Man of Steel is the latest reboot of the Superman franchise,
which intends on being the flagship film to launch a series of DC universe
films. The movie has great acting. The
effects are fantastic and overwhelming.
Finally, this film is different in all the right ways that a Superman
film needed to be.
Man of Steel opens with the destruction of planet Krypton.
Jor-El, played by Russell Crowe and his wife Lara, played by Ayelet Zurer, send
their newborn son Kal-El to Earth along with a codex of Krypton race. General Zod, played by Michael Shannon,
attempts to get Krypton back during a violent coup but ends up getting caught
and sent into the Phantom Zone. On Earth
Kal-El is raised as Clark Kent and is taught many great human virtues. His parents Martha, played by Diane Lane, and
Jonathan, played by Kevin Costner, want to protect him but also believe he was
sent to Earth for something greater.
In his search for who he his he helps many people including
Lois Lane, played by Amy Adams, an adventurous young reporter who comes to see
the good in this alien super hero. When
General Zod and his followers escape the Phantom Zone they come to Earth and
seek him out as well as the codex Jor-El gave him. Will it spell doom for planet Earth?
The acting is really good in this movie. Michael Shannon’s General Zod is a great
villain with a believable motivation. All of the actors portraying the parents of Clark Kent/Kal-El knocked it
out of the park. The best scenes included these characters and they really
capture the feelings of isolation and hardship Superman must have gone through
in his youth. It makes for some very
emotional drama. Amy Adams is cute as a
button and yet her portrayal of Lois Lane is one of the best and most likable I’ve
seen on-screen. She is smart and willing
to take chances and is clearly able to stand on her own two feet, which was
good to see. It was a really decent
change.
The effects are really well done. The planet Krypton looks great and bizarre
with creatures that are dreamlike and technology that is so wild that it can
only be described as alien. The design
works well since the suit looks to have been upgraded and seems much more
modern. I liked that they changed the
dynamic between Superman and Lois as well.
The past stories wasted a lot of time with stale comic relief of Clark
Kent being a doofus and this one seemed to skip that goofy stuff and get to the
meat of the story.
The small problem I had with this film was that it is a bit
too long. Some of the fight scenes could
have been trimmed for time and one scene in particular involving Superman and a
big Kryptonian lug and Zod’s second in command, Faora, could have been cut
entirely. It really did not add anything
important to the story. That aside, it’s a damn good movie and entertaining.
I recommend this movie to anyone looking to see a fun summer
blockbuster. It’s action packed. Man of Steel shows it’s true colors when
he acts like a man. It becomes a much
deeper movie and is really fun to watch.
It’s an original take to the story that takes out the corny humor that
the other movies attempted to keep and gives Superman a sense of realism without
seeming too dark like Nolan’s Batman films did.
It’s a good adaptation that I’d like to see more of and hopefully we
will.
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