The Man of Steel is a summer blockbuster with a quick pace, flaunting great CG, and is action heavy, particularly at the end. Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, and Sucker Punch) and stars Henry Cavill (Immortals) as the title superhero, Amy Adams (The Muppets, The Fighter) as Lois Lane and has Laurence fishburne (The Matrix) and that guy from Law and Order (Christopher Meloni). Wait, there's more, Russell Crowe nails it at Superman's father, there's Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Clark's earth parents and an always eerie and intense Michael Shannon as the movies antagonist, General Zod. The flick's got some star power, sure, but does it pull off a great show?
Yes. I give it an 8.3/10. My disclaimer here is that I've never followed the superman comic book series and cannot comment on how being a fan might affect watching the movie. Other than that, the only thing I can really fault it for is it being as action heavy as it is in the last third of the movie. Had it not been for the sensory overload of building collapses, explosions, implosions, breaks and quakes, I'd go see the movie again today, but it's a little much to wade through a second time in such short intervals, even if the rest of the movie was solid.
The plot is thin at points, usually when Lois is involved, but the movie is so pretty to look at and moves quick enough that it's hard not to shrug and follow along. Too, there are some character motivation and development issues that don't feel right at the moment but sit tight, because the backwards approach offers a mostly satisfying answer in each case a little later on.
Yes. I give it an 8.3/10. My disclaimer here is that I've never followed the superman comic book series and cannot comment on how being a fan might affect watching the movie. Other than that, the only thing I can really fault it for is it being as action heavy as it is in the last third of the movie. Had it not been for the sensory overload of building collapses, explosions, implosions, breaks and quakes, I'd go see the movie again today, but it's a little much to wade through a second time in such short intervals, even if the rest of the movie was solid.
The plot is thin at points, usually when Lois is involved, but the movie is so pretty to look at and moves quick enough that it's hard not to shrug and follow along. Too, there are some character motivation and development issues that don't feel right at the moment but sit tight, because the backwards approach offers a mostly satisfying answer in each case a little later on.
Wow, The Man of Steel rating has dropped over at Rotten Tomatoes hasn't it? What started out as 90% + is as of today ( June 15) 57%... 57!!! That's pretty low for how fun this movie actually is. I say, don't let that stop you from going if you were pumped after having watched an re-watched those trailers. Clark isn't as flat as some have criticized him to be. He's not as brooding as batman, nor as quick witted in conversation as Iron man. By comparison, he's dull, but that's because he's much more subtle, there's a whole bunch of different things going on under his Super man demeanour. Notice how he acts around mah Kent in particular. A more overt example is thinking about the gravity of the ending sequence between he and Zod, and how alike they really are as guardians of their people.
It's got all sorts of blockbuster flair, but shouldn't be so easily dismissed as a summer one time throwaway. It's a movie with some of the seriousness of Batman and flash of Marvel movies, but with a hit in the care free fun department of the latter series. It's different, but still a worthwhile theatre experience.
- Josh
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