From its haunting, drum-laden first frame (courtesy of Hans Zimmer’s genius), this Superman is unmoored. Gone is the spandex and the cheerful chin; in its place is the textured, muted armor of an alien refugee. Henry Cavill, sculpted like a Renaissance statue, plays Kal-El not with swagger, but with the heavy-lidded sorrow of a son who knows he will outlive everyone he loves.
It remains the most fascinating, flawed, and beautiful failure of the modern superhero era. A splinter under the skin of the genre. A supernova that burned too hot to be loved, but impossible to ignore. Superman - Man Of Steel 2013
It is a film about fathers—Jor-El’s hope, Jonathan’s fear—and about the unbearable weight of being a symbol. It understands that the "S" is not a logo for hope yet; it is a promise Clark has to earn through blood and tears. From its haunting, drum-laden first frame (courtesy of
Then the third act arrives. Metropolis becomes a demolition derby. It remains the most fascinating, flawed, and beautiful