A good movie

Personally, I always had a hard time with Superman. I mean, how can you make a compelling story with a super strong immortal guy? However, this time, they managed to make him vulnerable somehow and it worked very well. The whole messianic approach was also really interesting and there was also a top cast (Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne). The masterstroke was above all to have Russell Crowe portray his biological father and Kevin Costner his adoptive father. I mean, Superman was basically brought up by Maximus and Eliot Ness. It doesn't get much cooler than that. So, all the stuff involving his struggling with his identity and how to handle his powers were really good but, unfortunately, I didn't care much for the rest. I mean, Michael Shannon, one of the most exciting actors right now, delivered a solid performance but the whole thing about the bad guy who wants to destroy Earth has been done to death by now. And the final battle in the town towards the end might have been nice with 'The Avengers' but here it felt really redundant. Finally, Zach Znyder knows how to direct action scenes but the end was pretty much overkill as it went on for 30-45 minutes with 3 consecutive fight scenes. Still, I enjoyed most of this flick, it is easily the best Superman movie ever made and I am actually really eager to watch the sequel (which is usually not the case with those super-hero flicks).

7/10