Could've been better, could've been worse.

Rating: 6/10 (22 June 2013)

I was fairly excited to see Man of Steel. I have seen the original Superman movies and thought they were OK given the time they were made. Therefore I came to the conclusion that if they're gonna start the franchise again, Man of Steel should be at least good, if not Super.
First of all, it takes the film 30 minutes to introduce its "hero" and he's not even got his costume on yet. To see that, you have to wait another 40 minutes.
So at this point, I wasn't that happy. General Zod then comes to visit and sends his dark message via the televisions in the entire world. It was like something off a poor comedy horror which again, annoyed me.
But, then Superman started to pull his finger out, and the first time I saw him use his eyes as a weapon made me smile, and this ultimately got me back in to the film, purely because up until then, all superman had been doing was using brute strength to fight his opponents. And every time Superman was on the receiving end of a "beating" he would get up panting and injured.....but hang on.....this is the "Man of STEEL"....It irritated me the amount of times he fell on the floor in pain. He's an unrelenting beast! Not a wuss.
Superman also seemed to cause more damage than he prevented. How many buildings did he destroy whilst in fights!? Just throwing enemies into buildings, not using any superhero initiative.
However, the end of the film is a face off between Superman and General Zod which i actually thought was a good thing to see, as in recent superhero films, I don't think there has been enough Hero vs Villain air time. It's all become more in depth with other ways to get the villain. And, although the ending was a tad weak with Zod dying via a snapped neck, it's good to see the Superhero actually killing the villain which again has been lost in recent superhero films (e.g. The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3).
I suppose though, there was more things that annoyed me about Man of Steel, but the reason it gets a 6/10 from me is that on the whole, it did its' job of entertaining me for 2 and a half hours. I also gave the film the benefit of the doubt on the little annoyances I have about the Superman character as I feel the sequel will put these right and be much better than the first film.
But on the whole, worth the watch; but nothing Super.
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