Better than the original-Please Read

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2013)

As a lover of the character and (parts) of all the previous films, I was not sure what to expect, though I knew the adverts gave a good indication of a serious version of superman - something we have never been given before. The film is beautiful in design, the actors are top notch, the non chronological story works perfectly (as it did in batman begins) and the story is humble. Only the best written stories can make you feel sorry for the bad guys, some examples (Monster, Return of the Jedi, The Godfather) and Man of Steel joins that list, I found it hard to route against Zod in this film and that connects you to the same struggle Clark Kent finds himself in.
This film doesn't feel like a popcorn, corny, camp, comic book movie; although the action lends itself to one. It is a film about an outsider, a loner, a bully victim, a homosexual in today's society. It is about every insecurity we have ever experienced all in one man. This is all written perfectly into the guise of Superman, and that is exactly why this story is still so compelling after 70 odd years. It connected with me and I am sure everyone else in the cinema had the same reaction in one way or another. We have not all flown around faster than a speeding bullet, but we have all been and felt different to everyone else at one point in our lives - and this film is an adaptation of that feeling.
I can understand people disliking the length of the film, and the detail of the back story, but we must appreciate those things were needed to be told to set up the rest of the story.
Henry is now Superman in my eyes, not anyone before him, The Man of Steel has the power of the world and more and can practically do as he wishes; and I never got that feeling from the late great Christopher Reeve ( and this is why I find it better than the original)but I get it from Henry, although Henry could not shape this character without his predecessor.
Nolan can make a man in a cape seem deep and pensive, not silly looking(Watchmen), Nolan has took watching "Superhero" movies from the shelf of (don't let them catch me watching) and (It's something the kids will like) to (Lets watch a detective film about corruption and love called The Dark Knight) He is changing the whole game, and this film supports that.
This is only the first chapter in the retelling of what should have always been a monumental, serious and introspective story, and I cannot wait for chapter two.