What if a film dreamed of becoming something other than merchandisers intended? What if a film aspired to something greater?

Rating: 3/10 (18 June 2013)

I was very much looking forward to seeing The Man of Steel especially after watching the very epic feeling trailer and after what was a very promising start i was still excited in my seat at what was to follow, that promise however was slowly broken as the film rushed by each scene crammed together with the next. The back and forth between a young Clark Kent and the present was unnecessary and frustrating as i felt there was little to relate to as you are shown his hardships growing up in drips and drabs. And due to the aforementioned rushed pacing, these scenes made far less emotional impact than they should have. Even with this flaw i did enjoy the first part of the film as it modernised our hero and his story with current issues e.g. "Are we alone in the universe?" and if not what would our galactic neighbours intentions be? and how would mankind react to said neighbours. Unfortunately this was as good as it got as just when i was thinking the movie was going to leave my dissatisfactions behind i found far more. The fight scenes were just repetitive and incredibly fake looking due to an over reliance of CGI. While some people may not feel this and were clenched in their seat i was left YAWN just defeat them already. Not exactly encapsulating the magic of film. To make a more positive point i felt the casting was terrific and if allowed to actually act with the promising script could have made the film work on a far superior level also the musical score was good but also suffered to the pacing. By the end of the film i left very disappointed and just glad it had finally ended. The scenes intended to make an emotional impact like the ones with Jonathon Kent should have been given space to breathe and reach out but instead were cut to the next scene rushing to fit in as much repetitive superman smashed through a building then through a train then through a building then a spaceship and so on This film could have, no SHOULD have been incredible start to finish but unfortunately this potential was lost under CGI and inside hollow characters.