Man of Steel 2013

Reviews (18)

1. J

   Jonathan White 8 月 23, 2026

   $225,000,000 Two Hundred And Twenty Five Million Dollars. The budget for this turd was Two Hundred And Twenty Five MILLION dollars. What else would this sum buy you? I checked; a random search for 2014 / 2013 favourites lists here on LB. I looked at 30 or so, and picked out what I saw as peoples favourites. Under the Skin $16M Boyhood $2.4M Only Lovers Left Alive $7M Grand Budapest Hotel $31M Her $23M 12 Years a Slave $20M Dallas Buyers Club $5.5M Worlds End $28M Upstream Color $0.1M The Place Beyond the Pines $15M Nabraska $12M Inside Llewyn Davis $11M Stoker $12M Enemy best guess about $3M Philomena $12M Mud $10M Short Term 12 $1M Fruitvale Station $1M The Past $11M Spring Breakers $5M Before Midnight $3M Only God Forgives $5M The Hunt $3.5M The Act of Killing $1M I only saw the first $200,000,000 worth of Man of Steel, as I walked out at the two hour mark.

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2. D

   DirkH 8 月 23, 2026

   Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Jesus wearing a leotard. Pretty sure the S stands for shite.

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3. J

   Joe A 8 月 23, 2026

   Above all else, cold. Even if conceptually the somber biblical route is interesting, the execution is so poor that it never amounts to anything. Hans Zimmer is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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4. D

   davidehrlich 8 月 23, 2026

   “but what if i have to tinkle?” you will believe a man can sigh. hopelessly torn between regurgitating a myth & telling a story. inert, dull & terribly timid. the genome of a Nolan film & none of the grace. flashback structure fatally enervates the narrative. hardly any actual *scenes,* even fewer actual characters. Cavill is great / wasted. Adams is given a petulant and banal Lois Lane. Shannon acquits himself, and yet enjoys not a single memorable moment (his henchwoman steals the show with her Metal Gear moves). neat design elements, i’ll give it that. the thought of a sequel has me locked in the fetal position. no more, zack snyder. no more zack snyder.

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5. ˗

   ˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗ 8 月 23, 2026

   “Welcome to the planet.” “Glad to be here Lois.” you know what this truly slaps and i’m not afraid to admit that!!!!

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6. E

   Eli Hayes 8 月 23, 2026

   when you think you’re going to jail but they meld you to the interior of a giant metallic penis instead.

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7. A

   adambolt 8 月 23, 2026

   my favorite part was when it went BOOM and the building went KABLAM and KABOOSH and WADOOM SPLAAGAHGGDOOM

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8. S

   Sean Fennessey 8 月 23, 2026

   Since its release, I’ve considered this my least favorite moviegoing experience ever. I am emotionally allergic to this conception of the character, and this iteration of his world. It feels like a healthy human body rejecting a diseased organ transplant. Ma Kent growling “Go to hell” to General Zod, who is dressed like the Engineer from Alien, followed by a “Leave my mommy alone!” punch-fest was a particular low point upon revisit. That said, one whole star for Kevin Costner’s brief, genuinely moving turn as Pa.

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9. G

   George Carmi 8 月 23, 2026

   This is how you help yourself… Put on a movie you fucking love. And I really mean LOVE. Fuck the critics. Fuck the toxic ShitTok comments. Fuck what anyone says. If you love it, you’re valid. If you love it, wear it as a badge and let the world know. Lose yourself in what you love. Escape reality. Let your mind run free through film. Man of Steel is my love. Always has been. Always will be.

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10. L

    Lise 8 月 23, 2026

    There is a scene in Man of Steel that says it all. In the middle of a showdown with the bad guys in downtown Metropolis with people everywhere, a flaming truck or some other huge thing is thrown towards Superman who is standing in front of a building. A building presumably filled with people. Superman jumps out of the way. He jumps out of the way. Superman. The truck goes into the building destroying I don’t how many floors killing I don’t know how many people. I have to ask: why didn’t Superman catch the truck and throw it over the buildings out of the city to land on some out of the way field to save some lives? That…

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11. A

    ava adore 8 月 23, 2026

    during this one part when superman was screaming the subtitles said “RAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH” and i burst out laughing

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12. D

    David Sims 8 月 23, 2026

    Henry Cavil’s jaw could plausibly run for office

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13. G

    GenerationofSwine 1 月 10, 2023

    Yeah… I have an issue with Superman Dark, I’m sorry, it just doesn’t work for me. Batman, yeah, you can make him dark. Batman can be brooding. Batman can be extremely serious.

