Two days ago I figured I would go check out Man of Steel because Zack Snyder directed it and I was really pleased with his previous film, Sucker Punch. Anyway, this movie was really good, surprisingly enough. To answer your questions, yes, it was much better than The Avengers. I really don't get why people were flipping out with that movie, considering it kinda sucked. Shwarmas aside, it was not that amazing. (If you didn't get the "shwarmas" thing, Google it.)
Back to the review! This movie starts out with Superman being born on Krypton. They tell you multiple times during the film that this is Krypton's first natural birth in centuries, mainly because over-harvesting of the planet's core is causing Krypton to collapse, and thus Russell Crowe gives the finger to the establishment by having his wife endure the pain of childbirth. So to compensate for his mental pain, he has his wife endure physical pain? Um, okay then....guess it makes sense to some people.
Then this dude General Zod just decides, "Screw it; we're done for, anyway," and starts attacking everyone, and Russell Crowe uses this ape-skull thing called the codex to infuse Superman with the last remnants of Krypton's race before the baby is sent into space. Then we fast forward to Superman (Clark, excuse me) as an adult saving a bunch of guys from an exploding oil rig. Let me just say that the screenshot of him shirtless with flames licking off of his six pack was very obviously done for the enjoyment of the female audience. Now, I'm a little annoyed when movies do that, but I made an exception here. ;)
Then the movie flips back and forth between Clark's childhood, when his Earth dad tried convincing him to keep his powers a secret, and Clark's adulthood, where he moves from place to place concealing his identity and the whole time he's like, "Must-resist-saving-people!"
So then we meet Lois Lane and she ends up at Clark's really sweet man cave at the North Pole. The press doesn't believe her but when Zod suddenly comes back to Earth everyone is like, "OHMYGOSH we gotta sacrifice the weird kid we bullied in primary school or we're all gonna die!" That's our conflict, and hopefully Superman will save the day, but will he find the strength to do it?
The visuals were really the icing on the cake for this film, and I like how Snyder modernized the Superman costume (no more tights---the ridicule from today's society would be unbearable). The acting was good, though at times it felt a little overdone and simple, mainly for the kids, I guess (strange, because there were several moments where I felt, "Holy mackerel, this is appropriate for children?"). The fight scenes definitely could've been cut down, but I'm just glad the plot itself wasn't cut short. And the political messages were all for the humor (Superman took down a government drone, haha!), so everyone will find something to enjoy.
Rating: 8/10.
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