Man of Steel

[Palagrin]

Anyone see it? I saw it last night.

 

So.

First off, some of the dialogue is really rather cheesy (particularly the prologue). Apart from that's it's good, but not great. I find the entire prologue/set up for Superman too long, and it could have been done more effectively with perhaps even just a voiceover from Russell Crowe as we see baby superman being wizzed off into space.

The film also employs and interesting chronology, which I'm not convinced works, with several flashbacks in a non-chronological order. They're good, but I'm not always convinced of their placement.

Action wise, Man of Steel is non-stop and we see Superman being hurled through various skyscrapers and stuff far too often- it gets boring once the novelty wears off. The final showdown is also far too long.

I would have liked to have seen more of a moral arc of a story similar to Batman, but alas, that wasn't really that foregrounded either.

In summary, it's sort of an Avengers inspired flick without most of the humour.

I'd say it's a 6/10.

[Athena]

Nice to read your review! I might go see this when it's out here (it's not out yet).

[chaliepud]

I just want to watch it as it has an Australian Cattle Dog in it! Will maybe take the kids to see it next weekend if they fancy it..

[vodkafan]

Thanks for the review. I think I will give this one a miss.

[Palagrin]

I forgot to add: really enjoyed some of the soundtrack, and I quite enjoyed the Christ-like parallels they made with Superman.