Highly recommended.īODY BAGS: COLLECTOR’S EDITION – Back in the day, the horror anthology was big business. Plus, there are a good amount of actual really interesting special features that document the history of Superman, the action scenes, an animated short and much more.
Needless to say, the Blu-ray version is a must on this one and you get a digital copy as well, so you can watch it on portable devices. While Michael Shannon and Amy Adams aren’t ideal choices for Zod and Lois Lane, respectively, they do enough to let the special effects and plot take center stage along with Cavill to create one hell of a fun movie. He’s strong and has a quiet strength that comes across smashingly while showing the will that Superman has to overcome the odds stacked against him. The devastation of Metropolis and Smallville must be seen to be believed as it is really remarkable CG and stunts going on. The battle scenes are simply brilliant with the real feeling that these super powered people are unstoppable and can literally bring down a skyscraper by just plunging into it while fighting.
On a level of a good action movie where would-be gods are fighting and doing stuff that is over-the-top from humanity, it works and works on so many levels. The same goes for Batman, which is probably why I truly loved the Christopher Nolan DARK KNIGHT trilogy – I have no hang-ups on the comic book origin so whatever I saw was more pure enjoyment of a good action movie with a likeable hero than it was “Oh no, they tampered with the canon.” Same goes for Superman, I know that this isn’t the traditional story of the Man of Steel but I don’t care. Not being a DC fanboy or even a big fan of Superman in general I don’t harbor any ill will or feelings about his comic book origin or canon.
I know that’s something that may come of a bone of contention for some people that seemed to really down-to-a-new-level hate the movie because it wasn’t simply a reboot of the film series but a complete retelling of the origin story of Superman and of his home world, Krypton. MAN OF STEEL | (c) 2013 Warner Home Video