2013 marks the 75th anniversary of the very first Superhero: Superman, and in honour of this iconic character DC and Warner Bros. have rebooted the franchise for a film, and it came out looking amazing! This film had so many great qualities to it that made it so beautiful. such as the mesmerizing SFX, the awesome action, the high standard acting and more. This is definitely a film that will be remembered for years to come.
The film starts off on Krypton, where Scientist Jor-El (Russell Crowe) is pleading to the world's council about the destruction of the planet. Already we are shown a Krypton that has been brought to death due to individuals believing themselves to be like Gods without consequence. This is a theme throughout the whole film that Kryptonians believed themselves to be like Gods, as is presented through the fact that Kryptonians are grown rather than naturally birthed, the extraction of the Krypton's core for energy and through General Zod who values one group of people other another. This was a brilliant idea from the creative team as it highlights an important message of how power can corrupt a person into doing unspeakable things, and showing a divine difference between having power and using power, which has always been a key element in the superman mythos and was presented brilliantly in the film.
The SFX in this film were astounding, in the first 10 minutes the audience is shown a war-torn Krypton with a huge Star Wars-like Dog fight outside the main Council room. I almost believed that I was watching real footage it was that good. The fight scenes between Superman and the Kryptonian soldiers was so epic with the fast motions of the characters followed by the damage caused around them such as in Smallville and even more in Metropolis between Superman and Zod with buildings falling and explosions galore. It may have been a bit too much carnage but in the end the visuals were amazing throughout this whole film.
The acting in the film was great. Henry Cavill excelled in putting on the red cape and embodying Superman, Amy Adams gave us the Lois Lane that we all know and love from the comics, Both Robin Hoods Crowe and Costner, were brilliant as the fathers of Clark Kent/Kal-El and Michael Shannon was terrifying as General Zod: His voice in the global message scene gave me chills beyond chills. All of these brilliant actors helped push this film to become as Amazing as it could be.
The only problems I had with the film were that Jonathan Kent didn't have enough screen time. Even though his moments with Clark were beautiful, such as when Jonathan shows Clark the ship he came in and lets him know that he's still part of the Kent family, but I felt that the role of Pa Kent is so important in creating Superman that he should have been given more screen time. Also I felt that maybe the film could have cut back on the carnage. Quite a chunk of Metropolis gets completely leveled in Man Of Steel. Although it's understandable since Superman is fighting the World Engine in the Indian Ocean, but with the fight with Zod, it could have been lowered a bit.
Apart from those two problems this film was amazing and gave a Superman for a whole new generation. I hope that the Sequel is just as good if not better as Superman may have to face the consequences of his actions from the first film, and I hope this brings about the DC cinematic universe.
What did you think of Man of Steel? Please Comment
The film starts off on Krypton, where Scientist Jor-El (Russell Crowe) is pleading to the world's council about the destruction of the planet. Already we are shown a Krypton that has been brought to death due to individuals believing themselves to be like Gods without consequence. This is a theme throughout the whole film that Kryptonians believed themselves to be like Gods, as is presented through the fact that Kryptonians are grown rather than naturally birthed, the extraction of the Krypton's core for energy and through General Zod who values one group of people other another. This was a brilliant idea from the creative team as it highlights an important message of how power can corrupt a person into doing unspeakable things, and showing a divine difference between having power and using power, which has always been a key element in the superman mythos and was presented brilliantly in the film.
The SFX in this film were astounding, in the first 10 minutes the audience is shown a war-torn Krypton with a huge Star Wars-like Dog fight outside the main Council room. I almost believed that I was watching real footage it was that good. The fight scenes between Superman and the Kryptonian soldiers was so epic with the fast motions of the characters followed by the damage caused around them such as in Smallville and even more in Metropolis between Superman and Zod with buildings falling and explosions galore. It may have been a bit too much carnage but in the end the visuals were amazing throughout this whole film.
The acting in the film was great. Henry Cavill excelled in putting on the red cape and embodying Superman, Amy Adams gave us the Lois Lane that we all know and love from the comics, Both Robin Hoods Crowe and Costner, were brilliant as the fathers of Clark Kent/Kal-El and Michael Shannon was terrifying as General Zod: His voice in the global message scene gave me chills beyond chills. All of these brilliant actors helped push this film to become as Amazing as it could be.
The only problems I had with the film were that Jonathan Kent didn't have enough screen time. Even though his moments with Clark were beautiful, such as when Jonathan shows Clark the ship he came in and lets him know that he's still part of the Kent family, but I felt that the role of Pa Kent is so important in creating Superman that he should have been given more screen time. Also I felt that maybe the film could have cut back on the carnage. Quite a chunk of Metropolis gets completely leveled in Man Of Steel. Although it's understandable since Superman is fighting the World Engine in the Indian Ocean, but with the fight with Zod, it could have been lowered a bit.
Apart from those two problems this film was amazing and gave a Superman for a whole new generation. I hope that the Sequel is just as good if not better as Superman may have to face the consequences of his actions from the first film, and I hope this brings about the DC cinematic universe.
What did you think of Man of Steel? Please Comment
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