Superman is better than Batman

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2013)

When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be superman. But my grades weren't good enough. Man of Steel, based on the original Superman series, was released in 2013. The movie is about Clark Kent whose origins are another planet called Krypton. When Clark was just a baby his mother and father sent him to planet earth in a spaceship to avoid the destruction he would face in Krypton. Sent to earth and genetically encoded with Krypton's race, Clark originally named Kal-El, lands in the small town of Smallville where he is found by Martha and Jonathon Kent, who with no children of their own, raise Clark as their own. Jonathan aims to keep Clark's origin and powers a secret as he doesn't want his son exploited. Compare that to typical child stars parents who exploit the daylight out of them. He is a great father who passes away and this is very hard on Clark as they were very close. The movie brings out the return of Commander Zod who originally murdered Clark's biological father and after being sent to the Phantom Zone returns with those who were banished with him. He goes to earth to hunt Clark down asking for Kal-El but Zod is full of deceit and lies. He tricks Clark and Lois Lane, a reporter whom everyone knows Clark falls head over heals over, to going with him as he tells them he needs the codex to save planet earth, but what he wants to do with the codex is make the earth a new Krypton and fill the earth with clones of Kryptonians that are genetically engineered. Will Clark Kent be able to save the day? I enjoy watching Superman movies and I hope there will be many more to come. Now, I can't help but to say this - did anyone else notice the comparisons between Superman and Jesus? This was a good movie! - Asif Zamir