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So it's a no brainer, Man of Steel must be great, right?
On a far distant planet called Krypton Russell Crow solo delivers the first natural born child of Krypton in over three centuries. With Krypton almost mined to the point of destruction the planet's leaders seem to have ignored the fact they developed terraforming technology and explored wider than their own universe, deciding instead to sit tight and let their race die with the planet. Only Kal-El fired into space by his father is spared, and the evil Zod, jailed in a black hole, who SHOUTS a LOT and who's crime was apparently to try and overrun the government of Krypton in an attempt to save the race? Fast forward twentyish years and Kal-El has turned into Wolverine, sort-of, and saves lives only when he has to, to keep his powers hidden. But with Zod escaping the jail of the black hole, he has followed Kal-El to earth with terraforming technology, intent on building another Krypton. Kal-El will have to reveal himself as an alien superhero to save the people of his adopted planet.
If that sounds uninspiring it's because it is. There were fleeting moments I enjoyed, stand-out for me was Russell Crow riding a big dragon fly but it was so full of clunky morals, religious and political allegories, I found the whole thing tedious and depressing. Superman asking for guidance in a church? Pleeease! I thought the movie had epic scope but the will to allegorise left no room for characterisation or story momentum.
Once more in a major cinematic release we get lots of subliminal messaging wrapped in colourful whiz bang for the under sixteens. Nothing much else for the ticket buyers or in way of fulfilling end to end story.
Don't be fooled by the stunning trailer.
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