A Great Comicbook Movie For Adults

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 2013)

First off, for all those who dislike the movie, I completely understand why. Man of Steel is an action movie and by that nature, most critics will generally dislike it without much thought. For hardcore comic fans, it will also disappoint because it's "not the superman" ingrained in their heads. Lastly, it's much darker than most comic movies out so a lot of younger viewers may not like it even with its spectacular special effects. I'm guessing most of the people who dislike this movie fall into one of these categories.
But for the typical "movie fan" there's a lot to like.
There's a lot of action, and the special effects are the best and most "realistic" I've seen to date. In other words, the action scenes aren't cheesy. Perhaps a bit over the top and a few minutes could have been cut out, but you won't find yourself thinking that's just silly very often.
Despite what many say, there's a lot of detail in the story and character development. Yes it seems a bit rushed but that's because there's so much to tell and the movie was already approaching 2.5 hrs. There are only a few flashbacks but they are well placed so it shouldn't confuse many viewers. True you don't get a lot of detail between many relationships, but by the end you can really understand what sculpted the two main characters, superman and zod, into who they are and why their clash was unavoidable. This is a great setup for relationship development in sequels, namely between superman and lois lane.
We already had too many supermans who catches people, hold up bridges, guides airplanes to safety, blah blah. It's somewhat refreshing to see a much darker superman who really kicks the living daylights out of the bad guys. For what this movie is, a comic adventure, it's easily an 9 out of 10.