Superman flies again

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2013)

When I watched the trailers for these movies and saw that Chris Nolan and Zack Snyder were working on this movie I was very excited to see this movie. With Nolan's storytelling and Zack Snyder's visuals I thought they would be the perfect team. When I saw this movie at its midnight premiere, I was totally right. It had a few issues which I will discuss in a little bit but in this movie, the good outweighed the bad. As the far as the story goes, it's really a retelling of Richard Donner's Superman but it does manage to make a few changes including how his earth father dies but I don't want to spoil too much. Also, they changed the villain to be General Zod. It was nice to see someone other than Lex Luthor be the villain of a Superman Movie. Zod was a pretty good villain, not the best, but he is given character and you understand why he is doing what he is doing. The acting in this movie is good too. Im not a big fan of either Russell Crowe or Kevin Costner but I thought they were both good choices to play both of his dads. Amy Adams is impressive as always and I actually liked how they made her more than just a damsel in distress and she is actually interesting. Henry Cavill as superman was OK, but I just wish he were a little more interesting he didn't really emote that much. Also, the effects in this movie are just amazing! Zack Snyder proves again that his visual style works in every one of his movies. It was really nice to see the special effects get better as the superman films went on(especially from Superman 4).My biggest problem with the film was the shaky cam. good gosh the camera never stops moving. It was shaking so much I wanted to puke. but thats really my only real pet peeve with this movie. Overall, this is a great superhero film that will keep you entertained and give you the superman that you deserve.