The Movie: Man of Steel (2013)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Kal-El, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Antje Traue as Faora-Ul, Harry Lennix as General Swanwick, Christopher Meloni as Colonel Nathan Hardy, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Ayelet Zurer as Lara Lor-Van and Laurence Fishburne as Perry White
Screenwriters: David S. Goyer; story by Goyer and Christopher Nolan
RottenTomatoes: 56% MetaCritic: 55/100
Snippet from My Review: (read my full review here)
Overall, Man of Steel is entertaining even though it runs about 25-30 minutes too long. It feels a lot like a film trying really hard not to fail more than trying really hard to work. With nearly 75 percent of it’s 143-minute running time used to set the character up, I’m curious to see where they take the story in the future as I think the one thing this film manages to do is convince us a Superman film can be good, but can they make one that’s truly great?
Starter Questions
Here are a few questions to help get the conversation started.
1.) I couldn’t help but seeing plot points from movies such as Batman Begins, Thor, The Avengers, Avatar, Inception (“take a leap of faith”) and the Matrix trilogy in this movie. Did you have the same issue? Was it a problem for you or was it of little concern?
2.) I almost feel the entire film could have been set on Krypton with the ending of the film being what was essentially the beginning of the film. Would you have wanted to see that?
3.) Are you at all excited for Man of Steel 2?
4.) I thought Kevin Costner’s death was the best scene in the whole movie and along with the opening scene in Dawn of the Dead, probably the best scene Zack Snyder has ever directed. You agree? Disagree?
Now share your thoughts on the film in the comments below and feel free to include spoilers.
