not saying that the movie is the best thing since cookies, but it's a decent movie about... wait for it.. Superman.
If you think I'm wrong, just remind yourself the story of both movies, tell it to yourself and see which one sounds better. Or better, tell it to your mother (unless your mom has also seen the movies).
