Well done re-imagining of the Superman legend...

Rating: 7/10 (4 July 2013)

1st watched 6/29/2013 – 7 out of 10 (Dir-Zack Snyder): Well done re-imagining of the Superman legend with an excellent portrayal of the new "man of steel" by Henry Cavill. What makes this movie work is that it gets to the heart of what the character meant to the surrounding earthlings in the story as well as those who experienced it the first time in the DC comics. A moral backbone to a superhuman person that's able to do anything but chooses what's best for all is the "man of steel's" longtime montra and core of his existence. The movie is fun to watch until the last half hour when it starts to become a typical action flick with one very corny scene that should have never been included referring to the man of steel as "kind of hot". I think the filmmakers were trying to infuse a little humor into what up unto that point was fairly serious, but in my opinion it wasn't needed. Overall this is a good piece of filmmaking by Zack Snyder despite the subject being done so many times. He breaks out of the mold with the story a little bit putting some twists to the retelling including a different perspective from the Lois Lane character that might turn off the hardcore fans, but I think in the long run this one did well for the franchise and for the movie-going public.