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May 1: Glenn Ford, Jonathan Kent in Superman: The Movie, born in Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada in 1916.
May 3: Jackie Cooper, Perry White in the Superman films, dies in 2011, aged 88.
May 5: Henry Cavill, Superman in the 2013 Superman Man of Steel movie, born in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1983.
May 7: The animated movie Superman: Unbound is released on Blu-ray and DVD.
May 8: Salome Jens, Martha Kent in the Superboy TV series, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1935.
May 9: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut screening at the BFI Southbank in London, England at 8.45pm.
May 11: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut screening at the BFI Southbank in London, England at 8.40pm.
May 11: Gerard Christopher, the second actor to play the lead role in the Superboy TV series, born in New York City, New York in 1959.
May 13: Writer Marv Wolfman (The Adventures of Superman) born in 1946.
May 18: Tickets for Advanced Screenings of Man of Steel go on sale at 8.00am at Walmart stores across the USA.
May 21: Joan Alexander, best known as Lois Lane from the 1940s Superman Radio Series, dies in 2009, aged 94.
May 23: Artist Win Mortimer (Action Comics, Supergirl) born in 1919.
May 1: Glenn Ford, Jonathan Kent in Superman: The Movie, born in Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada in 1916.
May 3: Jackie Cooper, Perry White in the Superman films, dies in 2011, aged 88.
May 5: Henry Cavill, Superman in the 2013 Superman Man of Steel movie, born in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1983.
May 7: The animated movie Superman: Unbound is released on Blu-ray and DVD.
May 8: Salome Jens, Martha Kent in the Superboy TV series, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1935.
May 9: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut screening at the BFI Southbank in London, England at 8.45pm.
May 11: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut screening at the BFI Southbank in London, England at 8.40pm.
May 11: Gerard Christopher, the second actor to play the lead role in the Superboy TV series, born in New York City, New York in 1959.
May 13: Writer Marv Wolfman (The Adventures of Superman) born in 1946.
May 18: Tickets for Advanced Screenings of Man of Steel go on sale at 8.00am at Walmart stores across the USA.
May 21: Joan Alexander, best known as Lois Lane from the 1940s Superman Radio Series, dies in 2009, aged 94.
May 23: Artist Win Mortimer (Action Comics, Supergirl) born in 1919.
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 Cinematographer: Amir Mokri. Uh oh.
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| copacetic |
Posted on 13/07/2011 16:58
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 Super Member  Posts: 882 Joined: July 17, 2006 |
So apparently the cinematographer, or DP, for Man of Steel is Amir Mokri. This is kinda bad. You know why? Check out his resume over the past 8 years: IMDB: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) 2011 Season of the Witch (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) 2009 Fast & Furious (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) 2008 Vantage Point (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) 2005 Lord of War (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) 2004 Taking Lives (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) 2003 Bad Boys II (director of photography / as Amir Mokri) So besides having some weird kind of magentism towards awful Nicholas Cage movies, it seems that this guy has been DP for some boring all flash no substance action/adventure movies over the past few years. I really don't see what he would be bringing to the table for Superman if all he's done over the past few years has been lackluster movies like these, and the you-can-never-tell-which-robot-is-which Transformer movie. Needless to say, this movie's starting to shape up a bit badly for me already... |
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| Project 86 |
Posted on 13/07/2011 17:00
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^did you see the jaw dropping cinematography in transformers dark of the moon it was that good if he brings that to man of steel we are golden especially this scene imagine that superman flying instead of the soldiers http://www.youtub...80u6vJpiIE |
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| baalroo |
Posted on 13/07/2011 17:35
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Yeah, those movies aren't very good story wise (aside from Lord of War, which is an extremely good film), but honestly the cinematography is actually really high caliber stuff. Lord of War is beautifully shot and (this is going to sound a bit weird but go back and watch it again and I promise you'll agree) so was Bad Boys II. Even National Treasure: BoS has some really breathtaking cinematography with large sweeping boom shots. Really, his lighting and composition is easily some of the best I've seen for big budget hollywood films and his weird balance between complex automated shots and handheld style is perfect for a Superman movie IMO. I'm actually pretty excited they got this guy and it bodes well for the production IMO... which is maybe the most praise I've given MoS so far. Edited by baalroo on 13/07/2011 17:43 |
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| Humbleme |
Posted on 13/07/2011 18:32
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Yeah, I agree, this sounds like good news. Of the movies up there I've seen (TF3, Vantage Point, BB2), he's incredible.
"Pride goeth before a fall..."
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| suttie7 |
Posted on 14/07/2011 00:20
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Member  Posts: 118 Joined: June 24, 2011 |
Don't let him near the script...let him do what he was hired to do and I think we will get a good result. After all, it's not his fault that he was working with abominations of scripts in some of the above movies 
His name is Kal-El. He will call himself Clark Kent, but the world will know him as Superman.
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| tnekkralc |
Posted on 14/07/2011 00:25
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Junior Member Posts: 70 Joined: August 2, 2010 |
^did you see the jaw dropping cinematography in transformers dark of the moon it was that good if he brings that to man of steel we are golden especially this scene imagine that superman flying instead of the soldiers http://www.youtub...80u6vJpiIE Didn't think much of the film, but yeh that scene was sick! If they take that approach with shooting Supes flying that would be mental! |
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| Steve Younis |
Posted on 14/07/2011 02:08
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 Editor-in-Chief  Posts: 105 Joined: August 3, 2004 |
Guys, just because something is listed on IMDB, doesn't mean it's true. IMDB can be updated by anyone, and facts aren't necessarily checked. I've seen MANY things listed on IMDB over the years that were totally false.
Steve Younis
================================= Superman Homepage - http://www.Superm...mepage.com Christopher Reeve Homepage - http://www.ChrisR...epage.com/ Steve's Stuff - http://www.younis... ================================= Look! Up in the Sky! |
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| Hypoxic |
Posted on 14/07/2011 02:18
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Yeah, I'd take this as rumour, or fan desire, for the time being.
Easy, miss. I've got you.
_____ Get away from me, padre. You reek of the irrational. - Lex Luthor |
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| Element36 |
Posted on 14/07/2011 08:53
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Yeah, I'd looked on IMDB and opened up about a million new windows just to look at all the artistic contributors and this too was actually a plus for me. I like the look of his stuff, especially the National Treasure movies. They look great! (and Element36
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