Superman

***The Superman*** is a 2011 superhero film directed and written by Brad Bird. Based on the DC Comics character Superman, it stars Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman, with Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane and Laurence Fisburn in supporting roles. It is a British-American venture produced by DC Entertainment, Legendary Pictures and Syncopy, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first installment in the DC Extended Universe. The film reboots the Superman film series, telling the origin story of Clark Kent from the destruction of his planet to his journey to become Superman and his fight to stop Lex Luthor from plunging the world into a catastrophe.

## Cast

* **Henry Cavill** as Clark Kent / Kal-El, the Superman & Bizarro, a clone of the former
* **Ana de Armas** as Lois Lane, a journalist in the Daily Planet
* **Adam Driver** as Lex Luthor, a billionaire widely beloved by the people and considered to be the Man of Tomorrow
* **Kevin Costner** as Jon Kent
* **Diane Lane** as Martha Kent
* **Tobey Maguire** as Jimmy Olsen

## Plot

The planet Krypton is destabilized from the mining of the planetary core. Just before the planet explodes, Krypton's supreme council chief advisor Jor-El and his wife send their baby son, Kal-El, away from the exploding Krypton to save his life, coded to land in the nearest civilized planet (Earth), also have this be a silent sequence with beautiful contrasting cinematography. Kal-El lands in Kansas, where he is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent and named Clark. As he grows older, he develops superhuman powers that his parents tell to keep hidden, Superman does use his powers for good by saving a child from an oncoming car, but has a discussion with his father over being seen. After storming off, Jonathan silently dies of a heart attack, and Clark is the one to find him, devastated by the loss. Clark finally moves to Metropolis after the funeral, he talks with his adoptive mother there, and goes to his apartment to unpack things, meeting his roommates Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen (company-given apartment since they're all working for the Daily Planet). Clark goes around Metropolis just checking it out, being mugged of his glasses and other belongings and having to purchase newer thicker ones; after work he goes with his co-workers to a club but leaves after feeling dizzy, he hears a psychic "call" and discovers a glowing green crystal in the remains of his spacecraft. .

It compels him to travel to the Arctic, and having no way of doing so, proposes a business trouble with Jimmy and Lois to southern Argentina. Once there (fucking build up the chemistry between Clark and Lois so it's believable idk) Clark splinters off from the group and reaches the Artic after testing his super speed. There, he sees something resembling the architecture of Krypton, emerging from the ice: the **Fortress of Solitude**. He enters and accidentally turns on a hologram of his real father: Jor-El, who explains his past, Clark attempts to hug the hologram, but trips over, knocking over several documents, one revealing the Kryptonian dictionary, one stands out to him: a large symbol, resembling an S, that translates to hope; Clark becomes inspired. The shot lingers of a 'bio-producing' machine accidentally turned on by Clark, recreating his molecular structure... On the plane ride back, the engine breaks, chaos reigns supreme inside the aerocraft, until it's suddenly picked up from below and delievered safely to Metropolis, Clark makes his reveal, flying for the first time, and people point at him and call him the Superman (have him be in the shadows so he can't be seen), he does a thumbs up and flies off.

His mother comes to visit and he asks her why he never told her, mini-discussion, then they embrace, and his mother gives him a gift: the suit that was in the pod; clad in blue, he asks him if he can add something to it. Then we cut away to a car being thrown into the air and about to hit a bunch of little children, Clark stops him, now a fully realized Superman. "Cool suit" - "Thanks, my mom made it for me." Exchange happens here. Montage of Superman just saving people, then waking up as Clark Kent and having an absolutely shitty life, before switching back to Superman just being happy and jolly. The montage ends with someone (Perry) slamming a newspaper on Clark's desk: 'LIONEL LUTHOR PASSES AWAY AT 79'. Perry tells Jimmy, Lois and Clark to go to the press briefing the heir of the multinational empire: Lex Luthor. Before the briefing, Luthor prepares himself, practising answering the questions that he will be given, explaining his plans for Metropolis and the reforms he will give to the company (Establish his character as a dickish Elon Musk-esque guy who thinks he's cool and hip and populist but is just a cold-heartened opportunist). Luthor, expecting the world to embrace him whole as the next great champion of Metropolis, is instead riddled with questions about the Superman and how Lexcorp, owner of most businesses, will react to him. Clark sweats, and goes up to Lex to ask him his plans for Metropolis. After the priess briefing, Lex notices someone lurking around the building, he follows them, and encounters a strange deformed bizarro version of Clark. Lex is startled at first and runs for his life, but realizes it is infact not the real Superman after stumbling into his desk (that had pictures of him ontop) while frightened of the being. He recognizes that Bizarro is not threatening, and can't even speak, and gets an idea, to take him under his wing, and have him do defamating acts to paint Superman in a wrong name and hopefully drive him to stop his savior career.

