Man of steel Review

Lets get it straight, i am not a big fan of Superman and no, the EL in my nick name isn't taken from Kal-El. Its not that i hate him because he is practically a God wearing a red underwear outside of his spandex but it's because he rarely shown any interesting character development. I know that Superman is the ultimate role model for any superhero ever and that's what makes him become so iconic but all that perks is what restrict him to become anything but interesting. Sure, there's some one or two great character development moment in superman history but its quite rare compared to any other superhero like Batman or Spider-man.

The superman movie franchises also had its fair share of success and fail. While the first two are considered as a good classic superhero movies, the rest is mostly considered as failure. the last superman movies, despite being technologically capable to made some kickass movies, is just super boring for me and it does nothing to make me invested in his characters or story. So i started to wonder could this new superman movie changes my opinion about the iconic god wit h the red underwear? Oh wait....this time the costume is kinda different.

Dude, that bulge! wears the underwear for godsakes!

The new Superman movie, Man of Steel, is a reboot of the classic superman movie telling the usual Superman origins story. Krypton explode, Kal-el aka superman sent to earth, Superman tried to adapts with other humans, general zod comes, Superman smashes, the ends. It might sounded like i hates its story for being simplistic and unoriginal, but i actually liked it. Despite some moment that i consider quite stupid and unnecessary, i think the story is doing a great job to make me feel invested in the movies universe and the characters around it.

To be honest, i'm quite sceptic with Henry Cavill as superman at first but after i finished watching the movies, im pretty satisfied with its performance. He looks and feels like the superman that i wanna see and i like how the movie potraits Superman moral development. It makes superman feels like a relatable good guy rather than a flawless god. Michael Shannon as general Zod is also great because he had a believable backstory that did explain his motivation to be the villain and he played it quite good. Amy Adam as Lois Lane is probably the best Lois Lane because she nailed the capable brave cynical woman which i can appreciate rather than the usual damsel in distress like any other superhero movies love interest. The rest of the cast did equally good and likable enough to be memorable like Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Russell Crowe as Jor-El and Antje Traue as Fiora.

Some of you might think that this Superman would be like the new Batman movies since Christopher Nolan is involved in this movies as the producer. But most peoples tend to forgot that the one who directs this movie is zack Snyder, a talented visual director who makes good movies like 300 and Watchmen and also made a horrible visual masturbation movies like sucker punch too.

This movies would be a masterpiece if he just made it into a triple A hentai.

Lets be honest guy, Zack Snyder is the suitable director for this kind of movies. I dont think a movies focused in superman character ala Nolan style will works. The best things that superman can do is smashing stuff and thats what Zack Snyder did well in this movies. The action scenes in this movies feels like Dragon Ball Z in steroid. Its bombastic, full of destruction and its everything that i hoped from any Superman movies.

The movies problem mostly lies around the movies pacing. While the first part of the movies paces is quite decent and managed to build a sense of a believable universe and characters, the second part of it is a non-stop CG fireworks festival which is impressive but because The audience is bombarded with non-stop action scene with a little down time to take a breath and appreciates what happened in the movies, it leaves me a little bit exhausted.

Some peoples might also thinks that the dialogue in this movies could be a lil bit stiff and lacks of humor but personally i think the movie dialogue is quite decent. It does well to establish character interaction and motivation without having to be way too complex to be interesting. I do had some problem with the romance between Superman with Lois Lane where it feels like it lack some emotional depth that made it hard for you to care about this peoples. Its kinda surprised me because both Superman and Lois is an interesting and believable characters but the romance between them is surprisingly bland and way too convenient.

Despite some problems that i mentioned, Man of Steel is a really fun movies that you have to watch, whether if you are a Superman fans or not. Don't came to this movies expecting a complex movies about human characters ala Nolan's Batman. Instead, treat this movie as summer popcorn block buster movie with a decent story and bombastic over the top action scene. After all, Its all that i hoped for a Superman Movies.

The Initial El Scores

8.0

Super Fun