![]() ![]() How high will ‘Man of Steel’ fly on opening weekend?Īt the risk of damning Cavill with faint praise, the 30-year-old Brit makes a better Man of Steel than the milquetoast Brandon Routh did in 2006’s Superman Returns. ![]() He’s just another haunted outsider grappling with issues. But he’s been transformed into the latest in a long line of soul-searching super-brooders, trapped between his devastated birth planet of Krypton and his adopted new home on Earth. Sure, -Superman is still faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive (and thanks to the -impossibly handsome Henry Cavill, an easy-on-the-eyes slice of spandex-clad beefcake to boot). But their Dark Knight-style makeover never quite comes -together. Snyder, whose best films are 2004’s -adrenalized Dawn of the Dead remake and 2007’s hyper-stylized Spartan saga 300, has teamed up with producer Christopher Nolan to give us a cooler, more conflicted Superman. So what turf is left for good old Clark Kent? That’s the nagging question that director Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel tries - and ultimately fails - to answer. The local multiplex is lousy with celluloid crime fighters. Lately, though, that field has gotten awfully crowded. Seventy-five years ago, when the Kryptonian caped–crusader first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1, hoisting a car over his head, he not only stood for truth, justice, and the American way, he also had a virtual monopoly on the men-in-tights genre. Being Superman isn’t as simple as it once was. ![]()
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