Here is a review which Warner Bros. had taken down, I accessed it through the cached page. It was put up by a Pastor who attended a special Pastor's screening
Just got invited to an early Pastor's screening for Man of Steel for this coming Monday. Sweet!!!
My blog review of Man of Steel apparently got the attention of Warner Bros. My review will be back online Tuesday morning.
The review:
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Jerry Siegel and Joel Shusters iconic and timeless Superman, and what better way to celebrate Kal-Els birth by seeing what I think is the best Superman film to date: Man of Steel.
I have always been a fan of Richard Donners Superman and always will be a fan. I will surely sit before my television giddy with popcorn in hand at least once a year to watch one of the more important films of the 20th century. But I have always felt that Superman 1 & 2 never really embodied the true mythos of the iconic character; the closest any Superman film has come to capturing Siegel and Shusters messianic hero was Bryan Singers Superman Returns, which fell far short of the story telling quality of Donners films. So
when news broke of another film in the works, I was a bit skeptical that Kal-Els story would be told well enough to capture the grandeur of such an iconic figure. However my skepticism slowly evolved into anticipation with each trailer and featurette I watched.
On Friday, I had opportunity to attend a prescreening of Man of Steel; both my 12-year old son and I saw the film in 3D in a very full theater. From beginning to end, Zack Snyders film was a CGI work of art. The special affects were flawless serving only to add believability to a well told and a well casted story filled with action sequences that were absolutely stunning. Every character in Man of Steel had their own important part in serving a greater roll in allowing the audience to experience Superman as he was meant to be experienced. Every character in the film served to point the viewer to the reason moviegoers all over the world will pay their hard earned money to see another superhero flick: theMan of Steel himself (brilliantly played by Henry Cavill).
Zach Snyder and David Goyer (the screenwriter) aimed to tell a version of Superman for the 21st century, and boy did they ever pull it off! Besides being a superhero story, Man of Steel is also Science Fiction; do not forget that Kal-El is an alien, and if an alien lived among us who couldnt be controlled
how would the world receive such a one? How would Martha (Diane Lane), and Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) keep an alien child they so dearly loved cloaked in normalcy? How would a young Clark handle the fact that he was not of this planet? These are questions Snyder and Goyer answer satisfactorily.
Russell Crowes interpretation of Jor-El was fantastic because he made it his own. Kevin Costners embodiment of Jonathan Kent presented a strong father figure who was both earthy and tender. Both Diane Lane and Amy Adams (Lois Lane) portrayed their Characters with a level of courage that has not been seen in previous Superman films.
