Absolutely Brilliant!

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2013)

For as long as I can remember I have loved superman, the comics, the animated TV shows and the old Christopher Reeve movies but after seeing superman returns, my liking for superman started to fade slightly, the film was a disappointment. 6-7 years had passed and rumours of a new superman film named 'Man Of Steel' started to spread, which left me wondering if this were to be another disappointment or a success. After seeing the whole cast and trailer I was not at all disappointed with how it was all starting to look. It was the 14th of June 2013 and Man Of Steel had finally been released here in the UK and on that very day I headed out to the cinema, hoping this film was to be a success, and a success it was! Both my eyes and mouth remained wide open throughout the whole film as I was processing this movie's excellence. The makers of the film stuck with the classic story of superman at the beginning of the movie (having baby Cal EL just been born and sent off through space and into Earth because of his dieing planet Krypton. Then found in a large alien pod by his Earth parents, John and Martha Kent and brought up believing he is a normal human being until he starts to discover his powers as he ages). Throughout the movie, you experience all the pain Clark goes through from different moments of his life e.g. when he first discovers his x-ray vision in school, when he finds out he's not human, when he's bullied by his class mates for being different, when his whole class witness a teenage Clark Kent lift a school bus out of a river and pushed to safety and when he meets his real father's ghost (Jor El) who then explains to the adult Clark who he really is, where he comes from and why he was sent to Earth (Cal El is also given his Kryptonian costume by his father in this scene). This film has a bit of everything including action, sci-fi, fantasy, romance and a few comedic quotes made by some characters. The effects were magnificent, all the actors/actresses were perfect and the costumes were out of this world (pardon the pun). Zack Snyder (the director) truly did a great job, which is brilliant as I am a fan of his work; also Henry Cavill was a real inspiration. This film is definitely up there in my top 5, even my top 3! Both sci-fi movie lovers and comic book lovers (like me) can't possibly be disappointed with this! It was a great success and I'm very much looking forward to Man Of Steel 2 which is rumoured to be called Batman VS Superman!! :D