{"id":241,"date":"2013-06-20T21:38:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T02:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=241"},"modified":"2013-08-25T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T16:18:37","slug":"man-of-steel-2013-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"Man of Steel (2013) – Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Man of Steel”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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How does one describe the origins story of Superman?\u00a0 A man, who has struggled with being different and fitting in his entire life, is suddenly forced to confront just how extra-ordinary these differences are when he discovers and is forced to confront the truth of his heritage.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to address comic book versus big screen, aside from stating that this is a modernized retelling of one of the origins of one of the most iconic comic book stories ever written.\u00a0 It is visually stunning, nearly overwhelming at the beginning, which seems to be consistent with Zach Snyder’s direction style. The soundtrack, by Hans Zimmer, was amazingly well done.<\/p>\n

The core characters are updated for the movie.\u00a0 Amy Adams’ Lois Lane is actually shown as a field hardened journalist who appears more often in the middle of the action than in the offices of the Daily Planet.\u00a0 Henry Cavill really owned the role, he had great chemistry with the entire cast and managed to remind the audience of that little darkness in Clark Kent\/Kal-El’s utterly good guy character.\u00a0 I really enjoyed Michael Shannon as General Zod.\u00a0 He was able to emote fanatic conviction in Zod’s beliefs and made his presence felt in each scene.\u00a0 The final fight scene between Kal-El and Zod was not only thrilling, it was heart wrenching.\u00a0 It was a change to the Kal-El\/Superman character that I can see upsetting to people who are hardcore Superman fans.\u00a0 Antje Traue, as Zod’s right hand,\u00a0 Faora-Ul, was another very charismatic addition to the cast. \u00a0 She successfully expressed the strength and lack of morality of a soldier.\u00a0\u00a0 Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as John and Martha Kent, respectively, gave incredible performances.\u00a0 Costner portrayed gentle compassion even while trying to teach and encourage Clark to accept harsh realities.<\/p>\n

I give this 4 1\/2 cups of ice tea, one of the best things to come from DC Comics in a long time.
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