The Man of Steel

Hey people's. Today I am doing a blog on The Man of Steel. Here it goes.

A few weeks ago my family saw The Man of Steel. It was a great movie. It looks great. The acting is good, but there was a few things I didn't like.

SPOILERS

People died. In this movie there was Superman and people still died. In the beginning Jor El is killed by General Zod and Kal is sent to earth on a mission to preserve Krypton. This is a cool concept but as far as I'm concerned Superman's parents died in each others arms as Krypton exploded and the only reason they sent Kal off in a Rocket was because they loved him.

When General Zod started terraforming Earth a gravity beam was violently picking people up and slamming them to the ground. Nobody ever said they were dead but I doubt many of them survived that. A military general crashed his Plane to stop Zod. This idea I am okay with because he was a good man sacrificing himself to save humanity. At the end General Zod with his newfound powers is fighting Superman in a museum and they get in a position where General Zod dies or General Zod kills a family.

Superman snaps General Zod's neck. I am not saying that that was the wrong choice for Superman or that he did the wrong thing I am saying Superman doesn't kill. Superman is one of the most influential characters in American culture and one of his rules is that he doesn't kill. After Alex saw this movie we were at Ocean City and he was playing with his action figures. Superman was killing the bad guys. Dad had to explain to Alex why Superman had to kill general Zod. I realize that chracters have to adapt to new tastes in modern culture but that might have been to far. Superman made the right choice but I don't think that Superman should ever be portrayed in a movie or comic killing anybody. It could of been a lot better if awesome music came on, Superman figured out how to stop General Zod, and put the General in the Phantom Zone.

Nevertheless it was a great movie and you should all go see it and tell me what you think. Of course here I am just pointing this out because I feel like it had to be seen. Bye.

By Ashton