Superman man of steel 9 mycomics12/1/2023 Clark finds out who he really is when he discovers an ancient Kryptonian scouting ship, but the same command key that lures his father's ghost acts a beacon for Zod and his army. Fast forward to Earth, where a grown, bearded, and handsome Clark Kent ( Henry Cavill) is a nomad who - as his late father, Jonathan ( Kevin Costner) instructed - hides his special powers, except for occasionally saving men from a burning oil rig or rescuing fearless investigative journalist Lois Lane ( Amy Adams). Zod and his cronies are banished - a sentence that ultimately saves the troop of villains when Krypton implodes. During a failed coup attempt by General Zod ( Michael Shannon), Jor-El is killed - but not before his wife launches their newborn son to the distant planet Earth. Unlike all the other babies on Krypton - who are engineered by a codex to be workers, warriors, leaders, or scientists - baby Kal-El was made the old-fashioned way, by the planet's head scientist, Jor-El ( Russell Crowe), and his wife, Lara ( Ayelet Zurer). MAN OF STEEL begins with the origin story of Superman's birth on Krypton. Or better yet, watch the Krypton bit, then fast forward to Zod and enjoy. I guess if you are an action movie fan with 3 free hours then go for it. Despite early promise, it ended up being too mindless for most older viewers to be kept interested, while being too violent for a younger audience. Unless you are a superman fan, I don't see the point of this movie. The intimate physical violence, smashing faces, grinding heads into the ground, and especially the neck snapping at the end of the movie was unnecessary and hard to take.Īttempting to hold this slug-fest together was an increasingly irrelevant story full of plot holes and even the claim that evolutionary theory predicts that amorality gives a species a survival advantage (.really?) Then the bad guys appeared and the movie turned into a festival of indestructible aliens pounding each other (and the city) into pulp (and rubble). This movie had the potential to be better than most one-dimensional superhero movies. We watched the first hour and loved the way it developed the characters and the relationships Superman has with his fathers and Lois Lane. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Expect plenty of messages about good and evil and identity and what it means to be a hero ultimately this is a story about the duality of Superman's life (part Clark Kent, part Kal-El), as symbolized by his two fathers. Product placements are limited to IHOP, which is shown a few times, and Nikon (but there are more than 100 off-screen licensing deals/promotions in place globally for the movie). Language is infrequent but includes occasional use of "s-t," "d-k," and "ass." The romance even tamer: Lois Lane and Superman hold hands and kiss twice in one scene. There's definitely a lot of violence (including a destroyed planet, necks being broken, hand-to-hand combat that results in deaths, and - possible spoiler alert - Superman actually killing an enemy), but it's more macro than micro in scale: buildings topple, the sea crashes down, planes plummet, etc. Superman: The Man of Steel was born, with the opening issue written by Louise Simonson and drawn by Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Bob Mcleod and Dan Jurgens.Īnnuals collected under Superman: The Man of Steel Annual.Parents need to know that Man of Steel, the latest take on the legendary Superman character, is darker than the classic Superman films but lighter (and less bloody) than The Dark Knight trilogy. But as the titles began to carry stories into each other's issues, and triangle numbers appeared on their covers, indicating the order in which to read Superman's exploits, DC editorial saw the chance to give their lead hero a 4th ongoing monthly book. Since the mid 1980s revival of the Superman franchise, the Man of Steel had appeared in stories 3 times a month in the pages of Superman, Adventures of Superman and Action Comics. Starring: Clark Kent / Kal-El as Superman
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