"it's not an s, On my world it means hope.

Rating: 9/10 (10 April 2017)

After my second viewing in 4 years since the film came out, did my opinion changed? Well I can safely say that overtime, my view on this film had changed a good amount. For the most part. Let's talk about the positives first.
Henry Cavil just owned the role of Superman. Even if he didn't really have much dialogue to say, you can still get the sense that he captured the spirit and the overall nature of who Superman is and what does it mean to have someone with this special kinda of power, as well to protect the people around him. It's all handled pretty well, and the performance from Cavil helps out that as well. Michael Shannon was very convincing as Zod. Sure he went a bit over the top at times, but he did put so much passion and care in his performance to make things convincing and you understand the motivation behind his character as the film goes on. I thought he was a great villain as Shannon is usually a great actor.Some other noticeable performances I want to mention and they're Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner as Kal-El's fathers. They were both very good as the two separate fathers and they both give good motivations with their characters to help Kal-El to understand what does it mean to have these types of powers and how he can used them for the uses that are needed and when to use them to be a symbol of hope.
Which it's another thing I did liked about this film is that isn't really afraid to dive into the meaning of being Superman and how much can it accomplish wonders. Even though it doesn't always work, you still get the sense that the central theme does play a big part of the development of how Kal-El is learning as the film goes on and he had to learn the both the good and danger side to this type of power. Zack Snyder is a director that I admired for quite some time. Even though his films aren't masterpieces (expect for Watchmen obviously) I think he's a pretty good director who know what he's doing and this film is a good example of it. He gets a clear and very different view of Superman while also paying respect to the lore of what Superman is. Not to mention that's he's really good with the work behind the camera with the nice looking cinematography, entertaining action sequences, good effects and not to mention that Hans Zimmer's score is uplifting and powerful.
Now I do have some problems with the film and I'm going to discuss them for a bit. For one, I felt that there some storytelling issues that felt a bit out field and not really straightforward enough like it should have been. Also some of the symbolism (particularly with its religious metaphors) as well its attempts at humour don't feel subtle enough to be strong but rather feel painfully obvious to take me out of the experience for a bit.
But even with it's flaws, I found Man of Steel a pretty underrated and entertaining comic book film that don't deserves all of the hate it's getting.Sure I can understand were the negative side is coming from. But I personally found the film more grounded, more ambitious and more confident than most superhero/comic book films out there thanks to it's clever directing, strong performances, entertaining action and effects, and how it tried to go deep into the character of Superman while also respecting the lore of Superman bold and proud. So I say it's worth seeing if you want to take a stand on the films reaction. Just don't expect the typical Superman your normally used to.