It's such a shame that Warner execs significantly tampered with later entries in the DCEU that hindered the progression of such an impressive start of that shared universe.
Krypton is wonderfully realised and Michael Shannon as Zod is superb, under Snyder's direction delivering a performance that fits brilliantly with the story being told. It captures the struggles and frustrations of the main character and the notion of feeling like an outsider but still trying to do the right thing.
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Aside from those very minor niggles, this movie is very close to perfection. The final battle goes on a little longer than was needed and finally there is a writing decision re: Jonathan Kent that I didn't care for. As others have mentioned, this works better for Batman (vengeance) than it does Superman (hope). So why only 4.5 stars? The pallet used is a little too muted, requested by Warner Bros and Christopher Nolan off the back of the Dark Knight trilogy. There isn't a bad acting performance in the entire movie. Snyder's visuals are the best of any Superhero director in my humble opinion. Keeping this concept in mind, I think this movie is almost excellent. In other words, how would the world react if they discovered a being with Superman's powers was real - a line of dialogue in the movie spoken by Perry White says as much. Furthermore, this project is designed to ignore all other versions and is essentially a 'first contact' story. Some people have taken issue with Snyder about the story in this movie and seem unaware that he didn't write it David Goyer and Christopher Nolan did. The second is Zack Snyder and views on his work are divisive. Man of Steel is far more accurate to the Superman mythos but again, is a version - there are multiple takes on this character. He doesn't throw cellophane 'S' shields at villains etc so this is why I refer to Reeve as playing a 'version'. Some people have an issue with Man of Steel because it is not that version. As a kid, I liked all 4 movies and liked II, I, IV and III in order of preference. Christopher Reeve portrayed a beloved 'version' of this character. Let me get two things out of the way that affect some peoples views on this film.