Superman! ... Without the red pants :D

Rating: 7/10 (19 June 2013)

"Superman" has already been done to death. Maybe not on the big screen but certainly on the small. So something special really had to come along at this point to reboot things. As Someone who's never been the greatest fan of the "Man of Steel," but actually liked the last attempt to renew things (Superman returns) I entered the cinema knowing only of the promise of this being Superman going all "dark knight" on us, and I think they've pulled it off pretty well, if perhaps, not as well as they did with Batman. Who I've always favoured anyway.
The Winning team of Christopher Nolan and David S Coyer, has done wonders in retelling a familiar story in a new way, without it feeling to much like a pointless remake (Think "The Amazing Spider-man") and I have to applaud the decision to have no Lex Luther, no secret identity, no Kryptonite, and obviously no red pants in the movie. But Someone somewhere has gone a bit overboard with the action. I had already heard going in that the flick was CGI heavy and didn't have a lot of quiet moments, and at first this wasn't a problem. The Film pulls off things they could never off done back in the 1978 original, and by the half way point of the movie I was like "YE! This is freakin' awesome!"
Trouble is it keeps going. I think people might of complained that "Superman returns" had to much chat, but did they really have to go all "Transformers" on us with this one? Aye, seeing Superman and his enemies throw themselves through buildings is one thing, but when Lois Lane and the reporters at the "Daily Planet" start getting involved in the over the top action, things start going seriously over board. And why is Amy Adams Lois Lane anyway? Seems if they wanted to have this modern take on the character be more than a damsel in distress, they should have perhaps picked someone not renowned for being a girly girl in all those musicals she's been in.
Still, there are so many crowd pleasing moments, that I have to take this otherwise un-necessary reboot as an overall success. If Smallville getting completely trashed doesn't quite literally blow everything else "Superman" related out of the park, I don't think anything ever will.