Man of Setup

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2013)

Man of Steel is very ambitious. It is written by David Goyer, who wrote the Dark Knight and the Dark Knight Rises, and is produced by Christopher Nolan, the director of the previous two titles. Warner Bros. is making the bold move of having him oversee their latest DC titles. Personally, I think it's a smart move, considering how I found the two films to be great films in general. I was a little skeptical about Zack Snyder's direction. Considering he has range from 300 to Sucker Punch. I was actually hoping that it would be good. I found the pacing in the first twenty minutes to be awful. Everything was happening so fast, it didn't let the audience breathe, considering it was the prologue. But as the narrative shifted, I felt more comfortable with it all. Henry Cavill is a very good Superman, I've heard of some of his works and he can pull off the role very well. Amy Adams is a great actress and she can pull off a role like Lois Lane with ease. Michael Shannon gives an appropriately bombastic turn as Zod. And Kevin Costner actually does a fine job as Jonathan Kent. Russel Crowe gives a very Russel Crowe performance, nothing really new, but nothing really bad. The CGI is great, a $225 million budget actually went somewhere. But the action sequence at the end went about twenty minutes longer than it should've, but before the novelty wore off it was pretty impressive. The way they end the film is a very impressive way to set up the next film, they actually gave Superman a reason to do what he did and I'm glad they did that. I like the way they are continuing this trend of superhero movies, and I really hope it continues.