Just came back from Man of Steel.
I was expecting something really bad and stupid, and i got more than i expected. A good action movie.
Normal viewers will like action, comic fans like me will also enjoy seeing numerous Superman characters and cameos: Pete Ross (the character is kinda not here nor there though), Lana, Steve Lombard (could have picked a more beefier guy, but whatever), professor Hamilton, i think i also heard general Eiling's name (?), Wayne Tech, LexCorp truck.
I also noticed how close, almost word to word, this movie was to Byrne's Man of Steel series. Krypton is the same scientific, rotten from inside society from Byrne's reboot, they kept those flying robots and some designs in clothing.
Man of Steel shows what Superman movies actually never actually had: complete no holds barred fight between superpowered combatants in the city. Okay, Superman: Doomsday had that and so did few episodes of JLU but you know general public doesn't care about cartoons. I'm thankful that many people will see and enjoy amazing Superman action.
My friend thought
Pa Kent's death was stupid, i thought it was okay. In general
Costner's scenes were very well done, it's sappy, even corny stuff but you need it to make a good Superman story.
Farm scenes reminded me of "
For All Seasons" (which is my favourite Superman book), they had just right dose of Americana which i enjoyed a lot in that book.
Micheal Shannon was great, and did a great job as always (loved Shelter, and he is absolutely amazing in Boardwalk Empire, my favorite character by far), but i still think he was miscast.
I liked how they dodged the whole Clark Kent glasses dilemma. I still preferred if they went "For All Seasons"/"All Star Superman" where Superman was kinda beefy and Kent looked fat by wearing shirts and pants size too big, which is the most working explanation to the whole disguise thing.
I enjoyed the movie, first half kinda drags too much with the whole explanations (even though i loved seeing Superman mythos on a screen) and but the latter half is almost all action.