Man of Steel (2013)

Director: Zack Snyder
Writers:  David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
Cast:      Henry Caville, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe

Well, it is the Superman origins story. The first half hour of the film is really crap but you cannot blame the filmmakers because they cannot deviate much from the basic superman story. Next one hour of the film, till superman meets Zod for the first time is the best portion of the film and it actually raised my hopes. Then it again turns crap with the action sequences being too long, boring and very Michael Bayish. Didn't understand why Lois Lane was asked to accompany superman to meet Zod.

The cast is good with all the main characters portrayed well and Michael Shannon stealing the show. It is a watchable film.

Rating: 2.5/5

Watchmen (2009)

Director: Zack Snyder
Writers:  David Hayter, Alex Tse, David Gibbons, Alan Moore
Cast:      Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Malin Akerman, Jackie Earle Haley
In an alternate 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach  into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.

The film is good in parts and the ending is also very unexpected in a good way. But the cast and the script is not good enough to fully justify sitting through the almost three hours length of it. It just felt like a B grade director doing an A grade story. The films to compare with would be 'Sin City' and Nolan's Batman Trilogy and in both these cases the caliber of directors and cast involved take them to a different level compared to Watchmen.

Anyways got to watching some Alan Moore interviews after watching the film. He never endorses any of the film adaptations of his graphic novels. V for Vendetta was also written by him. Would have been better off reading the novel rather than watching the film.

Rating: 2.5/5