Man of Steel - Review

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 2017)

Admittedly I never was a very big fan of Superman, but I was actually pretty excited for this movie when it was announced, I though the idea of a modern take on the character could be an interesting idea and when DC announced this was going to be the starting point of their own cinematic universe, I had more reasons to be excited. When the movie came out, initially I had... mixed feelings, on one hand I liked the modern take on the story, on the other hand I feel Snyder scarified some of Superman's best known attributes, after watching the film at least 3 times now, I can say I enjoy more than I did when it first came out, Man of Steel is not a bad movie, in fact is pretty entertaining, like I said, the movie's new story is great, a pretty good modern re-imagining of the character, Hans Zimmer score is magnificent, Henry Cavil was a pretty good choice for the last son of Krypton, in fact, most of the cast is pretty great and the action scenes are great, we never saw Superman fighting like this before on the big screen, however, the film still has some glaring flaws, for starters, the third act, no, I'm not going to complain about the destruction (That argument is just... overdone), but I do think the final battle could have been... maybe 15 minutes shorter or so, also I never liked Snyder's color palettes, I get he is trying to make a more gritty Superman movie but seriously, is just kinda silly how it seems like the sun never touches Metropolis, specially since Superman gets his powers from... you know, the sun. Overall Man of Steel is still a pretty enjoyable movie, the did a good job modernizing the story and we saw Superman fighting on the big screen, however the overlong final battle and the color palettes of the movie are a few complains that hold the movie a bit from being amazing in my opinion.