Modernized Reboot

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2013)

I saw "Man of Steel", starring Henry Cavill-The Cold Light of Day, Immortals, Amy Adams-Trouble With the Curve, Julie & Julia, Michael Shannon-The Iceman, Vanilla Sky, Russell Crowe-The Man With the Iron Fists, Gladiator and Kevin Costner-Open Range, Waterworld.
This is a reboot of the Superman franchise-Man of Steel is Superman's nickname-just like 'The Dark Knight' is Batman's. This year is the 75th anniversary of the original Superman comic book-1938, and this movie is directed by Zack Snyder-Watchmen, 300. This is a more modernized retelling of the origin, with a few twists that may have some comic fans in a tizzy; mostly, his costume, which does not have the outer red trunks. Henry plays Kal-El, Russell plays Jor-El, son & father from Krypton. Kevin plays Jonathan Kent, the nurturing farmer that becomes Henry's father on Earth. Most of Henry's childhood storyline is told in flashback scenes. The villain is General Zod, played by Michael-And if you remember, he was the villain from Superman 2, and the story here reminds me of that film, where Superman fights several Kryptonian people with the same powers as himself. Amy plays Lois Lane. As I said earlier, some fan boys may be disappointed-there is a scene in particular where Henry does something that you have never seen Superman do in a movie or t.v. show-but I'm not too worried about sticking to the comics, as long as the story is good-and in the incident mentioned, there is a good reason for what Henry does. The fights are good with great effects and Henry really does the part justice-he looks the part. I saw it in IMAX 3D. It's rated "PG-13" for the action violence and some language and has a running time of 2 hours & 23 minutes. I enjoyed it and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.