    In fact, with the exception of Mayor Adam West’s Batman, making the character light and fun doesn’t really work.

    But this is Superman, and he is a light character. You can make serious Superman stories, you can make dark superman stories, and they work… but not when you make Superman a dark and brooding character.

    When that happens, it feels like Man of Steel, a superman movie that is trying really hard to be Batman.

14. C

    citizen226 5 月 26, 2022

    Reading other reviews, I can understand how people that grew up with the comics didn’t like it. I never grew up with the comics. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It gets a lot of hate. I thought the story, pacing, acting, and special effects were all excellent. The scene where he learns to fly is one of the greatest scenes in modern cinema, in my opinion. Gives me goosebumps every time.

15. P

    Peter89Spencer 3 月 16, 2021

    When I first saw the trailer, I was a little excited.

    Man of Steel is the first of many films of what would now be known as DCEU.

    Zack Snyder did a really brilliant job directing this movie – it was amazing! Henry Cavill was superb as Superman and Michael Shannon was brilliant as Zod. And a hat tip to Russell Crowe’s performance.

    The best superhero film in 2013.

16. D

    Dark Jedi 1 月 20, 2018

    I guess I am being stubbornly traditional here but this was not really the Superman that I grow up with. I am sure that a lot of people are not going to agree with me on this one but personally I was not overly thrilled with this movie.

    Sure, if what you wanted was a wild action ride and unchecked destruction then this movie will most likely satisfy you. However, as a “Superman” movie it just did not feel right to me.

    The original story is tweaked and tinkered with too much. The Kryptonians, not only General Zod and his minions, are portrayed in a quite negative light. Superman himself project a hugely negative aura. Lois Lane gets to meet Superman and learn who he really is before he even starts to work for The Daily Planet. And so on and so forth…

    The first part of the movie with the back-flashes, with Kal-El just trying to hide, getting bullied etc. is just sad and even boring. It is not until General Zod arrives that things starts to get going. However even then they continue to tinker with things. Apparently it is now enough to breathe Krypton-like air for him to lose his powers. This is just so wrong. Actually, the entire bla bla when they try to “explain” his powers is just dumb. There is an established story behind Superman. Even though it is fantastic and unscientific just stick to it. It is a fantasy comic character after all. Leave it at that. The story itself is not bad but it is not Superman.

    Having said all that, when the fighting starts, the special effects and the action definitely have a high “coolness factor”. Superman and General Zod wrecks more havoc than half a dozen Godzillas with a bad case of hangover. Actually the level of mayhem is bordering on the ridiculous but it was fun to watch. Unfortunately I have to admit that this was my enjoyment of this movie, to watch the special effects.

17. A

    Andres Gomez 10 月 27, 2014

    The cast is well chosen but the Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Not that she performances bad but she is just not Lois Lane.

    Smart choosing to focus in Krypton. Probably, the less repeated story told about Superman.

    You can really feel Christopher Nolan’s touch in the script and, probably, that’s the problem. It is just too similar to Batman Begins. Also, the script repeats Batman’s stupidities like the way in which Klark Kent father dies or feeling that Crowe, Superman’s father, has everything under control, even his own stupid death.

    Tons of FX with incredible fights that may feel exhausting for some but that I think are totally justified in this character.

    The OST is again in the hands of Hans Zimmer that keeps abusing of the drumming and grave sounds.

    All in all, still looking forward for the next movie of this reboot.

18. K

    KCruz88 7 月 6, 2013

    Overall this movie is great! It has flaws but it still delivered. For instance, they didn’t really explore the loving side of Superman that is the reason for saving humans. But i get it that this could just be a different interpretation of his motives. The relationship between Clark and Lois was almost spontaneous and didn’t really develop. Not to mention there was so much action! Sure this is Superman and he deserves a big movie, but that action is just so mind numbing and distracts from the plot. I really did like how they explored Clarks childhood just enough to give justification to his emotions. Although there are criticism about the ending, I thought it was well made. Clark spent his entire youth listening to his father to control himself and he had to learn to make a tough decision. I think this movie has a lot of potential for a sequel if they do it right. I look forward to being able to look back on this and watch it as part of a trilogy and not a stand alone film.