Who
doesn’t know Superman. All of us know Superman. To revisit his origins and repackage
them in a riveting storyline 35 years after the first Superman movie came out
requires plenty of courage.
Zack
Snyder does a class act. And with Christopher Nolan and David Goyer on board as
writers, this is story telling taken to new heights. The movie has all the
usual characters playing their usual roles – the caring Kents, the hyperactive Lois
Lane, the ever pushy Perry White, Zod, Lana Lang, Pete Ross and the rest.
The
story goes back and forth in time without bordering on the tedium. The movie
also pays tribute to/seems inspired by various events both fictional and real:
·
Julian
Assange makes an appearance as Glen Woodburn
·
The
pod carrying Lois Lance crashes into a cornfield and creates a crop circle
·
There
is a Wayne Enterprises satellite hovering in outer space into which Superman
and Zod collide
·
Jor
El appears as a dynamic hologram compared to the iterative Princess Lea
·
The
age old Kryptonian spacecraft exiting the Arctic atmosphere appears to be inspired
from X Files/ Predator series.
·
The
duel between Superman and Zod resembles the duel with Doomsday in the comic
book
·
Perry
White is coloured and not white
·
Unmanned
surveillance drones trying to find the Arctic Fortress – giving the Al Qaeda a
break
·
Cloning
and depletion of global resources – issues which were not so prevalent when the
original movie came out
·
Hints
of Wolverine in the bar scene. The Krypton warriors look like minor X Men
characters.
The
movie carries the dark tones which have begun to be associated with comic film
based movies of late (ironic considering Superman was always a sunshine hero
not one who prowled in the shadows). Watching the movie on Father’s day made it
extra special with Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner graduating to senior citizen
roles with perfection, helping mould Kal El/ Clark Kent into what he is and to
taken on his demons, internal and external.
Jimmy
Olsen and Lex Luthor are conspicuous by their absence but LexCorp makes an
appearance at the end. So Lex Luthor is out there somewhere waiting. Could Pete Ross become the next Lex Luthor? –
Subtle clues here and there.
Disappointed
that Lois Lane knows that Clark is Superman. However, waiting for the sequel.
