Beautiful origin story!!

Rating: 8/10 (5 February 2019)

Overall, this is a great movie!! It is beautifully directed by Zack Snyder and has enjoyable, if extremely unrealistic action sequences. This film also has a simply outstanding score from Hans Zimmer. However, There are a couple of issues with this movie. The plot of the movie/Zod's plan is complicated and, as a result, rather uncompelling. The acting from Henry Cavill and Russel Crowe is, at times, very dull and emotionless, but, overall, I think Henry Cavill gives a decent and respectable portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman. I know the filmakers intended this to be a darker telling of the Superman origin story and I'm totally on board with that. I think it is an interesting and refreshing direction to take this character. This leads me on to one of this films defining features. This film is beautiful from start to finish and the muted colours and dark tone help to amplify this. A few small issues but, overall, this is a great movie!!!