...and He comes bursting through...

Rating: 5/10 (29 June 2013)

Every superhero comes with a point of origin, which not only helps the audience to root for the character, it also helps them to identify with the human in him. Now, in the modern world of ever increasing weight of special effects boosted by limitless budget, the makers have the freedom to choose what aspect of the hero they want to portray. Here, as soon as mandatory subjects like origin and journey are hurriedly covered, we are thrown into what Superman can actually do, and the makers start breathing easy. This film becomes an excellent example of not only how Superman saves the Earth, but also how effects take the place of coherent storytelling of human emotions, and can still come out as a movie. Its ironic how the one thing that Superman fights for is actually missing, the human beings. The one thing I actually miss about the Superman of simpler times is simplicity.