A Different Kind of Superhero Movie

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 2016)

Before I saw this movie I was never a big fan of Superman but after what they did with his character in this movie I was blown away and now have a whole new appreciation for Superman and his lore. This movie is amazing I loved it, it does everything a superhero movie should do and so much more and I'm annoyed at people who have come to turn against it. Henry Cavill was great in this movie his character may be a bit to serious at times but he always brings humanity to his performance. I loved Amy Adams as Lois Lane she had great chemistry with Cavill and I loved the attitude of her character, that definitely feels right out of the comics. I adored Michael Shannon in this movie he was so good and making Zod not only menacing but also vulnerable, while you never support him you understand why he is doing all, these terrible things and I even found myself sympathetic to him at certain points, the created a compelling villain that other superhero movies need to take notes from. Russell Crowe is one of my favourite actors working today and I loved him in this movie, we've never seen him play a character like this before but he pulled it of beautifully, I loved his characters vision and his scenes with Kal-El were a very nice touch. One of the reasons I didn't really like Superman that much before this movie was because he didn't seem a little to silly and had to many unbelievable aspects to him. Things like Lois Lane never realising the identity of Superman, they do away with that in this movie and it felt much more real to me. I was also happy that they don't really call the title character Superman I loved that they called him Kal-El instead of just going straight to naming him Superman. I also loved the costume of Superman it felt updated to a modern world. Zack Snyder did a fantastic job directing this movie he filmed to action to perfection, he knows exactly what to do to show the destructive powers of these gods. Probably one of the most divisive scenes in this movie is the death of Jonathan Kent, I, loved this scene, you definitely understood why it left such an impression on Clark and was a really good showcase for the relationship between father son. But my only real issue with this movie is the overuse of action and destruction in this film, I know that wanted to make a showcase for the power of these two gods but it was just overused to the point of stupidity.
I really do love this movie all the performances were fantastic, it took certain liberties with the character in a good way, while they may have been overused the action scenes were still amazing, I think this is one of the best superhero movies we have.
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