A great movie... I look forward to seeing more.

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2013)

MAN OF STEEL
That was so much better than I thought it was going to be.
I always thought this looked good by the trailer, but it blew me away.
The film is a new beginning for Superman. This movie has nothing to do with the other 5 movies that have been made. You see the birth of Kal-El, the struggle with Jor-El and the planet Krypton and the fights they are having with General Zod. Then Kal-El's life here on Earth, trying to adapt to life with these powers that nobody else has... until Zod finds him and seeks to destroy Earth to rebuild Krypton.
The film is full of action. the fighting sequences were amazing. In all of the recent super hero movies, when the fighting sequences are happening you can see that there has been some computer generated moments, but in this film I can honestly say that it was so well done that I didn't notice anything like that. It genuinely looked real.
The acting was good throughout too... Henry Cavill plays Clark/Superman/Kal-El, Amy Adams plays Lois Lane, Michael Shannon plays General Zod, Diane Lane plays Martha Kent, Kevin Costner plays Jonathan Kent, Laurence Fishburne plays Perry White and Russell Crowe plays Jor- El.
I have to say I don't agree with the complete casting on this film. Henry was a great Superman, Amy was a good Lois, but she was a completely different character than the Lois from the original films. She was more serious and less accident prone. Kevin Costner was not that bad as Jonathan Kent. I was a bit sceptical, but he was OK. I think the biggest mistake was Laurence Fishburne playing Perry White. Perry should always be a character that was hot headed, always shouting with a bad attitude... but Laurence played the part calmly. He needed to shout more. I would have thought Louis Gossett Jr. would have played it better. He knew how to shout.
General Zod was brilliant. He has such an evil look about him. And the fighting scenes with him and Superman were fantastic. Another thing I liked about this film is Superman does not get to save everybody like he does in the original movies. People actually die. Superman is not super enough to be able to rescue them all... during the fighting and destruction of Metropolis, a lot of buildings get destroyed and there are explosions everywhere... it makes a change to see Superman slightly beatable in that aspect.
There was a couple of things about this that I was not fond of too... but I don't want to put any spoilers in my reviews so I will let you watch it and see if there is anything you don't like about it and see if I agree. Nothing big, just a couple of little things that I thought should have been done differently.
I will give this film 8 out of 10.
A great start for a reboot... I look forward to seeing another one which I am sure they will make. This could be better than the recent Batman trilogy... and I am more of a Batman fan.
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