It's not bad, I liked it enough, but not totally. The beginning was cool, with Russell Crowe as Jor-El and the beautiful Ayelet Zurer as his wife. He fights with Zod to give her the time to send away their son Kal-El, being convinced as they are that their planet is doomed, and about to end. Zod and his followers are imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, thus being saved, as it turns out, because short after the planet Krypton explodes and they all die.
A scene I didn't like was when Zod was sentenced to prison, and they ask if he has anything to say and then there is a moment of stillness and silence, then Zod launches himself forward shouting "you won't kill us yourself" - nothing wrong with the theory of the scene, but why that pause? He should have reacted more promptly, I think. Well I don't know, but I would have liked it better.
Kal-El on Earth is raised by Jonathan Kent aka Kevin Costner and his wife Martha, Diane Lane who give him the name of Clark. It's difficult for the child to adapt because of his powers that he doesn't understand, but with the love and help of his mum all goes well. Unfortunately he grows up knowing he's different from anybody else, and obeying his father who keep telling him his powers must remain a secret at all cost. To the point that he will refuse Clark's help and die in a tornado in quite a cool scene, I admit, but nevertheless a bit absurd. Couldn't help thinking that he could save him and go away, keeping the secret. Maybe pretending to everyone else to have died saving his father.He should have gone away a bit sooner maybe,but his dad would be alive. I know what I would have done having his powers! Instead he stays where he is, watching him disappear. Personally I'm not bothered by the fact that he went back to save the dog, poor terrorized thing, how could you let him die without trying? The point is, he should have let Clark do it. But let's move on. Clark is seen many times saving people, but now that he's away from home anytime anyone sees him doing something extraordinary, he vanishes and changes identity in another place. Gosh, the scene when he comes out of the water, he has no shirt, the trousers are all broken, and if only his skin was a little more greeny I was about to shout Hulk!!! He's quite big, isn't he? Doesn't seem so much when he has a tshirt on.
Clark meets Lois Lane aka Amy Adams at the Artic, both there to investigate a misterious ship, actually a Kryptonian ship. She gets immediately in danger and he has to save her, and then disappear again. I must say her first entry wasn't too nice, when she played tough with the colonel, saying something like 'now if we have finished comparing dicks we can move on', something on that tone, and I was rolling my eyes. Is that necessary? Is that the only way a girl can work among men??
Then a spaceship arrives and Zod threatens to annihilate the Earth if they don't give him our superman. On tv, a guy says He steps forward, and goes with them, along with Lois. On the ship, Lois uses Clark's key and the "software"/spirit of dad Jor-El helps her and Clark escape. (How cool was that, my favourite scene). Then of course he rescues Lois, engages a big big battle with all the bad guys, and when it appears he has won he stops among the ruins and kisses her, because obviously that's the better moment! *rolling eyes again* But Zod is still there, and they keep fighting, turning to ruins a lot of buildings, moving a lot further from where they started, and yet when it's over and Clark is sadly forced to kill him, Lois is already there ready to hug him! How did she do that, if the roads were covered in ruins, no cars anywhere, they were flying, and yet she was inside the same building ready to run to hug him... If anyone has a plausible explanation, other that "it was a cool scene, the kind of scene Americans always like, and that's it", please tell me, because to me it's just stupid.
When he learned to fly it was the most boring moment. We already know how special effects can be amazing these days, no need to see him flying for so long!!
Lawrence Fishburne is Perry White, the head of the Daily Planet.
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