A Great Reboot

Rating: Null/10 (13 October 2013)

This is truly a great reboot of the Superman series of films. It shows a far more in-depth portrayal of how Superman came to be, showing the loneliness that an alien to another world would feel & how one would try to blend in. It also treats the hero as a god like creature, as indeed anyone with the powers he has compared to mankind would be treated. This is greatly shown in the fight scenes against Zod and his crew. The fight scenes are epic as would be the case if two gods were to fight each other. It's far more epic in its destruction than was shown in the Christopher Reeves adaptations, which were rather somewhat cleaner, tidier and somehow more clinical. Where perhaps this film does fall down is for a start there's no memorable theme tune. And you don't tend to feel the love, warmth & calmness of Supermans father, which Marlon Brando portrayed so excellently, indeed at times in doesn't even seem to matter that Jor-El played by Russell Crowe dies, as his body and mind work perfectly well afterwards, even being able to walk about! This version however does bring back the magic of Superman to a new audience, and the imagination of children can once again run wild as they reinact their hero across many school playgrounds.