Reviews

That is probably why I pushed back a bit when Man of Steel came out relatively soon after; that, and the fact that I didn't really enjoy Snyder's previous film or that the film wasn't really getting glorious reviews back in the day.

Perhaps the most divisive film that will appear on this list, I am one of the people out there that really loved Man of Steel (and on the subject I actually like Batman vs Superman too, though not as much, hence it won't appear on this list).

I'll also cop to the fact that the effects work on display is really good (though of course this was always going to be an effects film, but it's nice to see good effects straight after seeing Superman IV).

I really can't see how you can call The Avengers great, and then slam Man Of Steel, when in fact Man Of Steel is so much stronger, and looks so much better.

Aesthetically they achieved the 'look' with a decent degree of success (Cavill's physique and Weta's visual effects respectively) but I found both the Superman character and the film as a whole to be completely lacking in any sense of warmth, heart, wit, humour or just good old fun.

Henry Cavill was fine as Superman.

I'd like to see the faces of those slamming Man Of Steel if they'd included a scene like that in this film There are also a few action scenes that seem to have come from the original Christopher Reeve films Superman The Movie and Superman II...

Yes Henry Cavill looks like Superman a lot more then the emo Superman done by Brandon Routh, but this man failed to make Superman his role in this remake.

From that moment on the film feels less like a Superman film and more like an Alien Invasion movie and I feel like that was their intention.

Snyder spends the first hour of the film trying to make us connect with Superman.