r/moviecritic • u/Anita-MaxWynn • 1d ago
Now Watching: Man of Steel (2013)
An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.
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u/Leading_Wafer9552 1d ago
Great movie. Action packed right from the start with the war and demise of krypton. I like that it shows the struggle of Clark becoming superman and shows what it's like for his character to mentally have to learn to deal with these super powers that would be disturbing to experience, like seeing through people's skin, and hearing every whisper. I also like that it shows the struggle of him having to conceal his powers and control his emotions exercising patience in tough circumstances where he has to endure people's petty bullying, despite the fact he could have ended them if he chose to.
People criticize this movie for how many people die from the attack of Zod, but the criticism is so short-sighted and unrealistic. You're watching a movie about a man becoming superman, not a movie about an experienced superman that already knows what to do. Clark has never dealt with multiple enemies as strong as him before, and these are trained military fighters with combat experience. It's not realistic to think an inexperienced Clark can always prevent every building from falling and every single person from dying. Sure many people died in one city, but the bigger picture is that he saved the entire planet from getting terraformed. People that think in a circumstance like this that no one would die is just absurd. I also like that it depicts the struggle of Clark having to kill in order to protect people. He didn't want to kill Zod, but Zod left him no choice. I think this superman is an overall great and realistic depiction of the character. I think Man of Steel and shows like Invincible are a more realistic depiction of what a superpowered being/world would look like. Even Brightburn is an interesting take on what a psychotic superman could look like, and how terrifying that would be.