Director-Zack
Snyder
Length-143 min.
Rated-PG-13
In
this year’s second summer superhero blockbuster (Ironman 3 being the first),
Superman: Man of Steel plays on all the major stereotypes, blows action
sequences out of proportion and fails to explain just about all key plot
points. I know all the female audience members will enjoy this film solely
because they get to stare at the “Superchad,” known as Clark Kent/Kal-El (Henry
Cavill), who never seems to get a single scratch on his perfectly toned body or
a crinkle in his flawlessly crafted haircut. This film was truly a meeting of
Avatar and Star Wars coming to a collision on Planet Earth. However exciting
and extraordinary, the believability of this film was extremely lackluster and
even for being the all powerful Superman, Henry Cavill seemed entirely too
confident and cocky for my taste. Amy Adams did play a wonderful role as the
lovely Lois Lane, but even her acting expertise couldn’t save this comic hero
cliché. I also was not a fan of Michael Shannon as General Zod, for he did not
fit the role of the villain particularly well in my opinion. And by the way,
what ever happened to Lex Luthor? I mean
is he not Superman’s primary villain in all prior circumstances? Well that is
neither here nor there. All in all, this film could have been cut by 20 minutes
while still reaching the same conclusions. It also could have done without so
much death and destruction. By the end of the film, the entire city of New York
was completely destroyed. Ironman was far superior to Superman in my opinion,
and I’m sure there will be a sequel to this mediocre film which will try to
outdo its prequel and fail miserably.
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