Great film. work to be done for sequel

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2013)

With Nolan being involved with the film my expectations where high, I have never really been a big superman fan at all, I have always felt that the movies have lacked the emotional side to superman and not explored where he is from, and why he is here. This film didn't disappoint, a lot of people have said two things about this film; 1) not enough action. to which I disagree, there is a lot of action, good quality action, its more quality over quantity with the action, The writers could have added a 40 min battle to fill the time, which they didn't, But I do understand their point as it can become abit repetitive watching a man in a cape hurling himself at another person. we didn't see superman use his full range of abilities, I can only assume this is to keep the action fresh for the sequel. 2) we do not learn enough about superman before he is known to the public. Again I disagree the first 30-40 mins focus on Clarke, where he works, his childhood, which they do using flashbacks of him saving his school mates on a bus and when he would be bullied but wouldn't fight back. Its very hard not to become emotionally attached to this film, we see his up and down relationship with his family who took him in when he arrived on earth and the relationship with Lois Lane ( who is played very well by Amy Adams). I think the main point of the film is to introduce us to who superman really is and for us to know more about him and know he isn't just a man in a cape but a person who has amazing powers to which he has had to try and control from the second he was on this alien planet. My disappointments are that the film did start to lose my attention when Clarke is labelled superman, the pace of the film slowed down until the last battle and it did get abit boring. And that General Zod isn't used to his full potential! Michael Shannon is a very gifted actor, use his skills ! he lacked the intimidation we learn to expect with villain's that Nolan produces, the only time I felt Shannon really felt intimidating is when he does the " you are not alone " broadcast but besides that I felt there was a lot of wasted potential there. Overall Its great to see another franchise which has been torn apart by Hollywood given justice with a very well made film which met the extremely high expectations given to it. I think it is a great film but a bit of work to be done for the confirmed sequel, its a good film but not in the same league of quality to nolans previous batman work To put the film in a nutshell id use the quote from Time magazine's Richard Corliss "The super part of Man of Steel is just O.K.; but the man part is super"