The Blu-ray comes with a DVD and Digital HD UltraViolet capabilities. I’d hardly call the film smart or subtle (with painfully heavy-handed Christ imagery around the Man of Steel), but that all comes with the territory. Still, I can get past the silliness of this atmosphere deal as well as I can get past the silliness of Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon in Kryptonian unitards.Įven though the film gets too big in the end, leading to questions of where a sequel could go if Hollywood continues its desire to make things bigger in the second film, it’s perfectly enjoyable popcorn fun. More over it imbues Zod and his minions with even more power, which makes little sense considering their main power should come from the sun (and Kal-El has been soaking up solar energy for three decades while they have for only about three days). The Kryptonian atmosphere has a devastating effect on Superman, which shouldn’t be so potent. It was recently pointed out to me that this helps avoid the cliched use of kryptonite in future films, but just because it fixes one problem doesn’t mean it’s a good fix. The only real sticking point I have is the ridiculous explanation of superpowers that emerge (or are suppressed) because of planetary atmosphere. Only a few moments (including the final fate of Jonathan Kent, which still boggles my mind watching it again on Blu-ray) really bother me. It runs a bit long, with too many flashbacks and exposition that unnecessarily pad out the film. This is a good superhero movie, showing growth and a beginning to Superman on the big screen.
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In fact, Cavill saves much of the movie by preserving the Supermanness of the film where so much has deviated from the original source material. Cavill makes a fantastic Superman, not imitating Christopher Reeve as Brandon Routh had, but making the character his own with the sensibilities of the comics. The good parts of the film come from a strong directing style with good pacing between the powerful action sequences. It’s up to Kal-El to stop them by any means necessary. However, the zealous General Zod (Michael Shannon) and his underlings have escaped their Phantom Zone prison and have come to Earth to turn it into a new home for a Kryptonian future, with the plan of destroying all human life in the process. On Earth, we see Kal-El grow up as Clark Kent (Henry Cavill), learning to use his powers for good. To save his son, Jor-El and Lara send him in a ship to Earth along with the genetic history of their race. Faced with their stubbornness, Jor-El returns home where his wife Lara (Ayelet Zurer) has giving live birth to their son Kal. Starting on Krypton (again reimagined with some decent nods to John Byrne’s comic book revamp in 1986), we see Jor-El (Russell Crowe) trying to convince the Elders to abandon the planet. This time around, we see a new origin of Superman (which is kind of unnecessary since the character is so well known, but okay). I resisted this idea for years, but I’ve come to expect it from the ego-driven creative process in Hollywood. Going back to 1978 when Richard Donner gave us an unheard-of ice planet of Krypton and an inexplicable S shield family logo, movies had to do their own thing. I’ve come to just accept this when it comes to superhero films. It had to be revamped, reimagined and retreated. Since it’s Hollywood, they couldn’t just do a faithful adaptation of the comic books (or a big screen treatment of the previous animated content, even though these tend to be the best comic book adaptations of pretty much anything compared to their big-screen counterparts). Upon second viewing on Blu-ray, there were things I enjoyed more about the movie and things that still stuck in my craw. In the end, it’s a superhero movie, a Superman movie, and not a bad one at that.
Like many tent pole releases of recent years, “Man of Steel” loses perspective with the thirteen-year-old-girl freak-out potential of the internet takes everything. The oddest effect of the release of “Man of Steel” this summer was that you could stir up as much ire online by declaring it was the greatest movie of the year as you would if you said it was the worst of the year. Christopher Meloni as COLONEL NATHAN HARDY
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