10 Real Reasons Why Man Of Steel Was A Failure

1. Mostly, Man Of Steel Is Just Too Outside The Box

For most people, superhero movies can go outside the box to a certain extent. The best superhero movies usually do. But through all of the points I've addressed and then some, Man of Steel forces us to go a little further outside the box than we might usually feel comfortable with. Instead of running from something like this, we should welcome it as a healthy exercise in storytelling. There were things that bothered me the first time I saw Man of Steel, mostly on the technical side, but those things didn't cause me to viciously shoot down the movie every chance I got, because Man of Steel is skilled filmmaking overall. We can talk about neck-breaking all we want, but the fact is that Man of Steel has exposed more people saying what Superman "needs" to be than most other superhero movies in recent memory. Man of Steel really dug into the core of Superman and many of the themes associated with him and delivered the most human superhero movie of 2013 (and there were some good ones this year). It went in directions that were harder to swallow because they were different, but the genre is better for it. The movie certainly is not perfect, but it opens up a great many possibilities that we can only hope will eventually pay off. Watch it again. It's a creative, skillful, incredibly caring take on Superman and, more than that, a good film. We don't just want references to what we already know, do we? What do we really expect here? Are we fans of movies as they are or fans of expectations? Think about it. Hating on this movie doesn't help anyone. I for one think that time will ultimately be kind to Man of Steel, but let's be better than that. Instead of merely getting used to a movie, let's be better movie fans. What are your thoughts on this stuff? Let me know in the comments below.