Man of Steel

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2013)

Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Shannon. Directing the movie is Zack Snyder, who is known for directing Watchmen, 300, and Sucker Punch. Producing the movie is the director of Insomnia, Memento, The Prestige, Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises.
With the perfect cast, plus, the director of Watchmen, plus, the director of the Dark Knight trilogy, this movie has got to be good. And sure enough, it did not disappoint. In fact, it is the best movie of the year, so far. Hans Zimmer, who composed the music for the Dark Knight trilogy, and the Lion King composed the music for this movie as well, which made me pretty confident that the music would be pretty good. And it was.
This movie was getting chewed on by the critics, which made me lose just a little bit confidence for this movie. But the 7.8 rating on IMDb brought all of that confidence back. I read the critic reviews and they hated the movie, which doesn't make a lot sense because they loved Superman Returns, which is an awful movie.
But on with the review. The movie starts off on the planet Krypton, and Krypton is basically falling apart. So Kal-El aka Superman is launched from Krypton to Earth. The rocket that launched Kal-El drops into Earth. The rocket lands and Diane Lane and Kevin Costner find Kal-El inside (as a baby). They raise him as though he is just a normal human.
Russell Crowe was Kal-El's biological father. Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon were enemies, so Michael Shannon goes to Earth to try to find Kal-El. Kal-El finds out who he is and where he came from, and in the process, becomes Superman (Henry Cavill). Michael Shannon comes to Earth and demands Kal-El/Superman to surrender, but Superman has other plans.
Man of Steel is the perfect summer movie. I would recommend it to Superman/superhero fans, or just anybody looking for a good movie to see this summer. If you have children, you can bring them along, too. Henry Cavill gives a great performance as Superman. I was pleased that this movie wasn't all slow motion, just like every other Zack Snyder movie. Everybody looking for a good movie should definitely go see this!