The amount that's actually practical-which Snyder and company say is more than in any of his other films-is surprising and impressive, including certain shots that go live action to CG to live action hand-offs. The All-Out Action featurette, in fact, eventually strays from being a straight-up Gym Jones infomercial, although it takes so long before it does that there will be a lot of people who never make it that far into the mini-doc.Īt the end of all that, though, there's a lot of cool, interesting stuff in which they talk about the Battle of Smallville. In each case, cast and crew are part of the featurette, talking about the benefits of the service in question, and there's some genuinely interesting information. The studio certainly takes care of their friends here both Gym Jones, who did the physical training for Henry Cavill and the other Kryptonians, and the New Zealand Tourism Bureau who have done so much work with Warner on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, get featurettes on the main Blu-ray that are basically long-form ads. Interviews with the cast and crew talking about how Superman is the figure we all aspire to, also indicate that even the Hollywood types really "get" what Superman is all about. That featurette was arguably my favorite, and not just because some of my favorite creators and stories appeared onscreen. It's.oddly silly, when compared to the next featurette, which looks at the themes, the mythology and the characters of Superman in depth, seriously, and featuring lots of comic book art, lots of pop philosophy from everybody from Geoff Johns to Laurence Fishburne and lots of exposition about the comic stories that played into the development of the film.
And then it ends with Sprayberry recreating Clark's first flight and Deejardin looking shocked.
The sequence is short, full of pithy banter between Sprayberry and DJ Deejardin, and while there's some cool stuff, it's pretty shallow-the kind of stuff you're likely to see on the Internet before the movie comes out, or on a news magazine show. The DVD has many of these same features and, as far as I can tell, nothing that isn't included on the Blu-ray, so we'll just run down the main disc, followed by some gushing about that awesome bonus disc.īoth the tone and the quality of the special features is all over the map there's a fun little mini-doc called Krypton Decoded, in which some special effects are run down with Dylan Sprayberry, who played teenage Clark Kent in the film. We'll start with a quick look at the main disc in the Blu-ray Combo Pack, though the movie itself comes on a disc that's packed with a few short featurettes and mini-documentaries-pretty much standard offerings, although if there weren't a second disc to blow you away, most fans might be disappointed by the lack of a commentary track, or anything hinting at the character's cinematic future.
Superman and the progression of DC's cinematic universe, this feature-packed Blu-ray is not just cool enough to buy, but it's cool enough that if you don't own a Blu-ray player, you should buy one to watch it.Ī feature-length documentary about Krypton, told in the style of a PBS special, and a video commentary by Zack Snyder, the cast and crew of Man of Steel are included on a disc so cool that movie nerds like myself might actually enjoy watching and rewatching it more than the actual movie itself. Well, if you were a fan of this film and are looking forward to seeing Batman vs.
Will finally hit Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on Tuesday, November 12, but is it worth shelling out the extra money for the Blu-ray, or should you just grab a digital copy and call it a day?