"SUPERMAN... That's what they're calling him."

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2013)

MAN OF STEEL is a Superman flick directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon.
The film starts off with the story of how Kal-El is born, and continues to show how Zod tries to find Kal-El, who is on Earth, to accomplish his mission of re-creating Krypton.
Obviously when the trailer of Man of Steel hit the internet, it was the local buzz due to it's iconic character: Superman. Adding to that, it was produced by Christopher Nolan. So, as usual, I managed to catch the IMAX 3D screening of the film, to the advantage of this review.
NOTE: This review is done by a non-Superman fan.
Lets start off with plot line. The story for Man of Steel was quite good actually... from the looks of it. The film starts off pretty solid, but as the beginning scene distances itself from Krypton and fades into Earth, it tends to become quite mindless. There, still, is a bit of the plot there but Snyder tries to balance Clark Kenton's young as well as old life into half-an-hour which doesn't quite work out. By the end, there is no character development which makes Man of Steel just a mindless action flick.
There is TOO much of sci-fi in this one. It seems that Snyder created all the hype for this film just for the Superman fans. Films like Spiderman, Batman, Star Trek have all had this hype, yet they toned it down for it to be appreciated by all types of audiences. However in this one its just bizarre by the amount of alien-type stuff flying around he screen. To the disadvantage, Snyder never directed the film with IMAX cameras and it's 2D-converted-3D so the effect isn't quite there.
Also, the action in the film is fun at times, but then you just get bored of it. The fight between Jor-El and Zod was good, considering it was in one position, but as Superman is introduced, it tends to get a bit annoying with the cameras moving about everywhere, zooming in and out.
Acting-wise, the film manages to keep it's standards. Henry Cavill keeps the audience glued to the screen with his role as Kal-El/Clark Kenton/Superman and Amy Adams was quite good as well. Kevin Costner, Russel Crowe, ditto. Michael Shannon was a great villain with his emotions, but not the best. One more point, The film doesn't have much speech. In the sense, its less talk, more action.
In the end, Man of Steel is just a timepass visual-effects film. It's great at times but it has a lot of flaws, and tends to make you feel bored at times. Didn't live up to the the expectations, Didn't QUITE live up to the hype but it gave me some of what I wanted.
MAN OF STEEL- 6.5/10