It's a bird, no it's a plane, no it's Man of Steel and it's awesome!!!

Rating: 8/10 (15 June 2013)

I have to say, watching it was Action Pack Fun! Forget Iron Man 3, this movie is truly the Man of Steel. It pretty much stole the hearts and minds of comic book fans everywhere. Still, it's isn't perfect, but a movie full of action, it was pretty intense and impressed. I would probably have to say, it's even better action than 2012's Avengers. It might be even better than 2008's Dark Knight in scope of DC adapted films. Like how Christopher Nolan save the Batman franchise from near ruins. Both Producer Christopher Nolan with his writer partner David S. Goyer team up with Director Zack Snyder of Watchmen fame, save Superman from the same fate. The reboot movie starts out with a longer look at the origins of Superman than the previous movies. On the planet Krypton faces imminent apocalypse destruction due to an unstable core from years of terraforming. Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife Lara (Ayelet Zurer) broke the rules by having a first natural birth on Krypton rather than codex one. (genetic engineering). They then launch a spacecraft carrying their newborn son Kal-El and a genetic codex not only to escape Krypton's fate, but fallen in the hands of the rebel General Zod (Michael Shannon). The spacecraft lands on Earth, where Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha Kent (Diane Lane) takes care of him, and raise them as their own keeping his secret identify, a secret. It wasn't until General Zod comes looking for a new planet to terraform by eradicate the human population, and replace them with genetically-engineered Kryptonians that Superman/ Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage. I like how the movie opens up the origins of Superman even more. I know generations of Kryptonians has controlled reproduction through a eugenics program, but why if they can terraform other planets. They wouldn't run out of planets to populate. So it was a bit weird for Krypton to lose a lot of resources. The mind-numbing CGI does kinda take over the film, but it was pretty impressed for CGI, nothing was used in a silly way. The story is good enough to stand on its own without too many CGI moments. I know some critics might hate the serious tone to the piece, saying it doesn't have enough comedy or romance, but I think it work best when it seem real and not campy like previous Superman films. For one, Superman honestly looks like a superhero. Good job for Henry Cavill, not only did he had the Boy Scout good looks, the Superman build, but this guy acting in this movie was truly super. He look more like Superman than the last actor that portray him, Brandon Routh. I do like how the writer gave him reason why kryptonite makes him weak. A superhero struggling with inner conflict makes him more human. It makes him more violable. Some critics hate the fact that toward the end, Superman had to kill somebody to save others. If you watch that scene, you can serious see that Superman is upset about doing it. It's not like Superman didn't kill people before in the comic books. I think some comic fans are taking this too serious. Some critics might hate the Religion force feed toward the middle of the film making illusions to Superman's sacrifice to Jesus. I didn't mind, it was too big a deal as well. The film might have too much expository dialogues, but it's doesn't get in the way of the action. I love how the Kents are more involve in the film in this film. Kevin Costner has always been his best when portray father like roles, and this one was pretty good even if his advice was pretty odd. Still, why in the hell did he had to risk his life for a dog? I surprised that well hasn't run dry yet. Amy Adams was great as Lois Lane. Glad in a way, that Kristen Stewart wasn't hired for the job. I like how the writers, didn't portray Lois Lane and others supporting characters as complete clueless idiots when face with the fact Clark Kent is Superman. They hint at it at the end, but it never clear that they don't know or do know. The whole glasses disguise thing was cheesy, and dumb in the first place. I like how the military surrounding Superman was given roles during the actions scene rather than looking complete useless. While General Zod and his thugs can have the strength of Gods, they can still be stop by human beings. Christopher Meloni was pretty badass in the role. Michael Shannon was outstanding as General Zod. I like how they gave him some depth rather than making him a silly comic book villain. I kneel down to his performance. I like Faora (Antje Traue), the fight scenes with her was pretty damn interesting. All the fight scenes were good. It was like watching a live action Dragon Ball Z. The music was pretty powerful score by Han Zimmler, but I will miss the Superman theme song from John Williams. I like Zack Snyder's attention to detail careful enough that audiences care about it. I didn't like the shaky camera at first, but it's die down mid-through. There is Easter eggs in the film like the Lex-Corp, Wayne Enterprises, & Blaze Comic logos. There is no extra scene after credits. Overall: it's a great watch. I was deeply impressed by it. I don't think it's a generic, C average, sci-fi, Michael Bay type action film. The origin story is explain way better than Richard Donner's version. The film is more serious in tone than 2007's Superman Returns, and last thing, what is wrong with non-stop action!? The first comic with Superman was indeed call Action Comic, so what's wrong with that!? I don't see anything wrong as long as they tell the story, well. So check out the movie so it's super well done