It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... JESUS!
Aug. 30th, 2004 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerIt's apparently official, according to comics scribe and Superman-movie-spy Mark Millar. Jim Caviezel is the next Superman.
Makes sense really. Superman is very much a Christ figure. I won't make an ass of myself by tying together all the comparisons (I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty of essays in the future on the matter), but it works. But more important is the question of how *good* is Caviezel for the role?
Personally, I really liked Passion, but that's a whole other matter and, let's face it, it wasn't really an actor's movie per se. No, the two Jim Caviezel movies that come to mind are "Count of Monte Cristo" and "Frequency." The former I only saw the second half of, but he was pretty good and intense there. The latter movie, however, I did see, and it's one of those touching, wonderful little-known flicks that are a little schmaltzy but very good. If that's any indication, I think Jim'll be a fine choice for Big Blue.Still, I kind of would have liked Tom Welling. I know, his acting skills are somewhat suspect, but in so many ways he just captures Clark, and I would have liked to have seen how he would have handled Superman.
Millar mentioned how we can now do so much more with the technology today that we didn't have 30 year ago to finally introduce some of the more... difficult aspects. Let's face it, Supes' rogues gallery is kind of weak. I mean, I love Bizarro and Mr. Mxyzptlk, but they're more comic relief than real threats. You have Lex Luthor, perhaps the greatest villain in all of comics (don't get your feathers ruffled, Dave. The Joker's also the greatest villain, but in a very different way.) But beyond Luthor, who does Supes have? One word: Brainiac. Awww yeah, now that's an evil robot mastermind villain. Maybe we'll see the Bottle City of Kandor yet.
Makes sense really. Superman is very much a Christ figure. I won't make an ass of myself by tying together all the comparisons (I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty of essays in the future on the matter), but it works. But more important is the question of how *good* is Caviezel for the role?
Personally, I really liked Passion, but that's a whole other matter and, let's face it, it wasn't really an actor's movie per se. No, the two Jim Caviezel movies that come to mind are "Count of Monte Cristo" and "Frequency." The former I only saw the second half of, but he was pretty good and intense there. The latter movie, however, I did see, and it's one of those touching, wonderful little-known flicks that are a little schmaltzy but very good. If that's any indication, I think Jim'll be a fine choice for Big Blue.Still, I kind of would have liked Tom Welling. I know, his acting skills are somewhat suspect, but in so many ways he just captures Clark, and I would have liked to have seen how he would have handled Superman.
Millar mentioned how we can now do so much more with the technology today that we didn't have 30 year ago to finally introduce some of the more... difficult aspects. Let's face it, Supes' rogues gallery is kind of weak. I mean, I love Bizarro and Mr. Mxyzptlk, but they're more comic relief than real threats. You have Lex Luthor, perhaps the greatest villain in all of comics (don't get your feathers ruffled, Dave. The Joker's also the greatest villain, but in a very different way.) But beyond Luthor, who does Supes have? One word: Brainiac. Awww yeah, now that's an evil robot mastermind villain. Maybe we'll see the Bottle City of Kandor yet.
