6. Man of Steel (2013)
The latest culprit of a movie that wrongly assumed it should be about as serious as a funeral (whilst also forgetting that there's usually an after party at funerals - and boy are they fun!) is
Man of Steel. I'm not the world's biggest Superman fan, to be totally honest, but even I know that watching Clark Kent go about his business, saving the day and fighting villains is supposed to be fun. It's supposed to have you pumped, inspired, awed, overjoyed and - yes -
entertained. Isn't that why kids read comics? Who'd have guessed that combining the talents of serious filmmaker Christopher Nolan with very unserious filmmaker Zack Snyder would have led to an even
more serious picture than that of
The Dark Knight Rises? That doesn't make sense, does it? We'll lay the blame on screenwriter David S. Goyer, I guess. There's no joy to be found in this, though - no sense of wonderment or of childhood fantasies being realised on the big screen. Just straight-faces all round. Nobody dares tell a joke or say something funny. God forbid, the movie might break.