Man of Steel, great summer blockbuster

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2013)

First of all if you plan to see this movie ignore what the critics are saying. They are fans of the Christopher reeve era of superman. Which always felt like superman wasn't that super.
In this however we get a feel for supermans power.
The origin story of krypton is amazing, the visuals of the planet and the technology are very well thought up. Russell Crowe was very good as Jor el, supermans father. We see him trying to save his planet through his son only to be confronted by the villain general Zod.
Zod is sent into exile off planet while krypton is destroyed. He only wants the survival of his race and needs something that was in Supermans pod to do this.
We then get various flashbacks to Clark Kents up bringing but it doesn't go too much into it, this I think was the weak point in other superman films.
Superman is then led to a ship hidden on earth with a ghost of his real father who equips him with the knowledge and superman suit.
From there we see Zod invade we his team of kryptonians. From there the visuals are amazing, we see whole towns and cities levelled. Zack Snyder uses his signature slow mo for the fight scenes and it works beautiful to show the gravity of their powers.
All in all if people would stop comparing and keep an open mind. Man of steel is the superman movie that people have been waiting for. It shows how powerful he can be and isn't as predictable as other superman movies.
Gets a 9 out of 10 from me :)