Man of steel "explosive", but not beautiful

Rating: 8/10 (19 June 2013)

Yesterday I did get a chance to see Man of Steel. I must say I am not disappointed. There is nothing wrong in the movie. Acting was good by all the actors, action scenes are terrific and breathtaking and the score was fantastic, but it lacks the magic touch of the directors like James Cameron or Peter Jackson.
Zack Synder does a commendable job in making this movie. Without getting much into the plot, I would just like to state the things I liked about this movie. The opening scene is great and Krypton was shown beautifully. But the story telling is so fast, it hardly gives you time to breathe. Everything moves with a fast pace. The father-son relationship between Henry Cavill and Kevin Costner is nicely depicted and are probably the only scenes which capture the emotions of the movie. In the early part of becoming Superman, Henry travels a lot to find about out his origin. After finding his origin, he finally decides to take his responsibility as a superhero to the people of Earth in the fight against the enemy general Zod. Thereby follows an apocalyptic battle between Superman and Zod and his evil Kyptonic forces.
First of all, talking about the fight, I have never seen this magnitude of destruction in any other superhero movie. The special effects are gorgeous and battle scenes are absolutely brilliant. The way he flies across the world is spectacular. The strength of Superman is visible in the action scenes. But the movie it is not so beautiful. Here's why I say this: after watching the action for a while, I feel that the human aspect completely vanishes. It seemed as if lifeless objects are fighting with no sense and feelings. In Man of steel, everything is so fast, sometimes you can't judge who fighting against whom and subsequently you lose interest. Here, action means destroying buildings and burning a city which literally turns into a graveyard. Hence it loses focus and interest. Even if Superman is referred as a God by Jor-El, God would have fought beautifully instead of just destroying everything. In the movies like Avatar, the Avengers or Lord of the Rings, the story builds towards the final scene which is depicted nicely. Emotion in the story builds in these movies and ultimately final battle commences. Man of Steel barely has any emotional movement and it fails to portray whatever is present. Nevertheless, the CGI is beautifully done, especially the picturization of the world engine and Superman fighting it. The movie also was not that much colorful and I assume the director wanted to make it more of a darker one. Story telling was good but not the best. Music and score of the movie is good. Actually, the music amplifies and intensifies the action sequences making it an awesome experience for the first time viewers.
In general, I give thumbs up to Man of Steel for its highly digital and kick-ass visual effects and the musical score. The acting was OK. I liked the movie, but I would probably skip it watching for a second time.