Man of Steel
Going into this movie, I had read that the critics thought it was average but the fan boys loved it. And now I know why. As a whole, the acting was "meh", but the fight scenes were fucking amazing. The two big fight scenes in this movie were the kind of fight scenes I have been waiting for for a long time. They nailed it when it came to depicting invisible supermen fighting against each other. Building were destroyed when Superman was thrown or threw someone through them. An I-beam was used as a bat. And best of all, someone threw a train at someone else. How awesome is that? At one point, I leaned over to my brother and said, "This might be the best fight I've ever seen". As for the rest of the movie, you should know that this was a 100% origin story and they didn't even show a glasses-wearing Clark Kent until the last scene (which we didn't even really get to see because lighting struck the theater and the projector turned off during the last minute of the movie which pissed me off and now I probably will go see it again just for that scene).
Otherwise, the movie was well paced and never really had any slow parts to it. It started out on Krypton like the original movie did and then went straight to a 30 year old Clark wandering around, then threw in flashbacks scenes throughout the movie to help build his character. I thought that was well done and gave the movie a good feel to it and helped with avoiding any long boring scenes.
As for the acting, it was a mixed bag. Henry Cavill made a great Superman/young Clark Kent, but I'm worried that he won't be able to pull off the "gee-whiz, aw-shucks" Clark Kent that we all know and love. However, it was refreshing to finally have a Superman that was ripped. Cavill definitely put in the effort in the gym for this role which is something past Supermen never really did. Michael Shannon's General Zod was good, but I felt like he could have toned down his intensity a notch and it would have been a little better. Amy Adams was the weak link in this movie. Her Lois Lane wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good whatsoever. We are used to an "in-your-face" reporter and she just couldn't pull that off. Plus making her Superman's love interest right off the bat made no sense. Clark Kent seemed to fall for her right away and I still have no idea what he saw in her character, she pretty much stalked him the first half of the movie and then did nothing but get in harms way the second half. If they had cast someone else, this movie would have been a lot better and she definitely qualifies for The Maggie Theory (explanation below). But it was Russell Crowe's Jor-El that I thought stole the movie. On top of Crowe's great acting, I was surprised to see his character a lot more involved in the movie than you would have thought. And I can't forget about Kevin Costner and the role he was born for, Superman's adoptive father, Jonathan Kent. Costner should have been the only choice for this role and if anyone else was suggested, I hope someone got fired.
Lastly, they made one mention of Lex Luthor in the movie when Zod threw a truck with the LexCorp logo on the side of it at Superman during their big fight scene. I will be interested to see who plays the part of Lex in upcoming films (because this thing made a ton of money in its first weekend and there will definitely be a sequel). I've racked my brain and the best actor I could think of to play the part is Tom Hardy. He has already played parts where his character was bald with Bane in the most recent Batman and the bad guy in an old Star Trek movie (Star Trek: Insurrection I think). Plus, he already has ties with Christopher Nolan (who produced this movie) so it wouldn't be that surprising if they cast him.
In conclusion, I suggest you go see it. The fight scenes alone are well worth the price of admission.
*The Maggie Theory (scroll about 3/4ths of the way down the column to find it) was thought up by ESPN writer Bill Simmons and is named for the character Maggie from Caddyshack. Basically, Maggie's character was so bad in that movie that she made it hard to rewatch in the future. Others that would qualify would be Bruce Willis's annoying girlfriend in Pulp Fiction and (appropriately) Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight.
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