The Superman movie we deserved and needed.

Rating: 9/10 (28 July 2013)

Man of Steel surprised me. It lived up to the hype, despite the sub par reviews it received from the critics. Seriously, this was a wide spread mistake among the film critics. The film was fantastic. Sure the fight scenes were a little overblown, but BAD?! ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! Man of Steel had a great story, an epic scale, great music, and Superman has been brought back to life.
If there was one thing that stood out in the movie, it was the action scenes. The fights were incredible. It reminded me of not only The Avengers, but also the anime masterpiece Dragon Ball. I know this may not sound like anything new, but it really reminded me of it considering I grew up watching Dragon Ball Z and it was a mega part of my childhood. It was quite spectacular seeing how similar it was to Akira Toriyama's classic fighting style that's since been adopted in millions of Hollywood blockbusters nowadays.
Aside from the fighting, it's classic Superman storytelling. The film is faithful to the Superman mythos, from the destruction of Krypton to Clark being discovered by the Kents, thus adopting the identity of Clark Kent. It follows the Superman mythology well, but it does take liberties of its own, like some references to other DC characters that may result in cameos in Man of Steel sequels.
Overall the film was great. But I dare say that the script was sometimes overwritten. David S. Goyer is the man to hire when it comes to writing a great story for a superhero film, but his dialogue contains too many big words that human beings wouldn't speak in regular sentences. Regardless, the script still gets high marks from me. It gets a grade of B+; great execution, but should have been revised a little more before shooting.
I give Man of Steel 9/10 S'es, but it's not an S. On Kal's world it means hope.