Best Superman Movie, one of the best superhero movies

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2013)

I'm a huge superman fan, all my life have been, while I loved the 1978 Superman movie, one has to concede by any standard its not a good movie, even if Christopher Reeve and John Williams were beyond perfect, the production problems and compromises are notorious.
I love the 1986 John Byrne's version, a more streamlined version of the character that back then removed most of the silver age baggage from a character.
No that thats clear, I can say I loved this movie, sure its an origin movie and as such the pacing is a little relentless leaving little space for character development.
Having said that, including Superman's Origin with an updated Krypton, that will hopefully erase the bland crystal version forever.
Adding not only a match for superman prowess that can trade blows with him, but Zod the embodiment of what Kal-El would be if not for his humanity.
The way Earth had to deal with the notion of alien life, before even meeting Superman was incredible, and sets the stage for a decent portrayal of Luthor in a Future movie.
Having happened what happens in this movie, Luthor's motives as an Earthist are understandable.
Instead in most comics his gated for superman comes as petty envy, in this universe fear is the appropriate reaction, to what happened.
Lois will meet Clark before the superman persona, adding intimacy to their relationship.
And Superman will have to deal with Zod the same way he did in the comics, which is just an important part of his character as uncle ben's death is to spiderman. the only time superman's had to do it marked and poisoned him.
and the movie manages that perfectly.
The visuals are stunning. I was left with my mouth open at the battle scenes which are relentless.
Overall as an old-school fan, I liked whats new and whats old, how they keep some modern takes and some silverage stuff This one is in the top 3 origin superhero movie, maybe behind captain America and spiderman 1 but overall better than iron man, thor.
I liked it better than Ironman 3 and Batman Begins.
dark Knight Rises was a mess of a movie.
Finally the tone is perfect not to dark not to camp. some critics are complaining that this movie is too Nolanverse which is silly, Nolan made everything plain and realistic Magic or sci-fi had nothing to do with Nolan's Batman. this movie on the other hand starts with spaceships fighting dragons, And just keeps going from there.