Zack Snyder's gritty new take on the superman legend as young alien Clark Kent tries to find his place in the world.

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2015)

I know some people don't like this movie but I LOVE this movie. I enjoyed the previous film superman returns but this film is just plain awesome! What I like about this movie is that director Zack Snyder brings a really new and fresh take on superman but still stays true to the superman story we know and love. I like how this film gives a more "realistic" take on superman and I mean realistic in the sense that the film does a great job in trying to show what it would be like if human like aliens came to earth. I like that they show in this world people are freaked out by someone like superman and they don't trust him oppose to people just being okay with an alien who has the power of a god. It's a more darker and gritter superman and I was worried that they were going to make superman dark and brooding but I think they found the right balance. I love the story, it's so well done but I think you have to watch it a 2nd time to get all the story points and the action is spectacular some of the best I've ever seen! And I love the cast! Since this is a reboot we have to go over the origin story again but Zack does a great job giving his own twist to it. We naturally start with planet krypton and I like how they gave it a pre-historic look but with some advance sci-fi technology. Russel Crow is great as Jor-el, he's logical and calm but still loving, he plays it perfectly. The woman playing Lara(superman's mom) was great too. I also like how they explain a little bit about the history of Krypton. I also like how they showed superman's growing up in small-ville in some well place flash backs. Kevin Costner is great as superman's earth dad, Johnathan Kent. He feels very real in the role although I think having him terrifyingly killed in a twister felt a little too much. The woman playing his earth mom was good too. I thought Amy Adams was great as Lois Lane, I always like her. I like how she fits into the story, I like that they first establish her as good reporter and I like how she goes investigating for Clark and figures him out and I like her relationship with Clark. Their friends with a little touch of attraction between them. Lawerence Fishburn makes for a good Perry White. And I really like Henry Cavali as superman, sometimes he gets a little loss with all the stuff going on but Henry holds his own and we see more of him as the story goes on. Henry feels really real and natural and he looks great in the suit. His superman is a little more complex then others, he's conflicted as he wants to reveal himself to the world but is afraid of how the world would react to him. He's one of my favorite supermans. I love Micheal Shannon as the villain, General Zod. Terrance Stamp's Zod is great and defiantly iconic but I kind of like this Zod better. Shannon's Zod is a little bit more fleshed out and he's well written. He's not necessarily evil because his goal is really just to save his people from Krypton but it's his coldness, ruthlessness and his by any means necessary attitude that makes him a villain. Shannon is great as Zod and his relationship with superman is really well done and layered. His lisp also works well for him. I also like his sub-commander named Faora, she was a great lieutenant for Zod. but none of the other members of his crew are really showed at all. The special effects and action scenes are truly fantastic. I LOVE the scene when superman flies for the first time, it's exactly what I wanted to see. LOVE IT! The action is spectacular! I don't think anybody can shoot an action scene like Zack Snyder. Some thought it was too much but not me. I feel like if kryptonies did come to earth it would be a lot like this, all the destruction felt appropriate for the story. However it's sad to think all those people got killed and I do think the film could've done more to address the fact people did died but it was well done action that brought a perfect kind of intensity to the film. It was a more realistic superman where people got killed before superman was able to stop it. I like that he killed Zod too. It has a nice ending with Clark getting a job at "the planet" and it was nice that Lois recognized him too. This is a great film that feels truly epic not just a superhero film going through the paces. I think this is a great start for Warner bro's. D.C. cinematic universe.