Donner?...no; Brilliant?...yes!

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2013)

If you go in expecting a tribute to the Donner Superman....boy are you going to be disappointed.
OK, now that that's out of the way. This movie is the Superman everyone being waiting for. It represent a Superman before he realizes that he needs to hide behind a mild mannered persona. It's a Superman before he has come to terms with what he is and where he stands in the world. It's a Superman who is not a boy scout and one who hasn't yet realized that his actions and powers if used with abandon will cause a huge amount of collateral damage.
Picture this, Superman has to fight his equal and he has to break his own sense of morals and ethics to save the many, even if that sacrifices the few. It is a fight to either save humanity or lose it. There are no greys here. Just that black and white fact.
And this is where I think Snyder,Goyer and Nolan maybe aiming for something brilliant. It may well be that this incident and the damage that it causes Humanity and Superman's own psyche that brings him to control the use of his powers and become the boy scout Superman we have known and loved.
This is a fantastic take on the origin story and paves the way for a trilogy that may be considered the best ever Superman story.
Go watch it. Be warned, you may need a few minutes after the movie to settle down.