Re: Batman vs. Superman (2016)
I see what you are saying,. I was so perplexed by so many things in this movie I even went out and bought the novelization to help understand things. According to the book, the only reason Kal was helpless was because his father was afraid everyone would see what he could and and the world would come after him. Which I found in total opposition to the source material. How many times has clark done a super deed under cover and not gotten caught? That was his MO in the 60's and 70's. Clark would disappear for a moment someone was saved or a disaster was averted and moments later Clark would reappear with a convent story. With the tornado so close, and all that wind whipping around visibility was minimal, anything could have happened. Clark could have ran in, saved his father and blamed it on the wind or something. However, before all of that I did not understand why a middle aged man would even think to be a better retriever of a dog than a teenaged boy. Clark could have gotten the dog and been away from the car without letting on about his powers. To me it always seemed to be a contrived way to 1. Prove how much his father loved his son after the argument they just had in the car, and 2 a way to play out the inevitable death scene from the 79 superman movie.
It's pretty clear that Clarke can't actually superspeed run the way Faora can. The fact that they show Faora doing it, but not Superman is a clear implication.
Also, he was 16 I think? When Kent died? Im not sure, under 20. And has had a father who has probably not let him use his power much. The reason why Kent goes himself is obvious, if things go wrong underneath the bridge Clarke can't protect them and other people there, definitely not without giving away the whole shebang.
It's a fast situation that arrives very suddenly for them, Kent had to think fast, he can't risk sending clarke. It's an incredibly responsible choice, it's so freakin powerful to me.
The only thing that I personally had to think about was... it's a dog... I don't think I'd risk my life for my dog, sounds effed up to dog owners maybe. So my only kinda criticism would be would you really go that far in risking your life to get your dog? But knowing how deep the rtelation of people with their dog can go... I can still buy it. Especially because I think Jon was genuinely surprised that he didn't make it.
It's not like he was going "Jep, finally, I can show my son me dying". He's really grave when he gives Clarke that hand but he feels he took a risk and it went wrong. That's very human. And he chooses the better consequential route over his own life.
And people rip on Kent not being a good parent, he freakin showed his son THE most heroic act you can pull off.
But I will say I'd have preferred it if Martha got stuck, not the dog, because it makes it without question that somebody had to do something.
I will concede Niltusk that it's not beyond reproach nor beyond improvement. But the core of what the scene was meant to do worked a 100% for me.
