Critics be damned...MOS is as good as a superhero movie can get!!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2013)

Being a staunch Superman fan, I have been tracking the reviews very closely and the criticism that this movie has been getting from most of the critics (who makes them the final authority on movies anyways?!) is surprising. Simply because of the fact that most of the judgment being passed is just not true. It's as though people have a very defined mind- set of how a Superman movie should be and that nothing should breach these boundaries, which seem to have been created to a large extent of the original Richard Donner version. Well, that is where the critics have got it all wrong. As the saying goes, change is the only constant - and Superman has changed, and IMO, for the better! The movie is NOT dark and brooding as it is made out to be. It's just a honest and sincere attempt to re-present Superman in an avatar that is different, more enriched and contemporary. The very concept, of treating Superman as an alien who has to come to terms with who he is, the mysteries surrounding his origin, his powers and whether society will accept him or not, is very unique and frankly quite apt. I mean this is Superman, the greatest and the strongest superhero of all. Unlike most of the other hero's he is NOT from this planet and that IS a fact. It takes guts to re-invent the entire concept and present it like the ways it been done and beautifully so – for that well deserved kudos to Zack Snyder and the producers. MOS is brilliantly filmed – right from the opening sequence of Krypton to the closing credits when you see the title flash on screen (yes, the title's towards the very end in case most didn't notice). This is a huge spectacle and befitting of the greatest superhero of all times. Is the movie perfect, perhaps no. And I don't intend to quibble about these few shortcomings. What the movie definitely is – it's one of the very best as far as this genre is considered. In fact it's a superb sci-fi cum action cum superhero movie. In terms of sheer scale and size it hits the Avengers and the other biggies out of the park. It packs enough fire- power to pulverize the entire Marvel gang. And that is a lot to speak of. If this was the first Superman movie made, it would have created an unparalleled name for itself. Unfortunately it has to contend with comparisons being drawn to the original movie, the original score and Christopher Reeves whose image in blue and red is so firmly etched in everyone's mind. But if you leave all that aside, you will see a Man of Steel who is here to stay. Henry Cavill is the NEW Superman. Period.