Almost perfect superman origin movie...almost

Rating: 7/10 (12 March 2016)

I love this movie, it's a fantastic exploration of what it's like to be different and responsibility, while the fun Donner film and its sequel did a good job capturing the super of the character, this film captures the man, his struggle, journey and eventual role as metropolis' guardian. Henry Cavill fits the role perfectly, blending a stoic hero with a lost outsider, but it's Kevin Costners performance that I love, that of a proud father who knows his son will grow up to do amazing things, but never gets to see it firsthand. Zack Syder also impressed me, while I'm not a personal fan of his, he showed incredible restraint, Slow motion fights and cartoony looking environments are replaced by beautiful shots and grounded realism. Unfortunately the film has a massive flaw, and it cost this film 3 stars, the final fight is bland, lifeless and gratuitous, this wouldn't be nearly as bad if it didn't take up 45 minutes of the film, this is where Snyder goes full Snyder, all the fantastic storytelling thus far is ruined by a tacked on obligatory boss fight, I mean he fights a bloody space spider thing! What the hell! Where'd my amazing superman movie go. I pray this is an example of studio interference after receiving a script that went 5 seconds without punching something and not a creative choice. Alas the film ends with a lovely conversation between Clark and his mother about how his father always knew he was destined for greatness. It's in moments like these that Man of Steel captures it's magic, not the Cgi punch feats. Man of Steel is a must watch comic fan or not, and the best, most human superman film to ever be released, very optimistic for Batman V Superman