If you go to see Man of Steel expecting Nolan-style character complexity and philosophical plot-depth, you will be disappointed. Man of Steel is an action movie, plain and simple. And it’s a darn good one! Snyder does action well—very well, and that is the film’s only real strength. Watching Superman battle enemies that possess his same strength, speed, and eye beams while they smash up everything around them (and destroy an IHOP) was pure joy. Think Cloud fighting Sephiroth in the CG-Anime Final Fantasy Advent Children and you’ll have an idea of what the last fight between Zod and Superman is like.
Still, as impressive as the fight scenes and special effects were—and I haven’t seen better—Man of Steel has some glaring flaws: First, Laurence F...
