2013 Movie News Archives

August 29, 2013: Snyder Talks About Death and Destruction in "Man of Steel"

Man of Steel "Man of Steel" opens across Japan tomorrow, and director Zack Snyder spoke to the Japan Times about the film, discussing the criticisms directed at the death and destruction portrayed in the movie.

    Snyder has gotten a lot of flack from U.S. critics about the movie's incredibly high collateral damage. An analyst quoted by BuzzFeed.com pegs the body count in the fictional city of Metropolis at 129,000 innocent bystanders, as skyscrapers crumble to the ground causing an estimated $2 billion cleanup bill.

    On this, Snyder remarks, "I wanted the movie to have a mythological feeling. In ancient mythology, mass deaths are used to symbolize disasters. In other countries like Greece and Japan, myths were recounted through the generations, partly to answer unanswerable questions about death and violence. In America, we don't have that legacy of ancient mythology. Superman (who first appeared in 'Action Comics' in 1938) is probably the closest we get. It's a way of recounting the myth."

Check out the full article at the Japan Times website, which also has a contest to win one of three "Man of Steel" T-Shirts.



2013 Movie News

Listed below are all the Movie News items archived for 2013 organized into various categories:

“Man of Steel” Movie News:

“Superman/Batman” Movie News: “Justice League” Movie News: “Superman: Unbound” Animated Movie News: “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox” Animated Movie News: “Justice League: War” Animated Movie News: Christopher Reeve Movie News: Other Movie News:

Back to the News Archive Contents page.

Back to the Latest News page.