My take on the new movie

I'm a big fan of Superman, my favorite superhero. I'm a fan but I'm not a fanboy and if I don't like it I'll tell it like it is. I found Superman Returns to be a tremendous disappointment and it's 75% on Rottentomatoes was incredibly generous. The casting and set design were awesome and it had its moments but the plot was terrible. Man of Steel, by contrast, has garnered a very weak aggregate 55% which as far as I'm concerned is equally inexplicable because it is so much better. For me a truer indicator of the quality would be audience reaction. Superman Returns has 67% while Man of Steel has 82%. Sorry professional reviewers but I think you blew it.

I wont get into any details because you can read a zillion others reviews but suffice it to say many of the reviews I read had legitimate concerns but overall the movie worked for me. One of the major problems I've had with movies these days (see Inception, Star Trek (2009), Skyfall, Dark Knight Returns etc) is that the plots make no sense. Hundreds of millions spent and they couldn't create a decent plot. The plot of Man of Steel wont win any awards but at least it's coherent. In fact I enjoyed Man of Steel more than the popular Dark Knight Returns although I put it below the first two Nolan Batman films which I thought were brilliant. The Kryptonian battles did sometimes resemble top notch video game cut scenes and I didn't buy Amy Adams as Lois Lane but overall the movie worked for me.

Man of Steel will probably be the next movie to break $1 billion and will hopefully launch a great franchise. I do hope the second film does take SOME of the criticisms to heart but overall I had a great experience. Don't let the bad reviews scare you. There is no way it's a 55%. No way.

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