Man of Steel SPOILER REVIEW!!
SPOILERS!!
This review is by far very late but considering that this blog is only 2 days old I hope no one will hold it against me. I saw this movie in theaters opening night and absolutely LOVED it. This was the re-imagination I was hoping and waiting for. I enjoyed the direction, cast and view they decided to take on Superman here.
I enjoyed how we got to see more of Krypton at the beginning almost like you could reach out and touch it or feel it. Getting a more in depth understanding of the world Superman comes from. The build up of Zod's character is brilliantly done and I am very positive that it was all due to Micheal Shannon's talents.
The skipping of Superman's origin story and just getting flashbacks of important points was great, that was by far one of the biggest things I was afraid of walking into the theater was that we as an audience was going to be tortured by Superman's origin story even though I am positive there is no one alive today that doesn't know it by heart. So seeing him as an adult right off the back, hes lost and trying to find himself and his way/place in the world was very relieving. One of my favorite scenes in the movie was the bar scene, seeing this tiny drunk angry man throwing beer in Clarks face was just priceless, even better followed by Clark destroying the mans semi-truck with the very logs he was hauling.
Its here we get our first glimpse at Lois, and I wasn't overly impressed but I wasn't disappointed either, she is a important character in the Superman mythos after all. Was good that she was portrayed as a smart, strong and capable woman that later in the movie finds out that Clark Kent is Superman.
Skipping ahead towards the end with all the major fights, a lot of people were disappointed in this because its shown, I thought clearly, that people were dying and Superman wasn't trying to stop it. Well to that I say...WHAT ARE YOU BLIND?? What exactly was it that you think he was doing? Standing back just watching these technology advanced aliens take over and destroy the world? No, he was fighting! With everything that he had, Whether he is Superman or not, he is still only one man against an army. There were going to be casualties, but have to look at the flip side if he did nothing, the world would of been decimated. Then the other problem people had was that Superman snapped Zod's neck. Now here I can see where a lot people were coming from, because those that are not comic readers are not going to know that he has killed when there was NO other choice. When you talking about someone who is equally as strong as Superman, and Kryptonite and the phantom zone are no longer options or don't exist your left between a rock and a hard place leaving no other option. And with the direction and universe they want to setup for this version of Superman I thought it was very well done and planned out. They even showed his pain and hate for what he did in the emotion on his face and outrageous shout.
All in all I loved this movie and can not wait for Man of Steel 2 coming in 2015. Agreed with my review? Didn't? Leave a comment and let me know whats on your minds and what you maybe hope to see in Man of Steel 2.
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