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Man of Steel [Review]

If you have yet to watch the Man of Steel on the Big Screen, you are missing something big. The world most famous superhero is back in an evolutionary manner...the S that is known as Superman is not an S...it's a Krypton language that means hope. The beginning of the movie was amazing. Snyder and Nolan have modified the beginning of the story so that a primal clash has been designed into the narrative from the get-go. The planet Krypton is dying, due to environmental issues. Dignified soldier-statesman Jor-El rails against mismanagement of the planet's resources; he is played by Russell Crowe. Zod uses the crisis to launch a failed mutiny against the planet's revered leaders. After some amazing fighting scenes, we also get to see how Jor-El and wife, Lara sent their baby boy, Kal-el to a much younger planet, Earth. The child arrived on Earth and it was clever of how the director uses some narrative flashback to tell the tale of Clark growing up. There was some int...

Man of Steel

Some called it the most anticipated movie of the decade...some are saying that it will be the "most dullest superhero" attempt to get it right this time...in "Man of Steel", with the British actor, Henry Cavill as the latest guy in the red cape and blue pyjamas.  Man of Steel Well, we all know how well the last reboot of "Superman returns"....and when I said "well", I mean real bad...grossing a disappointed $200 million domestically (not forgetting the budget was at $270 million). It was widely viewed as a boring and forgettable movie. Superman, celebrating his 75th anniversary this year has become more of an icon and flagship character but on the big screen, the superhero fails to connect with the audience like he used to in the 1930s. Probably it is not the superhero that has changed but maybe it was the audience that is no longer the same.  He hasn't been so relevant since the 1940s and 1950s....it is probably a bit difficult to...