Shadow of Christopher Reeve Will Always Be a Problem

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2013)

This is by no means a disaster. Not the hideous turky in a cape that some would have us believe. The first 40 mins is some of the best visualization of the Superman lore that I have ever seen. Unfortunately it is when the 'fully grown' Supes is established that the film began to lose me.
The biggest problem is that Chris Reeve made the role of Superman so iconic that no matter who steps into those red boots and no matter who films them, the memory of the 70s/80s Reeve Superman dwells in our Brainiacs. Smallville made the wise choice of delaying the costume and cape till the 11th hour and Singer's stab was a dead duck for being a quasi-reboot/sequel mash-up. With this in mind Man of Steel deserves points for comepletely starting afresh and I did like this new Supes but I found myself popping in the Donner DVD when I got home.
Also - I worry for the sequel and/or Batman Vs as if we see the Daily Planet Clark in action then the Chris Reeve comparisons will be even more unfavourably prominent.