10 / 10 : Proof Professional "Critics" Are Officially Obsolete

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2013)

THIS IS THE ONE. This is the sophisticated rendition of Man of Steel we've been waiting for.
So here's a question: What's a "professional movie critic", anyway? Today's movie critics have gotten so cliquey and snooty, that their reviews no longer hold any relevance for the rest of the 99.99% of the population who are not graduates of some snooty New York Theater / Performing Arts program. Guess what, professional critics? It's official: you are utterly obsolete, and provide absolutely no useful information whatsoever, when it comes to helping decide whether or not a film is any good.
After reading one negative "professional" review about Man of Steel after another, I began wondering if this installment of Superman would be a dud. As it turns out, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I saw the film on opening night, after reading the crappy reviews, and I'm still amazed how completely wrong the "professional" critics were.
Enough ranting. Man of Steel has to be the absolute best film I've seen in 18 or 20 years. It was just flat out so completely entertaining. And isn't that point of going to the movies? We just want 2 hours and 30 minutes of entertainment, where we can suspend disbelief, and listen to a story be expertly told while drinking in the amazing visuals. Man of Steel was 2.5 hours of ENTERTAIN ME LIKE NEVER BEFORE. I loved every minute of it. I watched it in 3D and I'm going to see it a second time in IMAX. And that's saying something, since I almost never watch a movie more than once.
Man of Steel 2013 delivers all of the things we wanted, and for once gives us a superhero story without the obligatory watered down childish elements that always seem to pop into superhero films. For instance, most superhero films end up softening the edges, or inserting some moronic, quirky character- the Jar Jar Binks equivalent of the various Marvel or DC Universe. Man of Steel does no such thing, and never whores itself out to be "kid friendly". It tells the story by adults, and for adults, and delivers the sophisticated rendition we've been waiting for.
Don't listen to the morons who call themselves "professional" film critics. Flat out, they're mostly wrong once again.
10/10 for the film.