Plot:
Jor-El and Faora-El of Krypton go against the Kryptonian way of life for the first time in centuries by having a natural birth in their home, rather than a scientifically engineered infant. When Jor-El's colleague, General Zod finds out, he treat's the news as blasphemy. To add to Jor-Els treacherous behavior, he ventures to the reproduction chamber and steals a stone that has all the genetic codes for the rest of Krypton's new generations and without this, Krypton cannot reproduce engineered babies.
While all this is happening, Jor-El is attempting to convince the Krypton counsel that Krypton is dying and will soon be destroyed. They refuse to believe him and so in an effort to preserve his newborn son, Jor-El builds a rocket ship and blasts him off into space. Zod comes to Jor-El's home after the rocket is launched and in rage of the genetic codes and baby being out of his grasp kills Jor-El. The authorities come and arrest Zod for insubordination and sentence him for a lifetime in the phantom zone. Zod and his colleagues are transported into a vessel that goes into cyro-sleep mode. At that moment Krypton explodes.
30 odd years into the future, Kal El also known as Clark Kent is trying to find out where he comes from after hiding his true identity all his life and the superpowers he posses. He goes to the arctic and finds a Kryptonian ship that is encapsulated in the ice. While investigating the ship, a news reporter named Louis Lane follows him in and gets attacked from a robot guarding the ship. Clark saves Louis and afterwards finds out where he comes from. Louis led out of the cave is left wondering who this man is decides to investigate where this guy comes from for a story in the paper.
Clark finally comes home and let's Martha Kent, his earth mom know he found out where he came from. At this moment, the TV dawns a message from the escapee General Zod that Kal El must turn himself in to save the planet and come out of hiding. It is at this point that Clark must decide if he should reveal his existence, or let the earth face total brutality from General Zod.
My thoughts:
This made a great reboot to the Superman franchise. I am a fan of the Christopher Reeves' Superman series, but this gives a refreshing point of view to the series. It has the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight feel to it, being somewhat darker with no real humor visible in the film. A main point of the plot is with Clark's earth father not wanting Clark to reveal his true self to the public that brings a most refreshing spin on the franchise.
The part that does seem edgy to me is the ending to this film. Though I understand why Superman did what he did at the end because he was left with no choice, it seemed very un-superman. The other issue I was worried about going into this film is Henry Cavill as Superman. The reason is he's a Brit playing an American Icon. However, after seeing his performance and what he's done with the role, I'm convinced that the Australian and British actors are superb in any Americonic role. Apart from that, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and Jor El are all well cast and I can't wait to see what they can do with a sequel. I am hoping for a sequel with the less known villains of Superman being used, but we'll see. Darkside is by far my favorite Superman villain and that would get me way excited for a sequel. I hope it does well at the box office so that we'll have the opportunity to see the golden age of Superman resurface and a possible Justice League movie in the future. Just hopefully Warner Brothers doesn't botch it up.
30 odd years into the future, Kal El also known as Clark Kent is trying to find out where he comes from after hiding his true identity all his life and the superpowers he posses. He goes to the arctic and finds a Kryptonian ship that is encapsulated in the ice. While investigating the ship, a news reporter named Louis Lane follows him in and gets attacked from a robot guarding the ship. Clark saves Louis and afterwards finds out where he comes from. Louis led out of the cave is left wondering who this man is decides to investigate where this guy comes from for a story in the paper.
My thoughts:
This made a great reboot to the Superman franchise. I am a fan of the Christopher Reeves' Superman series, but this gives a refreshing point of view to the series. It has the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight feel to it, being somewhat darker with no real humor visible in the film. A main point of the plot is with Clark's earth father not wanting Clark to reveal his true self to the public that brings a most refreshing spin on the franchise.
The part that does seem edgy to me is the ending to this film. Though I understand why Superman did what he did at the end because he was left with no choice, it seemed very un-superman. The other issue I was worried about going into this film is Henry Cavill as Superman. The reason is he's a Brit playing an American Icon. However, after seeing his performance and what he's done with the role, I'm convinced that the Australian and British actors are superb in any Americonic role. Apart from that, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and Jor El are all well cast and I can't wait to see what they can do with a sequel. I am hoping for a sequel with the less known villains of Superman being used, but we'll see. Darkside is by far my favorite Superman villain and that would get me way excited for a sequel. I hope it does well at the box office so that we'll have the opportunity to see the golden age of Superman resurface and a possible Justice League movie in the future. Just hopefully Warner Brothers doesn't botch it up.
Rating:
3 Popcorns
It was good. Some parts were a little slow starting but all in all, an enjoyable film.
