Man of Steel

Trailer: Man of Steel - Warner Bros.

Amidst the horrors in Colorado this weekend, Warner Bros. has released the first teaser for "Man of Steel." Zack Snyder's version of Superman will be released next summer.

As with all teasers, this is short, with mostly lead up, and one money shot. In this case, it is of Superman speeding off with a sonic boom shockwave. Otherwise, the footage is very colorless, some of it handheld. Not an attractive movie, to be sure! Gone is the great work of cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth, who shot the 1978 "Superman." I would certainly have to say I am not at all enthused by this teaser. The next preview is going to have to be much better for me to be at all optimistic about this release.

Christopher Nolan of "The Dark Knight" series is a producer on this. Hopefully, his depressing, nihilistic viewpoint will not ruin "Superman."

The Amazing Spider-Man

Trailer: The Amazing Spider-Man - Columbia Pictures

One of those "Who Asked for This?" movies! It seems like we just got done with Sam Raimi's three Spider-Man movies, now we have this one. Should we really be looking forward to this? I personally didn't get much out of the previous series. So, I am not exactly jumping up and down thinking about this movie!

It does seem to be a well-made movie, so there's that. But, will there be enough to get viewers into the theater? You'll have to decide!