Film Review – Man of Steel

Superheroes do not get much more sincere than Superman. He’s a symbol of
hope, a fantasy of justice, and a slice of Americana down to his red
and blue outfit. So what happens when a lively character of pure bravery
is brought to the big screen in 2013, when sour introspection, graphic
violence, and doomsday action rakes in major box office bucks? The
result is “Man of Steel,” a concentrated effort to bend the Superman
mythos into the shape of the Bat-signal. While fresh narrative
directions and a radical redesign of known elements are welcome, it’s
odd to find the latest from Zack Snyder essentially reheating what’s
come before, straining to give the faithful what they love while
stripping away intrinsic emotional expanse and the joyful experience of
superpowers. Superman has been turned into a song by The Smiths. He was
much more interesting as a sweeping orchestral explosion.
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