F# critics, F# "fanboys"

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2015)

I am 45 years old. I have seen Star Wars in the movie theatre 10 times when I was 7 years old. I watched bladerunner alone at a matinée when I was 12 years old. I spent all of my paper route money on candy and DC Comics, Superman WAS my GUY!.
I've been a Sci Fi fan since 1970, watched every VHS, DVD, BLU RAY, since then. I LOVE MOVIES. I LOVE SCI FI. I LOVE COMIC BOOK MOVIES. I really do like how marvel has developed there characters and taken the time to develop a universe. I watched buffy AND angel and used to say "Joss Whedon is a genius, and if they ever gave him a big screen budget, a comic book generia, he'd blow people away!". and guess what? they gave him avengers. And I absolutely love the "campy" touch and humor he has given that universe. love Avengers!
Maybe when it comes to superman, "fan boys" want "Christopher Reeves" Campy version. I am old enough to remember the first time my parents took me to superman 1 and 2 in the theater in the 70's and 80's and still remember the euphoria I felt driving home after superman defeated Zod AND Luthor. I was swimming in the amazement of a young boy feeling "super". I do understand those days. But, entertainment has evolved sooo much since then.
When I parse out the masterpiece Zack Snyder made of the new retelling of and old canon, I am mesmerized by how much thought was put into the story telling. the amount of subtle effort put into the back story of his Krypton parentage and Human parentage is brilliant because it does more than the previous moves did and frankly more than the COMICS did in defining the foundation of a man gifted AND cursed with sooo much power and sooo much baggage.
The effort that was put into the subtle details of the organic and advanced technology was mind blowing.
The effort that was put into the "psychology" of and man, alien, cursed, displaced, feeling alone, but raised with morals, was beyond comic book canon.
Finally, critics ripped into how "dark" this superman was.... so back to the campy 70-80's then? Avengers had "camp" covered already, previous versions of Superman where "campy". So internet/fanboys/arm-chair critics... Did you really want "Cristopher Reeves" again? You would have crucified Zack for "going back to the well...".
there was no other direction really, and this version gave more back story and "humanity" than any other incarnation.
"Superman doesn't kill!" wow, Black and White. OK. When it comes to morals, there will never be a "black and white" and Zack decided not to treat us like infants and tell us a story about the "grey" of moral choices.... some people may not understand that. I get it. Policemen, firefighters, nurses will though...
This is a mature dialog and grown up retelling of a classic.
10/10
For contrast I submit this info; I just watched "Age of Ultron" 2 days ago, then "re-watched" Man of Steel tonight, as I write this review. I am actually disappointed with Age of Ultron, and quite frankly prefer the purity of story telling by Zack.