Man of Steel | ★★★★★★



How do you improve on perfection? How does one, as they say, gild the lily? That is what this years reprise of Superman attempts to do. The makers try to do it by telling the story in a non-chronological fashion that relies on our thorough understanding of the story. They do it by recrafting the plot to include a Lois that meets Clark before the Daily Planet. They do it without Lex Luthor. It's an interesting reimagining of Superman.

The movie does suffer from too-long fight scenes and endless destruction of buildings. I liked Henry Cavill in the lead but kept comparing him to Reeves iconic portrayal. Russel Crowe was good as Jor El but Amy Adams didn't quite do it for me as Lois. I thought Crowe matched Brando but Adams paled against Kidder. These comparisons are unfair but represent many who loved the 1978 movie.

In recap: I liked the movie and enjoyed the high tech improvements but thought that it was too long and in need of editing. On a scale of ten, give it ★★★★★★.


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4 comments:

  1. Superman should have lured the Kryptonians into the Antarctic to avoid thousands of people losing their lives in the city.

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    1. @Eddie, you bring up something the screen writers should have considered. Then again, I think that geeks like us probably did most of that damage with their CGI stuff. ツ

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  2. I have it coming on Netflix. I've been wondering how it will be but deep down I know the Christopher Reeve's movies will always be my favorites!

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    1. I loved Christopher Reeve as Superman Debbie. Even so I did enjoy the reimagining of the story.

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