Man of Steel (Film/Movie) Review
Man of Steel is a 2013 American superhero Film (Movie) directed by Zack Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and scripted by David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Superman, the film is a reboot of the Superman film series that portrays the character's origin story. The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role with Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. Man of Steel is intended to launch a shared fictional universe of DC Comics characters on film.
Development began in 2008 when Warner Bros. Pictures took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters and directors, opting to reboot the franchise. In 2009, a court ruling resulted in Jerry Siegel's
family recapturing the rights to Superman's origins and Siegel's
copyright. The decision stated that Warner Bros. did not owe the
families additional royalties from previous films, but if they did not
begin production on a Superman film by 2011, then the Shuster and Siegel
estates would be able to sue for lost revenue on an unproduced film.
Nolan pitched Goyer's idea after story discussion on The Dark Knight Rises, and Snyder was hired as the film's director in October 2010. Principal photography started in August 2011 in West Chicago, Illinois, before moving to Vancouver and Plano, Illinois. More about Man of Steel (Film/Movie) Review - keep on reading !!
Man of Steel's red carpet premiere in the U.S. was attended by its principal cast members in New York City on June 10, 2013. The film was released to the general public on June 14, 2013, in conventional, 3D and IMAX theaters.
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Plot (Man of Steel)
The planet Krypton
faces imminent destruction due to its unstable core, the result of
years of exploiting Krypton's natural resources. The ruling council is
deposed by the rebel military leader, General Zod, and his followers. Scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara launch their newborn son Kal-El on a spacecraft to Earth, infusing his cells with a genetic codex of the entire Kryptonian race. After Zod murders Jor-El, he and his followers are captured and banished to the Phantom Zone. However, Krypton explodes some time afterwards, freeing them.
The infant Kal-El is raised as the adoptive son of Jonathan and Martha Kent, who name him Clark. Clark's Kryptonian physiology affords him superhuman abilities
on Earth, which initially cause him confusion and ostracizing, but he
gradually learns to harness his powers to help others. Jonathan reveals
to a teenage Clark that he is an alien and advises him not to use his
powers publicly, fearing that society will reject him. After Jonathan's
death, an adult Clark spends several years living a nomadic lifestyle,
working different jobs under false names, while saving people in secret
as well as struggling to cope with the loss of his adoptive father. He
eventually infiltrates a scientific discovery of a Kryptonian scout
spaceship in the Arctic. Clark enters the alien ship, and it allows him to communicate with the preserved consciousness of Jor-El in the form of a hologram. Lois Lane, a journalist from the Daily Planet
who was sent to write a story on the discovery, sneaks inside the ship
while following Clark and is rescued by him when she is injured. Lois's
editor Perry White rejects her story of a "superhuman" rescuer, so she traces Clark back to Kansas with the intention of writing an exposé. After hearing his story, she decides not to reveal his secret.
Zod and his crew seek out other colony worlds and eventually follow a
Kryptonian distress signal sent from the ship Clark discovered on
Earth. Zod demands that humans surrender Kal-El, whom he believes has
the codex, in return for peace. Clark agrees, and the U.S. military hand him and Lois over to Zod's second-in-command, Faora. Zod reveals that he intends to use a terraforming
"world engine" to transform Earth into a new Krypton, eradicating the
human population in the process, and use the codex to repopulate the
planet with genetically-engineered Kryptonians. After Clark and Lois
escape Zod's ship, Clark defeats Faora, convincing the military that he
is an ally. Zod deploys the world engine and initiates the process in Metropolis and over the Indian Ocean.
Clark, now dubbed "Superman",
stops the world engine in the Indian Ocean and also destroys the ship
which carries the pivotal technology, the Genesis Chamber, to restore
the Kryptonian race with the codex. The military use the spacecraft that
brought Clark to Earth in an aerial strike on Zod's ship over
Metropolis, enveloping Zod's crew in a black hole,
completely thwarting Zod's plans. Only Zod remains, and he engages
Superman in an aerial battle across Metropolis. When Zod attempts to
murder civilians in revenge for his defeat, Superman is forced to kill
him. Some time later, Superman continues to earn the U.S. government's
trust, although evading their efforts to uncover his secret identity. To
create an alias that gives him access to dangerous situations without
arousing suspicion, Clark takes a job as a reporter at the Daily Planet.
Cast
- Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Kal-El - A Kryptonian whose parents sent him to Earth as an infant to escape the destruction of his homeworld Krypton. He is raised in Smallville, Kansas, by farmers Martha and Jonathan Kent. Raised under the moral guidance of his adoptive parents and inspired by the holographic message from his late-biological father, Clark becomes Earth's greatest protector, Superman. Superman is depicted as being 33 years old, at least from the moment he was found, in the present timeline of the film. Cavill is the first British actor to play the character. He was previously considered for the role in the 2006 film Superman Returns, but lost out to Brandon Routh. Cavill has stated that "There's a very real story behind the Superman character", explaining that everyone's goal has been to explore the difficulties his character faces as a result of having multiple identities – including his birth name, Kal-El, and his alter ego, Clark Kent. Cavill also stated that "He's alone and there's no one like him," referring to Superman's vulnerabilities. "That must be incredibly scary and lonely, not to know who you are or what you are, and trying to find out what makes sense. Where's your baseline? What do you draw from? Where do you draw a limit with the power you have? In itself, that's an incredible weakness." In an interview with Total Film magazine, Cavill stated he had been consuming nearly 5,000 calories a day, training for over two hours daily and plowing protein to pack on the muscle mass. Dylan Sprayberry was cast as the 13-year-old Clark Kent while 11-year-old Cooper Timberline was cast as the 9-year-old Clark Kent in June.
