Man of Steel

"Born on Krypton and raised on Earth, you had the best of both and were meant to be the bridge between two worlds."

Filmology Rating: 2.25 out of 4

The vast majority of my Superman knowledge comes from the first seven and a half seasons of Smallville, a show which I am attempting to finish even as a write this.  Even with such little information to go on, I knew something felt off while watching Man of Steel.  I was very happy with Henry Cavill as Clark Kent and Michael Shannon as General Zod, but I was not impressed with the material provided for them to work with.  The dialogue felt strained, the plot had a lot of gaping holes, and the action sequences were all over the place.  I feel that many ‘quintessential’ Superman mythologies were skimmed over or completely left out.  There was obviously some attempt at showing Clark’s childhood struggles, but they got lost in the shuffle.  Some of the special effects were pretty unexceptional, even mediocre.  I feel the franchise could progress into something really good, but there needs to be some serious work done behind the scenes for that to happen.

Rating: Rent It

-Megan