A Superman with a non-Superman Perspective

Rating: 4/10 (25 June 2013)

Superman a character that can be identified by anyone who was born in the eighties or the nineties. A dream and a fantasy that will live on no how many times it is re-told, remade and produced, in a better or worse form. Does man of steel do for superman what batman begins did for batman? A befitting question for this movie.
First thing to note about the movie is that when a movie is remade or a reboot is created, it is essentially understood that it wont change a lot from the original masterpiece and man of steel violates that. Louis Lane knows who superman is from the start. Similarly, there are various points where the movie clearly deviates from its predecessors, not even staying true to the original comics. The first encounter of the general public is the handing over of superman to zad instead of him saving people in his suit and being seen flying in the sky. We all remember, its a bird, its a plane phrase. It did sound stupid but it was true to the concept. Hardcore fans will definitely feel bad about this.
The team of man of steel never wondered what importance does metropolis have in the life and story of superman. What is Batman without gotham city. The concept of the city environment and how superman relates to it is completely missing. To the end the argument even the original soundtrack which was insignia of superman is not there. Superman man of steel has a dark touch to it. Batman is secretive and shadowy, that factor seems a misfit for a superhero who draws his strength from the sun and flies without a mask. The whole movie has shades of black, dark blue, deep red and shadows. It seems as if the director wanted the people to be serious and depressed about superman. A put off for me is all i can say. superman shouldn't be dark unless doomsday is around.
The sound work is decent, the graphics are good although the action seems too fast even for a superman movie. If you think fight sequences in matrix were fast, superman is gonna look like a bullet train.
I think the movie could have been made better. It is void of a lot of things that were needed in the mix. Just great action, graphics and a remade suit are just not enough. Maybe superman 2 will live up to the expectations and the team will have factors that essential in making any superhero movie from good to awesome.
Good effort but a lot needs to be done here.