Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-5624498-20130614211149

Planning to see it this weekend. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, reviews are mixed but I wonder how many of the reviewers are simply nostalgic for the days of the first two Superman flicks with Christopher Reeve, especially since the first one holds up very well (the second one to an extent, but I haven't looked at it the same way now that I've viewed the Richard Donner cut).

My only skepticism is that it seems DC/Warner's view is that, in order for a superhero to work, it has to be a "dark" theme. Never mind that it's possible to create a complex storyline, with a complex character, for a superhero movie without having to make things like it's all about a Batman archetype. One only has to look at the Marvel movies to know that they aren't just using one character archetype to tell a story.