Lois Lane is Pam Beesley (The Office) and Clark Kent is Alcide (True Blood)

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2020)

I couldn't get over how much Amy Adams' portrayal of Lois Lane reminded me of Jenna Fischer's Pam Beesley from 'The Office' & how Henry Cavill's Clark Kent reminded me of Joe Manganiello's Alcide from 'True Blood'--but at least his felt more suitable in this context. It was really Russell Crowe (Jor-El) who stole the show though. And that's quite a compliment coming from me, because I'm generally not the greatest fan of our Russ (I think that's what we Aussies are meant to call him).
Overall I guess the film hits all the marks it needed to and I particularly liked the opening on Krypton. Zack Snyder certainly has an inspiring handle on modern visual effects and it was wonderfully utilised. I'm so over the whole aliens-and-their-tech-causing-chaos-in-a-major-city shtick though. We seem to have had so much of it in recent years with Transformers and The Avengers and others. Unfortunately 'Man of Steel' contains yet more of this without bringing much of its own innovation. I'm eagerly anticipating how Guillermo del Toro's upcoming 'Pacific Rim' will show us all how these films are really done!