Chix Chat on Film review: A very super man

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 2013)

Man of Steel the much anticipated reimagined Superman tale was so much less than anticipated by me. Having grown up with the comic books, seen the story played out on television and in theaters for more than 4 decades I was just done. And then along comes this film with a two and a half hour running time, and I simply cringed at the very thought of sitting through another same old story. But, this wasn't the same old story this was a rocket launch into action and an adventure that began almost from the very start with Kal-El/Clark's (Henry Cavill) birth. This is the first time that I recall seeing in live action shown so vividly the planet Krypton before its infamous destruction. The vision of what life on Krypton would have been like and the coup that led to the imprisonment of General Zod (Michael Shannon) has never been rendered with such detail. The action in this story was none stop, all of which was fueled by the special effects. The special effects were so phenomenal that they were barely noticeable, because they worked so seamlessly within the story. They were primarily the art of devastation, from Krypton to huge crafts, to larger than life hand to hand combat with super human strength to Metropolis being all but completely razed, the film was a visual masterpiece. This story was told with a lot of heart, and the running time was necessary to show how much of an inner struggle Clark had with being so different. It wasn't just a natural uneventful growth process like going up in a show size when his powers began to manifest, it was conveyed as a traumatic transition, which made Clark not only likable but you care about him. I'm still trying to decide how I felt about Lois Lane (Amy Adams), she seemed to be too accepting too quickly of all the other worldly events that were transpiring around her, but I guess the situations didn't leave much time for panicking. I noticed hints in the film that there will be a sequel, but I'm having a hard time imagining that Lex Luther who has always been Superman's primary nemesis will be wrapped in a story with the kind of zeal that Christopher Nolan has brought to light here. It turns out that this story was so masterfully done and so entertaining that it has renewed my enthusiasm in the franchise, I give it a green light.