"Man of Steel" steals the summer.

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2013)

Since Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy, comic book and super hero movies have been changed forever. This would make us believe that filmmakers and studios adapting comic books into films would strive for the excellence Warner Bros. and Legendary were able to achieve with Nolan. But, unfortunately, that hasn't been the case. With the less then stellar "The Avengers" and an immensely disappointing "Iron Man 3" it looked like Nolan really was just a fluke. And then there came "Man of Steel".
The tiniest bit slow in the beginning, the David Goyer-scribed, Zack Snyder-helmed re- imagining delivers, exponentially. With a visual style to put up against that director of "300" (hahaha...oh, wait) and a clear cut image of what he wants the final feel to be, Snyder is able to grip audiences within every fight scene, every "Oh my God" VFX sequence, and then flip your emotions upside down with the realization that sacrifice is necessary. Working with a script like Goyer's would make that fairly easy, I'd believe. Morals, foreshadowing and those good 'ol witty one liners, Goyer is able to prove that he's just as deep and thoughtful a writer on his own (although, there are some obvious little moments crafted and refined by Mr. Nolan himself, in there).
But, a good film can't be a good film without that final BAM, delivered in whole by Hans Zimmer. With a feel that's somewhere between Inception's horn blazing and snare- ripping, to The Dark Knight's deep woodwind and piano solo's, Zimmer delivers a score to even rival that of his themes in "Batman Begins". Mixing in an impressive amount of drums and adding to that with a consistent electronic feel, Zimmer does it again.
But can "Man of Steel" change the next generation of films? Or is it, like Nolan's trilogy, just another fluke? All I can say is, it's an Ideal for us to strive towards.