I saw
Man of Steel on its opening weekend but had to process it for
a little while. Overall, I liked it but have had a hard time
expressing the issues I had with it.
The
first was the way Clark's childhood was depicted... very depressing.
The only message he got from Pa Kent was to always hide his
abilities, even if it meant innocent people would die. What?!!
Moving on...
Here
are some quotes I found that mirror my thoughts:
".....the
destruction in this new movie isn't the main problem. In fact it's
probably a realistic depiction of what would happen in those
circumstances. The problem is that Superman shows no concern for the
collateral damage at all."
".....it
wasn't just that he didn't care, there was no remorse whatsoever."
"
He was always supposed to be a beacon of light with which all the
other heroes to come are measured against."
After
all of the sound bites from the trailers where Jor-El and Johnathan
Kent are giving him words of wisdom about how he can be a great man
and lead people, it seems he's not off to a good start.
Hopefully,
a sequel will depict how he's had to deal with all of this.
