Film Analysis: Man of Steel Directed by Zack Snyder

Man of Steel Review

Man of Steel is a sci-fi drama movie based on a combination of Superman movies created in the late 70s to late 80s. The movie is directed by Zack Snyder who had a heavy hand in the action packed digital innovations movie 300 as well as the movie Watchmen, who is known for doing movies on major DC Comic heroes, with his latest being the most recent of the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight. Man of Steel starts off introducing the audience to Clark Kent, also known as Superman, as a child when he first learns of his unique powers as well as his home planet. As a young man, Clark Kent adventures to explore where he came from and what he was sent to earth to accomplish. As the movie progresses, he discovers that the hero inside him must surface if he is to save the planet from utter destruction and be the hope for society. With its fresh take on a very classic tale, Man of Steel is the Dark Knight-ification of Superman.

Man of Steel has found little success with critics, but has been praised for the actors and actresses chosen to play the character roles. Henry Cavill was chosen to play the part of Clark Kent, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, and Clark’s parents are played by Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. This is a high quality group of actors and actresses who also bring an element of star-power to the film. Top critic for Newsday.com, Rafer Guzman agrees and says that the characters complement each other smoothly, especially Kevin Costner, who Guzman refers to as “genuinely moving.”

Critics also praised the visuals and the characters, while finding shortcomings in the overall tone and portrayal of Superman’s character. Many critics agree that Snyder was successful with the visu...

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...er notable action movie like The Avengers, Man of Steel wins this debate with no competition the action was that good. To touch on the sequel, I believe Snyder and Nolan will hit more on the Superman everyone has come to know and love by exploring more into Clark’s romance life. Man of Steel brings the bang for your buck literally, get the popcorn ready, this is one of the best action movies of the decade and is a quintessential Snyder film.

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