Something has struck me as a little odd over the last couple of days. And that’s the total inconsistency that film fans often exhibit (myself included). Sometime filmmakers are in a no win situation with us. Damned if they do… damned if they don’t.
Take Superman Returns for example. I totally understand some people not liking the film because they thought it was boring, or not enough action… or that stupid kid (I loved the movie myself). I may not agree with them… but I can understand where they’re coming from.
But before the film came out a lot of people shouted "Singer better stay true to the original films". A LOT of people repeated that… and fair enough… so they should. But then what happens? Singer stays totally true to the original films, and people complain that Superman Returns it TOO MUCH like the originals. What?!?!
But that’s just an example… the REAL issue that has been on my mind is the disparity between the opinions on The Joker in the next Batman film… and my suggestion of wanting to see General Zod return for the next Superman film.
I was TOTALLY SHOCKED to hear how many people didn’t like the idea of Zod coming back. And 9 times out of 10 their reasons were because he had already appeared in Superman 2. I thought he was the very best of any character in any of the Superman films.
But here’s the rub… as I looked over my emails and comments left in the post… i discovered that many of the people who said having Zod return in the next Superman film that we all might be blessed enough to kneel before him… were also the same people who were "excited" about the Joker in the next Batman film. What?!?!
So here’s the question… why would some people hate the idea of General Zod returning in the next Superman because he’s been done once before… and yet love the idea of the Joker returning in the next Batman film at the same time?
But make the question more personal too. We all do this… we’re all hypocritical sometime in our movie tastes. So share your movie hypocrisy. When have you caught yourself saying you want one thing… and then complaining about that very same thing?
Here’s one of my hypocrisy moments. Just afer they announced that they were going to make new Star Wars movies (LONG TIME AGO) I remember telling everyone that they BETTER focus a lot on Anakin Skywalker as a child. Show us where he came from and how he grew up. Well… they did just that… and it’s been one of the things I’ve complained about more than anything else.
So what is one of yours?
