Busy, Busy, Busy: A Review

Now, something I'll talk about later on is my opinion of comic book heroes, but let me give a backdrop to start you guys off with:

I see myself as more of a Marvel type-of-guy. This may come from the fact that I love Iron Man, but I just find the overall pool of heroes to be more likable. Now, this does not mean that I don’t like DC. I
enjoy DC quite a bit, but I just can’t find myself straying away from the Marvel universes that drag me back in. Now, I love the Justice League, but I do have a serious beef with what most people call the strongest super hero in the world.

I don’t like Superman.

This beef with the Man of Steel is not personal. I just don’t like over-powerful characters. It’s kind of a cop-out that he can just fly into the sun and become, in a word, god. To fix this idea, and to redeem this deity from the pits of hell that other directors had done to him, DC has employed Christopher Nolan to make a real, believable Superman like his own Batman, and save him from the failure of another, like the Green Lantern’s reboot.

I didn’t want to really see this movie, but a group of my friends pulled me to go, and to the midnight release no less. I’ll be honest—I went into that movie incredibly critical of what it could be. Superman is a hard character to write since his powers are, for lack of a better word, bullshit. This man can’t be killed, but is damaged by pieces of Kryptonite, but he never really dies. Now, you can argue that no hero really ever dies but you know when Kryptonite is pulled out, it isn’t going to last.
However, Christopher Nolan is a man of magic, and I found myself liking remade man of action. A character that I can’t stand for being so powerful was re-presented to me, and with this newfound humanity in what I usually view as a non-human character, this Man of Steel was able to make an impression on me, be it from tiredness or from sheer talent, I have found myself in a position where I enjoyed a Superman movie.

This is not to say that Nolan has created The Dark Knight. No, that magical bond of Joker v. Batman was near perfect. The power of General Zod is understandable, but he isn’t a true big-name villain. I wanted to see Lex, but it isn’t quite yet in the cards. And I will be honest, the end, although satisfactory, is only that. Not good, not great, it ends. I will give this reboot a thumbs up, but it is not Nolan’s greatest work. It is, however, worthy of the super hero it needs to build.

--Santa