Personally
as I was watching The Dark Knight Rises last year it was very hard to imagine
another universe outside the one created by Christopher Nolan, such was the
genius behind the characters and the story, it just felt that there was no
other alternative option for any comic book film. Nothing could top it. When I heard
this news I like many people got giddy with excitement, the prospect of
Superman AND Batman slugging it out was impossible around 6 or 7 years back.
But alas, here we are. I don’t like to pour praise on a single person too much,
but rescuing Batman from the brink of oblivion after the Joel Schumacher “adventures”,
and producing in my opinion the best Superman film since the very first, is
nothing short of a miracle. Man of Steel
was fantastically acted, shot, you name it, it had it. It was the perfect way
of showing that the character and the story still had life in it. Henry Cavill
in particular impressed me as he seemed to fit naturally into the role, more so
than his predecessor Brandon Routh in my opinion. This gives me hope for this
cross-over film as I feel the benefit of a strong leading actor like Cavill can
hold his own with the likes of the actor’s from the Batman universe.
One thought that crossed my mind was that the finality of
The Dark Knight Rises was so great that it would seem a shame to bring him out
of retirement so to speak. But this opportunity is too big to pass up, with the
likes of Ryan Gosling rumoured to appear as Batman, this film could be DC’s
comic big chance to reach the huge heights of The Avengers and create a
franchise of their own. With the Justice League movie suspended indefinitely,
mostly due to the horrible Green Lantern “movie” it seems DC has a guaranteed
hit on their hands. I for one will be counting down the days until I see this
film, overinflated prices and all. Let’s hope it’s a creative master-stroke and
not a mad scramble for something that hasn’t been done before.
Live long and blog!
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