Man of Steel is popular for being one of the most polarizing movies for comic book fans. It gives audience a new look on Superman but at the same time it betrays some the classic tropes that fans of the character admire. I found the movie to be too long, trying to hard to be like The Dark Knight, too much obvious Jesus symbolism and having blatantly obvious product placement. I did enjoy Henry Cavill as Superman and the idea of Superman being a polarizing figure. I find it to be mirroring how our society would react. He's a hero but some wonder what if he decides that Earth is not worth it. Dawn of Justice, hopefully, will dive deep into what it means to be a hero and a defender of Earth.
Man of Steel is an origin story and basically combines the story of the first two Superman movies that starred Christopher Reeve. A child by the name of Kal-El is sent away from his dying world of Krypton and ends up on Earth where he is found and raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent. The child, now going by the name of Clark Kent, grows up learning to control his special abilities and tries to figure out where he belongs in the world. But when Earth is invaded by Kryptonian forces that were banished from the planet before its destruction, it's up to Clark to stop them and save Earth.
During the battle, much of the major city Metropolis is destroyed. And someone who witnessed this destruction first hand was Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman. Wayne's witness to the destruction caused by Superman will be the reason to why he will be fighting Superman in Dawn of Justice, which is a sequel to Man of Steel.
The dark tone that was criticized seems to be amped up for Superman's battle with the Dark Knight of Gotham. This works for me as director Zack Snyder stated that a lot of the movie would be borrowing from comic book artist and storyteller Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, a story that focused on an old Bruce Wayne coming out of retirement to be Batman one more time and in the process has a battle with Superman. The big difference is that the movie is seeting up the creation of The Justice League and the DC universe, a lot to do in one movie. It's no doubt obvious that DC is playing catch up with Marvel and their cinematic universe. Unfortunately, they are about 8 years late to the party. Batman V. Superman has to build a universe in one movie, a task that took many years for Marvel to do.
Man of Steel is not one of the worst comic book movies to come out but its not one of the best either. Like I said previously it had its faults but it had some good stuff in it. Like it or hate it, it's up to you. It will be interesting to see how the reaction to DC's other films compare to this one, especially ones like The Flash which will in no way will be tied to the popular CW series of the same name and character. And lets not forget Marvel and their stacked line up. Only time will tell if DC and its Extended Universe will be something to look forward to or something to dread.
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