The Superman movie I have wanted ever since I became a grown up.

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2013)

Thirty Three years ago, at age ten, I saw the movie Superman 2, and while it remained my "Favorite Movie" for at least a decade after and still holds a place in my heart, there were always some things that troubled me about that movie. It was fine when I was 10, but as I got older, I was troubled by the fact that four super beings could duke it out in downtown Metropolis (actually it was New York in the movie though they called it Metropolis) without the entire city coming down around them. I was also troubled by the cavalier way in which our hero, the embodiment of everything good, tossed the villains to their deaths AFTER they had their powers removed and were no longer a threat. And now, at the age of forty two, I find that some people with the power to make movies had the same questions about that great old movie that I had. All the wrongs have be righted; all my questions answered and problems put to rest. The villain's motives are understandable and relatable, but we humans stand in the way of his goals, and only by committing treason against his own people can Superman save us. And he chooses us over his own people. My faith is reaffirmed. And his inherent goodness is intact. As he is absolutely forced to kill his enemy he cries out in anguish for what he has done, and for the fact that he is now, in a way, even more alone than he had been before. He is finally and truly, the last son of Krypton.