Man of Steel
starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne and Russell Crowe
screenplay by David S. Goyer
directed by Zack Snyder
Rating: ♦♦♦◊◊
Based on the Superman character from DC Comics, Man of Steel is the very first movie based on a comic book that I have every liked. I habitually hate all movies based on comic books: Superman, Spiderman, Batman, X-men, Hulk, Green Lantern, American Splendor, Captain America, Spawn, Judge Dredd, Hellboy, Fantastic Four, you name it. But not this one. Sure, it was stupid. But there was a proper story to it, with good characters and action. The violence of Superman fighting other refugees from the planet Krypton in American cities - crashing into buildings, tossing cars, trucks and train locomotives around, etc. - got so tiring and boring that by the end of the film I was falling asleep and praying that it would end soon.
Kevin Costner plays the farmer who discovers the baby Superman when he crashed to earth. Costner is a salt of the earth kind of character. He excels at portraying baseball players, farmers, noble thieves, lawmen. There’s something Jack Lemony about him.