![]() ![]() Led by General Zod (Michael Shannon), the Kryptonites invade Earth to find the codex that Jor-El (Russell Crowe) planted on baby Kal-El. The Krypton homeboys overshadow the Lois Lane thread in the movie. She starts to investigate this strange man who helps people in small ways. But when he meets Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lois Lane (Amy Adams), she smells a story. Clark's super-duper senses nearly destroy him, but he learns to focus on one thing at a time.įor 33 years Clark (Henry Cavill) tries to blend in with humans. He hears clusters of sounds that frazzle his brain. When he looks at his classmates and teachers, his X-ray vision reveals bones and veins and pulsating organs. The kids all sense that Clark is different, and young Clark knows that he is, too. They entrust him with a fine human name: Clark Kent, which is a radical departure from his birth name, Kal-El. And, as all parents do, they know that their baby is special. They pry open his rocket ship and cradle a bundle of joy. A farmer and his wife, Jonathan and Martha Kent (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane), find the lad in a field. He lands in Kansas farm country as a wee baby without a stitch of clothing. But instead of a lizard neck, child-wonder eyes and an oversized-index finger, this alien life form is a god-like Adonis from the dying planet of Krypton. He's 100 percent extraterrestrial alien, fresh off the flying saucer. No! It's Superman!" Vintage Superman smiles brightly. People speak in golly-gee, awe-shucks prose about Vintage Superman: "Is that a bird?. Vintage Superman, from the Christopher Reeves era, flies around in red hot pants, tights and a cape, and poses with his hands on his hips to demonstrate his fine physique to admiring kids in Mayberry-like towns. The contrast between Vintage Superman and Reinvented Superman is startling-and for true believers, perhaps a touch too serious and sacrilegious. "Man of Steel" aspires to wring out the flaws in our previous conceptions of Superman.
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