Man of Steel

Rating: 6/10 (13 April 2014)

Superman for me is always a hit or miss. He seems like the ultimate superhero with all the best powers. I grew up with watching two superheroes: Superman and Spiderman. I had a chance to go see this when it first came out but I decided not to because it did not peak my interest. But after a few kids at my school began raving about the movie, calling it the 'best superhero movie' I then decided to watch it. I did not know what to expect, so I had no expectations. I found that the movie was just okay. It seemed really dark, a little too dark for a superhero movie, even though it was made by DC. Henry Cavill did a decent job as Superman but I did not enjoy Michael Shannon as the villain. He is always a hit or miss for me and I just did not appreciate his performance in this movie. He just seemed out of place with the whole thing. Also, one thing that bothered me was that the last half hour of the movie, it felt like they were trying to show off their special effects. All it was were buildings collapsing and exploding. There was nothing to it. Then, in the last scene in the movie, it goes ahead a few months and it looks like nothing ever happened. All the buildings are intact and people act like nothing bad ever occurred.