At another press briefing, Clark once again feels tired that he doesn't get to be Superman for the entire work week; he goes to Luthor's inauguration of a fucking idk something, and Lex finally snaps, revealing his opinion of Superman. Lois stands forwards and defends the hero, after this, Lois and Clark have a heart to heart. Suddenly, Bizarro attacks the briefing, making it seem like he's trying to kill Lex, Bizarro is mistaken by people to be Superman. Clark runs away, opens his shirt and reveals the Superman suit, before flying off to fight Bizarro in a large-scale fight sequence through the market streets of the crammed Metropolis streets. On Christmas week, Clark visits Smalville and his mother; he gets into an argument with her because he's been avoiding them, Clark gets angry at one point and his eyes shine red, his mother, terrified, falls to the floor. They embrace once again, both sobbing into eachother's shoulder, he starts to think that he's become a monster no different to Bizarro. A scuffle once again ensues in Metropolis, Bizarro demolishes a great bridge and Superman has to hold it together, however the police ultimately fires on both of them, Clark keeps in his anger and simply lets go after putting the bridge together, but spots Bizarro and follows him to where he's headed: a location owned by LexCorp...

There, Superman, the real Superman sneaks into the building pretending he's Bizarro; and confronts Luthor verbally. Luthor sees Superman's face is something familiar; infuriated, Lex says his goal is not to destroy the city, and makes excuses for what he's doing what he's doing, but he's put down by Superman who predicts exactly what's in his mind. Superman flies off, declaring that he will expose Lex, who simply stares at him and tells Bizarro to follow and kill him. Clark goes to a workplace dinner next day and reveals to Lois that he's got dirt on Lex Luthor. The two work together on how to expose him and their bond grows ever bigger. Bizarro discovers Superman's identity, and is enamoured by Lois. The monster later breaks into the apartment and kidnaps her, however he drops her in the process, Superman picks her up in mid-air and saves her from a sure death, Lois instantly recognizes Clark, and boss share a kiss. Bizarro tells Luthor this, and he encourages his feelings for the young journalist, putting together that the face he recognized in Superman was Clark Kent, and tells Bizarro to bring her to him to attract Clark's attraction.

Clark, realizing Lois is missing once again, flies towards the top of the Daily Planet, where Bizarro is holding her, he is overpowered by the now much more motivated Bizarro, and ultimately falls down through the large Daily Planet building, destroying its structure and forcing it to crack open. Clark, on the floor, defeated, sees the building fall, hearing Jimmy and Lois scream through his super hearing. He is reminded of Jon's death, of his planet's destruction, clenches his fist, there will be no more misery. A weakened Superman gets up and holds the tilting building, using his super speed to save everyone inside it and putting it back into place temporary; Superman and Clark now being one in the same: Kal-El. Clark then fights Bizarro, representing his inner fight, he ultimately convinces Bizarro that if he really wants to be Superman, he must help people, hugs him. The Bizarro clone fully decomposes away into dust (oh yeah have I mentioned he's been decomposing through the whole movie).

At a remembrance of those lost in the battle, Clark and Lois embrace, they see Lex Luthor giving a speech; Clark is tempted to call out Luthor right then are there, but Lois convinces him otherwise, telling him that it would only serve to discredit them, and they have to wait to get actual dirt on him, Luthor is booed at his speech against Superman, and ends up screaming and raging at the crowd, before being dragged away by his own employees, swearing vengeance on Superman very soon. After introducing Lois to his mother, the women sit down to have a chat, Clark excuses himself, he's about to take off towards the Artic to the fortress of solitude, but somethign catches his attention, Jon's grave. He smiles, and goes back in and the camera pans away into the Great Plains sunset.

### Post-Credits Scene

Lex Luthor is at his desk, fumbling, he angrily throws the paper off the desk, before remembering something. It was Wednesday, time for negotiations with other companies, perhaps this would make the recent months better. His secretary comes in, and tells him that his meeting with Bruce Wayne has been cancelled, Wayne Enterprises does not want to associate with him anymore. An angered Lex screams, yelling at the secretary to explain him why in God's name does even he support that alien threat. The shot switches to Bruce Wayne, in his apartment, observing the night life of Gotham City in the shadows, brandishing something in his hands.

"With all due respect sir, I don't think that's the exact reason."

The camera focouses on what Bruce is holding, a glowing green gemstone, he clenches his fist.