Man of Steel-best since Reeve

Rating: 8/10 (18 June 2013)

I'm checking off the spoilers box right now because I'm not sure if I'll put spoilers in this, but, you get the point. Man of Steel in IMAX 3D this weekend was the best movie ride since the Avengers last summer w/Downey, Jr. and Sam Jackson. This is not the Donner version or a sequel to Singer's 2006 return, no, no, no. What this constitutes is a true re-imaging of the legend. We start on Krypton, with Russell Crowe as Jor-El aka Daddy telling the council that they're in serious trouble with the planet. Zod busts in, everybody starts fighting, and the shuttle for Kal-El is eventually launched. And it begins... I'm not gonna give you the whole movie until the end, so forget it, but what I will say is that aside from a couple pacing issues with the storytelling and a couple of inconsistencies in the script, Man of Steel did it! Director has to find that perfect man for the role...Nolan had Bale, Snyder nailed Cavill, so if this trio of Snyder, Cavill and Nolan put the heads together the right way for the sequel, they'll redefine box-office success. That's it for me, I went into the theater with an open mind, ears and eyes and was blown away with Snyder's approach. He really went into the character foundation to see what the meat is. He then shows us the meat as a worker, a fisherman and finally at an Artic outpost where he meets the holo version of JorEl and gets the suit. Because at this point, Clark is trying to figure out his role in anything...so he does half and half. An hour and a half later earning the military's trust and stomping the heavies, Superman comes to the other half. Finding a job where he can keep his ear low to the ground, we then see him in decent, dark business-casual attire w/a jacket walking into a building. Perry White introduces a new swinger to Steve Lombard and Lois Lane...Clark Kent. Henry Cavill, Laurence Fishburne and Amy Adams. With this new Daily Planet trio to show us the Man of Steel franchise, I'm excited to think who the next heavy will be, what they'll do...this is truly a Superman like we've never had before and that's the best asset. The new franchise will be in good hands with Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane and certainly, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White...but I wouldn't mind seeing Synder quarterback the next MOS installment as long as they get someone else to do the script, only because getting the same hands responsible for the TDK trilogy to handle MOS didn't quite work the way it could have. As I edit this now, we have a full DC movie slate confirmed through 2020, with Ben Affleck as Batman and Gal Gadot (Giselle from Fast & Furious 4-6)as Wonder Woman joining Cavill's Superman for the beginning of the Justice League with a script by Oscar winning screenwriter Chris Terrio...Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will hopefully give fans like myself what I've been waiting for more than 20 years...And Superman's S symbol means hope so there's that.