Man Of Steel

It's here, the biggest blockbuster of the summer, MAN OF STEEL; the reboot of Superman. 
Henry Cavill stars as Kal-El/ Clark Kent and superb as the super-extraterrestrial from Kyrpton. The film is directed by Zack Zynder whom is famous for previous comic-book adaptations such  300 and Watchmen, but the big name behind The Dark Knight trilogy Christopher Nolan was involved as a producer, and is evident as his fingerprints are all over this in terms of story (co-written by Nolan and David Goyer) and overall appearance and nature of the film. Though comic book films have evolved dramatically from the days of Schumacher's box office flop Batman & Robin, blockbusters today have seen to become filled with over the top CGI action, and MOS is no different. 

The story is about the a young man hiding from the world as his human father Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) warns him that the world is not ready to see his abilities and powers, and the scenes involving Kevin Costner and Clark Kent (young and older) are perhaps the best parts of the film, adding to any emotion and character development that the film severally lacks. 
One major flaw with the film is that character development should be longer and the action sequences are too long to the point of which I found myself yawning. 
The opening scenes of the film set on the planet Krypton was very bizarre with flying dragon-like creatures and overblown effects, and planet reminding me of another DC movie, The Green Lantern.
The acting was good all round, with Louis Lane the love interest played by Amy Adams (The Fighter), Russel Crowe as Jor-El (Superman's father), Michael Shannon as General Zod and Lawrence Fishburne as Perry White, head of the Daily Planet. The character development for Lane seems very shallow and extremely rushed and even though it is obvious at some point in the film their would be romance between her and Superman, the romantic chemistry seemed to spark very spontaneously. The real reason perhaps the sluggish character development might be because of much more will be explored in a sequel, which has been perfectly set-up from the end of the movie.

Any one going to see this film, watch out for the following Easter-eggs:
  - a truck that is destroyed contains the logo 'Lex-Corp', a possible hint to the next villian
  - The satelite destroyed by Zod contains the Wayne Enterprise logo.

7.5/10