Man Of Steel

Rating: 7/10 (30 December 2013)

This adaptation of superman is an absolute winner. The man of steel (Henry Cavill) is dark, rugged and beautifully explosive and leaves chaos and destruction in his wake as he attempts to fight General Zod and his forces. We start on the planet krypton as you would expect, however this time we see an alien and technologically advanced race that really fits the bill! Their technology is based on iron filings suspended in a liquid and is seen frequently in the early to mid stages of the movie. When combining this tech with space shuttles of various shapes and sizes and winged beasts soaring through the air the viewing experience is really quite spectacular. Battle armour is worn by kryptonians and are armed with plasma guns of some kind, all of which display stunning special effects and continues to get better and better throughout the movie.
Jor-El (Russel Crow) and Lara Lor-Van (Ayelet Zurer) play superman's farther and mother and have the painful choice of sending their son Kal-El to earth before Kryptons imminent and dramatic exit from the universe. After arriving on earth Kal-El is cared for by Jonathon Kent (Kevin Costner) and Martha Kent (Diane Lane). We are instantly thrown into a world of heroism as a certain Clark Kent displays his raw superhuman strength and his immunity to fire. He soon disappears and continues living on the road looking for work and with his non-biological fathers encouragement he eventually finds the secrets to his past. Soon to follow is the introduction of lois Lane(Amy Adams) who pursues Clark in search of a story. It will be interesting to see how this relationship is written in the next movie.
I Would of liked to of seen more childhood events, relationships and generally a slightly longer filming in this area. However what was shown about Clarks childhood was very impressive. I thought the entire cast was great and as usual Kevin Costner and Russel Crow were fantastic to watch. I thought Zack Synders interpretation of superman was very good indeed and would give a comfortable 7.5/10
M.Rigby