Yes--exactly. I think CR played Clark a little too much like Superman's mask, whereas Routh played him as one of Superman's layers.
That is a *perfect* and perfectly succint articulation of it. *applause* I may steal it. ;-)
I don't really blame too much of Clark's characterization on TW--the writers want him to be tortured, not dorky and sweet
*nods* Agreed. We even talked about this a little back when Fragile aired, because what made Clark such a joy to watch in that episode was that Welling had free rein, thanks to the screenplay and probably his own direction, to work with Clark's sweetness for a change.
but I really liked what you said about the Clark we see on the farm being the real Clark, uniting the layers of Clark and Superman.
I know that there is more footage of Clark's time on the farm because I've seen still images of things that were filmed but cut (probably because it was a lot of Clark solitary), so maybe on the DVD, we'll get more that (personally, i would have liked more of meditative!Clark than, say, Lois drippily arguing with Perry over her article and like you, I'm someone who normally likes Bosworth and probably would have unreservedly liked her in this if she'd just been playing Random Girl Reporter Clark Loves). But in those few brief moments we did get, I felt like "That's who Kal-El fully is when he can just be himself."
Sorry to spam your journal like this. It's just that I really could talk about the various aspects of this movie for days, but you, Bop and only one or two others have written really substantive reviews of it so far. (Also, I think I have managed to use almost all of my BR icons in my replies, because I am nothing if not an occasionally sneaky enabler.)
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That is a *perfect* and perfectly succint articulation of it. *applause* I may steal it. ;-)
I don't really blame too much of Clark's characterization on TW--the writers want him to be tortured, not dorky and sweet
*nods* Agreed. We even talked about this a little back when Fragile aired, because what made Clark such a joy to watch in that episode was that Welling had free rein, thanks to the screenplay and probably his own direction, to work with Clark's sweetness for a change.
but I really liked what you said about the Clark we see on the farm being the real Clark, uniting the layers of Clark and Superman.
I know that there is more footage of Clark's time on the farm because I've seen still images of things that were filmed but cut (probably because it was a lot of Clark solitary), so maybe on the DVD, we'll get more that (personally, i would have liked more of meditative!Clark than, say, Lois drippily arguing with Perry over her article and like you, I'm someone who normally likes Bosworth and probably would have unreservedly liked her in this if she'd just been playing Random Girl Reporter Clark Loves). But in those few brief moments we did get, I felt like "That's who Kal-El fully is when he can just be himself."
Sorry to spam your journal like this. It's just that I really could talk about the various aspects of this movie for days, but you, Bop and only one or two others have written really substantive reviews of it so far. (Also, I think I have managed to use almost all of my BR icons in my replies, because I am nothing if not an occasionally sneaky enabler.)