Man of Steel makes for a solid reboot with room to improve in the sequel

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2013)

this version of superman is overall a success. the visuals are outstanding as a whole with only a few mishaps. the cast does a great job and Henry Cavill makes for a good superman that has room for improvement in areas that are actually created by some poor script choices. Also props to Micheal Shannon on his Zod character who was pretty entertaining and special props to casting Russell Crowe as Jor el because he nailed it. It was a good decision by the director to finally give Jor el a face instead of just a voice in all the other movies. i know that people wanted all the classic campiness with the cheesy one liners and the nerdy Clark Kent but for the most part the film is better without it. I agree that the movie may have needed to lighten it up a bit a times but it is forgivable because it would have been out of place in this movie. Another controversial part of this film is the exclusion kryptonite. while kryptonite is a huge part of superman history i was glad to see it go and take a back seat to the great powers of superman himself. Superman returns over use of kryptonite makes me even more glad it was not in this movie. also when you take out kryptonite you are better able to show off Superman's god like powers without him keeling over because of a green rock. It is also important to remember that this is the first movie in a new franchise so the squeals have the chance to hone in on some of the more well know things about superman. why people think that this movie is anything like Micheal bays disastrous movies that are transforms is beyond me. this movie is not perfect but it sets up nice template for an even better sequel. also just because Christopher Nolan was part of this movie does not mean you should expect a dark night type movie. these are two very different themed characters and it would not have worked. I also believe that this film has fallen victim to the over hyping machine so that is a big reason why critics are so hard on this movie. my advice is just sit back and enjoy the movie and stop being so damn critical because this movie is pretty darn good entertainment on its own 8/10.