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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I am, admittedly, not a Superman fanboy. It is certainly better than any previous Superman movie. It was not as good as TDK, but it was 100 times better than The Green Lantern. DC has a long way to go before they get close to Marvel as far as establishing their Cinematic Universe. I would rank it in the second half of a Superhero/Comic Book Top 10 Movie list.

I would love to see Wonder Woman, Flash, and The Green Arrow stand alone movies so they could join Batman and Superman in a Justice League movie. Ryan Reynolds ruined Green Lantern for me, so I don't really want to see him play the part ever again. But I think DC doesn't believe they have time to make more stand alone movies, and will rush Man of Steel 2 into production, and then make a Justice League movie with only Superman and Batman and Green Lantern having had stand alone movies. This is why Marvel will always have a better Cinematic Universe.

My Top 10:

1. The Avengers (Superhero)
2. X-Men: First Class (Superhero)
3. The Dark Knight (Superhero) - Heath Ledger gives the best performance ever in any Superhero/Comic Book movie.
4. Watchmen (Superhero)
5. Iron Man (Superhero)
6. The Dark Knight Rises (Superhero)
7. V for Vendetta (Comic Book)
8. Man of Steel (Superhero)
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Comic Book)
10. Scott Pilgrim Versus The World (Comic Book)

That's about what I think, although I'd rate it a little higher. I think it's this franchise's Batman Begins. I'm also not as big an Avengers fan, so on any list TDK is #1 with a bullet for me. MoS would make my top 5.\

I want to restate something, though. People who haven't seen it, don't expect a lot of geeful "that was awesome!" moments. That's what I was alluding to when I said it was subdued. I liked it so I'm not calling it a weakness, though maybe that impression will change with repeat viewings, but don't go in expecting the feel good movie of the year. There's some of that, there are some legit holy crap moments, and the audience I saw it with did clap at the end, which is usually a good sign, but it's mostly just...

Spoiler!

Clark Kent getting thrown into the deep end and learning how to be Superman by the seat of his pants. And I think that's one of the issues negative reviewers haven't figured out: this is not yet iconic Superman at the peak of his powers and knowledge. This is a guy who's been stuck between two worlds for 33 years, without a place, learning how he's going to fit.

And last thing, for people worried about the collateral damage bitching by people online:

Spoiler!

He's (literally) halfway across the planet when most of the destruction of Metropolis happens. Yes, he and Zod do duke it out around and through a few buildings once he's back, and the city is clearly not evacuated at that point, but it's a fairly short sequence. After reading all of that online this week, I expected it to be much worse than it actually was.

I do think my one issue with the film is the way Zod dies. I can't decide if it's really cool or if it just doesn't work. It was the only thing in the entire movie that felt awkward to me. But the coda afterward is so good that in the end I didn't care.