Man of Steel

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2013)

As a fan all my life, I was highly anticipating this film from the start. Superman is certainly a polarizing figure in his own right and within the last 30 odd years we have encapsulated him and have been confused as to what we do with him. The 78 Donner film, seems to have encased this mythos to a point the character has been stuck in a time lapse. Zack Snyder's re imagining is the beginning of making large cracks in the glass that surrounds him. This film is ballsy. It's large and an epic in every sense of the word. It is humorless and quite heavy, to agree with the criticism. But it's also the most emotional and spiritual of the mythos thus far. Not a perfect film, as it does plod along on large plot exposition in the 3rd act. The fight scenes become comparable to a Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck fight with no real emotional investment, but Snyder plays with us to reveal that these fights serve a purpose for a finality to a Superman battle that might again create some controversy. I for applaud it and applaud Snyder for making a larger stand on what it really means for Superman to be the world's savior and moral compass. It comes at a cost and reduces Clark to understand the power of being human. Isn't that really what a Superman is?