And then there is the anti-climax of Superman finally stopping Zod by simply putting him in a headlock. They appear to destroy most of Metropolis, and thousands of people must surely die in the collapsing skyscrapers. With those missed opportunities, we’re left with the movie itself, which grows quite tedious in the last hour when it turns into a Transformers-like interminable battle of alien foes - Superman vs Zod - smashing each other through one skyscraper building after another. Heck, Bryan Singer utilized 3D more effectively in the 20-minutes he converted for “Superman Returns.” How cool would it be to see Superman appear to fly off the screen right over your head? But no, not happening here. And that’s a big disappointment since there are so many scenes of flying and mayhem that seem perfectly suited for 3D. Although the depth between characters and objects is fairly pronounced in the first third of the 2 1/2-hour movie on the planet Krypton, the images appear to go almost flat when he gets to Earth, causing viewers to periodically pull off their glasses to see if there is any difference - not much. Snyder, who used 3D to pretty decent effect in “Sucker Punch” and even moreso in “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,” is less ambitious with the format here. One of the most enjoyable bonus features is a two-minute animated short produced for Superman’s 75th anniversary that morphs images of the man of steel from his earliest incarnations through all his TV iterations and more recent film and comic adaptations.Īnd, of course, there is also a more traditional 25-min making-of featurette.Īs for the movie itself, the 3D offers roughly the equivalent impact as its theatrical predecessor.
Diane Lane offers her thoughts about playing the mother of a superhero child with issues. Snyder and star Henry Cavill describe strategically showing off Cavill’s bare chest physique in the shipping village to establish credibility of his body under the costume. Russell Crowe describes while video plays of the challenges of doing long takes while swimming underwater in a huge tank.
While much of the pop-up footage and comments are of a techincal nature – the rationale and process of introduing the new meaning of letter “S” on Superman’s chest and creating a partial new language and corresponding “glyph” symbols, there are also interviews with each of the primary and supporting stars offering fun and interesting anecdotes. The 2D Blu-ray disc special features disc presents the entire movie with frequent pop-up comments and videos by director Zack Snyder and cast and crew, as well as 30-minutes of stand-alone behind-the-scenes footage inserted that elongate the film to three hours. 12 - the Maximum Movie Mode is back but without the branding.
Superman isn’t the only thing returning in Warner Home Video’s “ Man of Steel” Blu-ray 3D ($44.95) on Nov.
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