This is madness

Rating: 9/10 (19 January 2014)

When I heard that Zack Snyder was going to do a film on superman the first thought that came to me was; wauw. Being a huge fan of Watchmen (that still remains one of the most underrated movies ever), I had high hopes for this movie. However coming out of the theaters I didn't really know what to think of it.
Let's start by saying that choosing Snyder as a director was a good choice, the man had proved that he is familiar with the world of comics and graphic novels, combine this man with David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan and you should get one of the greatest comic adaptations ever. However why didn't it feel like that? The answer is quite simple, despite the fact that I love this movie, it is just to dark. Superman is contrary to batman not a symbol of darkness, revenge and bitterness. The man of steel represents hope and showing hope in a dark and destructive movie like this is just not possible. And I think that's why most people say this movie isn't that good, well that and the enormous amounts of destruction that is at display.
However if you can get over this darkness and over the destruction, then you must admit that this is a really enjoyable, highly-entertaining and actually very good movie. The casting is simply put perfect, Fishburne plays a very realistic Perry White, Costner and Crowe each perform tremendously the role of loving father (although it's quite funny that superman has in this movie two robin hood fathers). However the real star of this movie is Shannon playing Zod.
In short if you expect to see a superman comic than you shouldn't go watch this, because well it isn't. If you however desire to see a bad-ass movie that is highly entertaining and happens to have superman in it, then you really should just go and watch this.