El hombre de acero

This movie was dishonestly mauled by critics and reviewers simply because it was directed by Snyder. Watching this again in 2020, I have to say this will go down as a classic in years to come. It's an absolute blast from start to finish and is one of the most loyal adaptations and faithful to the Superman lore found in DC comics. One of its greatest achievements was the magnificent depiction of Krypton and giving Zod the gravitas and motivation that he lacked in Superman II. You felt empathy for him. Shannon was outstanding in his portrayal of Zod; up there with Ledger's Joker.

I remember people actually complained about the level of destruction in this movie and the excessive use of special effects, but for me this is what makes a Superman movie. Take off your nostalgia tinted glasses and watch this with an open mind. This is the greatest Superman movie bar none.

Feeling like a breath of fresh air, 'Man of Steel' is a noble and sublime effort by director Zack Snyder. With a detailed and well structured first act, the underlying knowledge behind the history and reasoning for the main protagonist is fully defined and understood.

Henry Cavill plays the role perfectly, seeming content in the character. Amy Adams is okay but the film doesn't devote enough attention for us to care about her. Michael Shannon is a fine overactor but is not given good enough dialogue.

The CGI for the most part is some of the best I've ever seen. It's top tier mastery of visual effects and it is incredibly beautiful.

Some minor nitpicks here and there, largely in dialogue, but it is a strong contender for my favourite superhero movie.

Here, eleven years after this movie released, I have changed my mind about this movie. In the last eleven years, we have seen so many others DCEU and MCU superheroe movies, with one would or could connect to the other, making us assume or create some fan theories, about what happened and what will happen next.

For example, I think Infinity War and End Game were the peak MCU, everything after that the storyline kinda made up. While DCEU to be honest never even started. The connection between one another felt forced.

But this movie, can be a standalone movie. No need of sequel or prequel, it's already a great movie about a man.

Every essential you need to he a superhero is fulfilled. The background, the struggle, the realization, principles. Everything. It's a perfect superhero movie.

Initially I rated 7, but now it's a solid 9.

It's a great solo film for such an iconic character. And the backstory was revealed and enough time was devoted to the destruction of the native planet, and the conflict with new and old roommates was revealed. And all this in a little more than 2 hours of time.

Excellent visual components, starting from a rather gray color scheme for the sake of realism and ending with camera work and editing. The sharp camera approaches in action scenes are just wow.

And Zimmer's music, which sounds almost throughout the film? The title theme alone is worth it.

It's a shame that we couldn't raise enough money with this start and had to move too fast in subsequent films, which, as we know, didn't benefit the universe right now.

So we are looking at essentially a remake of Superman (nothing wrong with that). So how does it compare? Favourably.

The original is perhaps a little softer, more romantic and more idyllic whereas the remake is darker, richer and a little more interesting.

2 changes that worked for me, the origin part of the story on Krypton which is much more expansive (creating more of a universe feel, literally) and the extended character of Superman Senior. Brando was the quintessential sci-fi 'head in a bottle' character using him to explain Supe's back story in the original, Crowe's character came full combat ready and I think it added well to the overall story.

Really enjoyable effort that sits well as a representative of the DC universe :)