The Best Superman film of all time and truly sets up DC to set up their cinematic universe

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2014)

I am a huge comic book fan of both DC and Marvel but I have never been a huge fan of Superman, I always believe that he has been treated above everybody else and seen as unbeatable and unrealistic. However, after this film I am now fully behind Superman and where they go in the future. This film starts off on krypton and it shows the devastation of the planet while Kal-El aka Superman is sent to Earth to set up a new future until an old enemy from the past returns to reclaim Krypton's future. Now first of all the performances are all superb Henry Cavill kills it as Superman and he is the perfect cast for this new realistic Superman for this film and future films. Amy Adams is strong and superb as Lois Lane and really stands up to the male characters in this film, and the villain General Zod is played magnificently he is evil and menacing but his best quality is the fact that he has a true reason to be evil to save his people. This makes him a relatable villain as he is just trying to do his best for his people and he truly believes what he is doing is right. Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent and Diane Lane as Martha Kent all excel in their role and truly show their loving nature for the son making them relatable to the audience. People complain this is just an action film but they are wrong as the flashbacks of Superman's origin as Clark Kent makes us feel sympathy for this God and show us just how much this character has had to go through. This story really emphasises Superman being an emphasis of hope against Zod's emphasis of control. As this film progresses there are more and more heroes Martha Kent becomes a hero, Perry White becomes a hero, the US Military become heroes and Lois Lane becomes a hero because of Superman's influence. The link to Hope is even more emphasised by Hans Zimmer's soundtrack which is fantastic and truly fits this new superman installing hope, also this is one of the best Sci-Fi films I have seen as a while and reminds me of such forms of media as Star Wars and Mass Effect which adds to the great style of this film. Now the action is awesome the opening on Krypton, the battle of Smallville and the final battle between Superman and Zod is the films best thing and also emphasises the realistic destruction of this film that would really happen if aliens did invade Earth. There is an action committed by Superman at the end of the movie that is controversial but I accept it as this is a different Superman to Christopher Reeves or the comics giving us a new fresh Superman. Now the main negative for me is the product placement, there is about 7 times where I saw it and it truly takes me out of the film and feels like a bit of a long advertisement there is also some shaky cam but it isn't as much as critics believe. The Dialogue is quite rigid at times which doesn't help the actors or actresses. This film is a phenomenal reintroduction to Superman and I am highly positive for the sequel and future films with this cast and a certain other hero.