Man of Steel works for the most part but there's little under the surface. The origin story arc is mildly interesting but Krypton is just too cold, bizarre, and dysfunctional to suit my taste. The action delivers but there's a tedious futility to the combat as the super beings thrash about laying waste to the landscape while inflicting insignificant damage to one another. It grows old quickly but sadly the moviegoer is not spared the lengthy melee. Supposedly at the root of all this chaos lurks a story of humanity and belief, but it's window dressing at best. See it for what it is, a summer blockbuster, and don't look too deeply for a hidden message.
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