My Super manly Man of Steel review

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2013)

Well... this was... I'm kind of confused here. Going into the theater I had enormous expectations for this movie. I was pumped and ready to go into a new emotional take into the famous story of Superman. And what I got was more or less forty five minutes of that and the other hour and a half... well let's say it didn't stick with my that well. The way the trailers made me expect this movie was more of a slowly dedicated and emotionally striking version of the man of steel (especially the third one, damn!). Still the fourth trailer was more focused in action than in story and that's how saw this movie at the end. The beginning of the movie which takes place in the exotic planet of Krypton, (yeah, when I say exotic I mean giant alien rhinos and really got me emotionally attached to Jor-El (Superman's dad). It actually pulled on my parents strings! Seeing the planet implode in such a way was breathtaking and kind of harsh! Then came the stretch of the movie which I actually feel confused about: The becoming of Superman. From Kal-El being sent to earth it immediately cuts to him all grown up and going. I felt good about this decision, it gave us the feeling of mystery! Then came the flashbacks and these were reeally good! I felt the confusion of Clark and his attachment to his earth parents, the Kents. But then when this ends, (mainly at the reveal of the Fortress of Solitude) I felt that they were going too fast and the buildup lacked something. Then immediately Zod shows up! And I was like "Woah! I expected this farther into the movie! I'm not ready!" And then from the first attack on Smallville everything goes crazy! At first I thought the effects where amazing! and the fast paced action was dynamic. But then the scene dragged, and dragged, and dragged. And I felt overwhelmed and kind of bored. I was praying for an break to get into the deeper aspects that the movie had shown us at the beginning! Then it stopped! I was relieved and interested about where it would go from here! And then more action... and more action. I saw that they where going in with those world tearing machines that I saw in the trailer and actually felt worried for the character of Perry running from the destruction! But those scenes dragged even more! The action was spectacular but it lacked substance! Except for one part where Superman can't destroy the machine across the globe and Perry is trying to save the other chick. That was intense. That was... Nolan! Finally! I found you! And then... guess what!! More empty action sequences... Damn, someone went haywire with the effects. The fight between Zod and Clark began with a good setting of... well ash. It was nice to see something new. That fight I really liked but maaan, content pleease! Then the movie ends and Clark goes to work at the Daily Planet and and yeah, the second half of the movie left me so mind numb that I didn't give a about the ending. Otherwise I would be cheering for that scene. An aspect that I want to highlight is the relationship between the Kent mom and Clark. I really felt something in that mother to son relationship. Henry Cavil also lacked some emotion. Russel Crowe and the Kevs Costner were pretty good and inspiring in their roles. To summarize my experience I cried more in the trailer than in the movie. That being said, it was not BAD! I only expected something greater.