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Rewrite of the Superman origin story has Kal-El coming to Earth, meeting his father's consciousness, and doing battle with the Kryptonian traitor General Zod and his band of genetically-engineered warriors. Director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer self-consciously jumble the timeline of Clark Kent's coming of age, but for them all Clark's "high points" are either action-oriented or moments when he manfully restrains himself from kicking a tormentor's butt -- which, sadly, qualifies him as the deepest character in the film. Overlong and almost humorless, though with one bit of unintended hilarity: after bemoaning the Kryptonian system of eliminating free choice with genetic engineering, Clark's dad proceeds to tell Clark everything he must do now that he's on Earth. Kids' stuff.
Rewrite of the Superman origin story has Kal-El coming to Earth, meeting his father's consciousness, and doing battle with the Kryptonian traitor General Zod and his band of genetically-engineered warriors. Director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer self-consciously jumble the timeline of Clark Kent's coming of age, but for them all Clark's "high points" are either action-oriented or moments when he manfully restrains himself from kicking a tormentor's butt -- which, sadly, qualifies him as the deepest character in the film. Overlong and almost humorless, though with one bit of unintended hilarity: after bemoaning the Kryptonian system of eliminating free choice with genetic engineering, Clark's dad proceeds to tell Clark everything he must do now that he's on Earth. Kids' stuff.
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