Best Superman film ever!

Rating: 7/10 (24 October 2013)

Well, maybe not, but I did enjoy it quite a lot. I don't particularly like superhero movies. They never seem to get the balance between comic book slapstick and terrible seriousness right. They are either too far one way or the other.
I did come here with the intention of nit-picking the plot holes in Man of Steel a bit but you know what, I'm not going to. Despite those things, the film just kept me smiling all the way through. Besides which, having seen some of the most ridiculous fanboy angst and gum-beating amid the other reviews here, I came to realise just how absurd it would be for me pull apart a story about a man who flies around in a cape! That said, I have a few niggles.
Amy Adams. I'm never convinced by her in anything I see her in. I have no idea what sort of person she is in real life, but she always seems to me like she's just escaped from the 1950's. It's just her manner and projection, I think, but it always catches me unawares. It's a kind of uncanny valley moment whenever she's on screen. I don't think she made a particularly good Lois Lane.
Also, though I enjoy violence and destruction as much as the next guy, there was a LOT of it in here, especially towards the end. I couldn't help wondering just how many thousands of innocent people were being killed by falling buildings and the like as Superman fought Zod. Still, I'm all for wanton destruction, so...
Of course, now that this has been made, there will be the inevitable sequel. However, given the level of violence and threat that Zod brought to this movie, it is hard to see how, say, Lex Luthor is going to be more than a minor nuisance to Superman. Wait and see, I guess.
SUMMARY: Good action movie. No real sense of threat towards Superman, but a ton of destruction and violence. A tad long in places, but not bad for a reboot.