Man of Steel: Great movie! It is what the other Superman movies were missing

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2014)

This is one of the movies that I thought might be a remake. Therefore I put off watching it for a long time as I am not too much into remakes.
After watching I am wondering why I waited so long. I thought it was a pretty good movie. It had a known plot....as anyone that knows of previous Superman movies knows what the basic storyline entails. However, without divulging information relevant to the storyline...I was pleasantly surprised to see the direction the movie took from the very beginning...doing what most movies do not - providing some much needed info about what happens up 'til this point.
It is due to the lack of that fact that so many movies fail I think...they jump into a plot and a great deal of the viewers are lost as to what happened to the characters(s) that got them to this point.
So if you are into a great story that is explained in better fashion than your regular movie does and with no shortage of action...you will like the ride I think.
Throw in a handful of good actors and some "under the radar" ones and you have yourself a great movie.
Bravo to the creators except for the title...I would think there would have been a lot of better ideas than what they gave. Think outside the box (How about: "Kal-El" or "Son of Jor-El" or "Last of Krypton"). You get the idea.