- Amy Adams as Lois Lane - Reporter for the Daily Planet newspaper and love interest of Clark Kent. Adams was selected from a list of actresses that included Olivia Wilde and Mila Kunis. "There was a big, giant search for Lois," Snyder said. "For us it was a big thing and obviously a really important role. We did a lot of auditioning but we had this meeting with Amy Adams and after that I just felt she was perfect for it." Adams was confirmed to play Lois Lane in March 2011. While announcing the role, Snyder said in statement, "We are excited to announce the casting of Amy Adams, one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today. Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois: smart, tough, funny, warm, ambitious and, of course, beautiful." On portraying Lois Lane, Adams has stated that the film would feature a Lois Lane who is an "independent, feisty woman... but set in a more identifiable world." Adams also stated that "She has become more a free ranging journalist, someone who likes to be hands on. The nature of the newspaper business has changed so much. There is so much more pressure."
- Michael Shannon as General Zod
- Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Jonathan and Martha Kent - The adoptive parents of Superman. Snyder explained his reason for his casting the on-screen couple is solely for the realism: "I think the thing you realize when you look at Diane and Kevin, in our decision to cast them so far, you sort of get a sense of how tonally we're looking at the movie, and what you realize is that those guys are serious actors, and we're taking this movie very seriously in terms of the tone of having those guys. You're talking about having a situation where whatever the action is or whatever the drama of the movie is, our first priority is to make sure it's rendered in the most realistic way we can get at." Lane was the first cast member to join the film since Cavill. "This was a very important piece of casting for me because Martha Kent is the woman whose values helped shape the man we know as Superman," Snyder said in the release. "We are thrilled to have Diane in the role because she can convey the wisdom and the wonder of a woman whose son has powers beyond her imagination."
- Laurence Fishburne as Perry White
- Russell Crowe as Jor-El (The biological father of Superman)
- Antje Traue as Faora - Zod's Sub-Commander and a commander of the Kryptonian military who is completely devoted and loyal to General Zod. Ruthless, cold, and brutal in her methods, Faora's military training and skills make her a very dangerous opponent to Superman. Faora is an expert in close quarters combat and melee weaponry.
- Ayelet Zurer as Lara Lor-Van (The biological mother of Superman and loyal wife to Jor-El)
- Harry Lennix as Lieutenant General Swanwick
- Christopher Meloni as Colonel Nathan Hardy
- Richard Schiff as Dr. Emil Hamilton
- Mackenzie Gray as Jax-Ur.
Filming
Principal photography began on August 1, 2011, at an industrial park near DuPage Airport under the codename "Autumn Frost". Zack Snyder expressed reluctance to shooting the film in 3D, due to the technical limitations of the format, and instead chose to shoot the film two dimensionally and convert the film into 3-D in post production, for a 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D release. Snyder also chose to shoot the film on film instead of digitally, because he felt it would make the film, "a big movie experience". Filming was expected to last for two to three months. Production took place in Plano on August 22 to 29. According to an interview with Michael Shannon, filming would continue until February 2012.
Man of Steel had filming in the Chicago area and Burnaby’s
Mammoth Studios was transformed into Superman’s home planet of Krypton
and myriad extraterrestrial aircraft. Metro lands on Vancouver's North
Shore waterfront hosted the shoot for the dramatic oil rig rescue that
introduces audiences to Superman. Ucluelet and Nanaimo, BC feature
prominently in the film’s first hour—the trademark winter mist and rough
seas are passed off as Alaska in the film. Filming took place in the Chicago Loop from September 7 to 17. Vancouver production took place from September 21, 2011 to January 20, 2012. The Chicago shoot was a unit project meaning that filming could partake
numerous establishing shots as well as cutaways and may not necessarily
include principal cast members.
Design
Man of Steel features a redesigned Superman costume by Jim
Acheson and Michael Wilkinson. The costume preserves the colour scheme
and "S" logo, but adopts darker tones, and notably does not feature the
red trunks usually worn by Superman. Zack Snyder said the costume is "a
modern aesthetic".
He and the producers attempted to devise a suit featuring the red
trunks, but could not design one that fit into the tone of the film,
leading to their removal from the suit. Due to the substantial weight a practical suit would yield, the
Kryptonian armour for General Zod was constructed through CGI to allow
Shannon 'freedom of movement'.
Box Office
As of June 26, 2013, Man of Steel has earned $223,924,818 in
North America and an estimated $188,300,000 in other countries, for a
worldwide total of $412,224,818. The film earned $202.1 million on its opening weekend, including $17.5 million from IMAX theaters.
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