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** Spoiler Alert : Do not Read if you have not watched the Movie Yet ***

For Chris Nolan and Dark Knight Fans\Freaks...This is just a new start for Superman. This is no continuation of its previous Superman Predecessors and this Movie is Just a New Beginning with Sequels to be expected soon.....!! Man of Steel is equivalent to Batman Begins and this is just a start, a Amazing beginning for Superman in a new form.

"For some, he was a guardian angel. For others, a ghost who never quite fit in." -This quote would say it all what we are going to expect from the movie.

Story:-

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Krypton a Dying planet many light years from earth is in verge of self destruction due to lack of natural resources to run its course and is not able to withstand through its changes overtime. There is been no natural birth happened in Krypton for centuries and they are created by artificial means to generate their own species until when a New child ( Kal-El ) is born to Krypton's Chief scientist Jor-El ( Russel Crowe ) and Lara by means of natural birth. Things take a drastic turn when Commander'n'cheif of Kryptonion Army General Zod played by Michael Shannon Turns up against his own leaders for not protecting the planet thinking that they are not doing enough to help the planet from destruction. General Zod along with his army troop attack on his own people to take up the throne and in turn he reaches to Jor-El to get hold of Kryptonian codex , a power source for embryos creation without which there will be no birth of Kryptonion Species. But Before General Zod can reach Jor-El , he along with lara ensures safety of his son's life by sending him to a very distant planet Which is Earth. Before they do, jor-el embed the Codex into the cells of the Super Child making him very special and only source for the survival of Kryptonion Life Forms and its future. As Jor-El refuse to shake hand with his once good friend General zod, a clash happens between both which ends up Killing Jor-El but still General Zod was not able to prevent the Child from escaping from his planet.

This saga ends were General Zod and his Troop later Surrounded by the Kryptonion Army under higher command and arrested for this treason and for planning this coup against his own leaders. As a penalty for his crime and betrayal , General Zod along with few of his loyal soldiers are sent to Outer space in black hole away from krypton which would hold them in a infinite state of coma.Dust settles downs a bit and finally Krypton planet meets its end as like any dying star in outer space. Every race in the planet is been destroyed except the one and only child who is sent to earth for safe living. This destruction inturn released General Zod and his troop from their coma state making them also a few survivors of their planet. As General Zod knew that the Codex which is embedded in cells of kal-El is only source to bring back his planet to life, he starts his search for Kal-El on all galaxies and stars relentlessly

As we know the story of superman from here on , he reaches earth shattering the skies in night making a burning star entry to planet earth. He was later discovered by Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) and his wife Martha (Diane Lane) and they start raising him as a adoptive child Named as Clark Kent ( Henry Cavill ) who inturn start to indentify his own powers day after day , year after year. Clark always knew he is a adopted child, but his quest to know his real parents and secrets behind the inhuman powers never stopped. Though his many failed attempts to mask his powers and cover-up his identify, people start to see him different while some see him as God send and others see him as ghost waking. Jonathan guides him through his life to cover-up his tracks and to maintain his true identify undercover until actually time really calls for to help save the humanity and planet earth.

While this is on, Carl finds a space ship buried inside Iceberg. He somehow able to gets access to it to only realize that the actual ship was from his birth planet Krypton. Through few checks on the Spaceship, he is able to bring back his own father recordings, a message which was left to Karl-El to decrypt his identify and to help him understand the reason for sending him to earth. Louis Lane ( Amy Adams ) who is a reporter at Daily planet was also in nearby area to write up a article on this unidentified object which is this space ship buried deep inside the Iced Waters . She somehow finds the way into the spaceship meets up with a unexpected encounter with Clark and she gets to know his true identify, so far one and only person who knew his secrets. But Clark requests her not to share this secret making her understand that his existence was rather for a bigger cause and that this identity had to be covered until the right time cloaks in . While this spaceship visit helped Karl (a) Clark understand his birth secret, the beacon in the spaceship sets-on which inturn alerts General Zod who is desperately searching Kal-el everywhere. This clue leads General Zod to earth and as soon as he gets into the earth’s atmosphere, he takes control of every satellite communication on earth sending message to every people on earth to handover Kal-EL to him so he would leave earth unharmed. Clark voluntarily steps forward to Army commander in earth informing his willingness to surrender.

Clark was handed over and is later taken to General Zod by his commanding soldiers where Clark discovers that the actual intention of General Zod is not to just capture Kal-El but he also wants to convert planet Earth to Krypton which will happen only by killing and destroying every living and non living forms in earth. Whether Kal-El would help his own Bloodline and commander Zod to achieve his dream or whether he would stand against him to save humanity is what makes rest of the story

Pros :-

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Though this movies makes the first step to break the barrier for using the name Superman in title as Nolan did before for Dark knight rises , This new and Fresh Title " Man of Steel " sure brings in that Zing and excitement. Nolan and his co writers also broke few other taboos surrounding the Letter "S " which actually means "Hope" in krypton but not Superman. There is also many modifications to the story at many places like Clark Kent is no longer in disguise to his lover cum co-worker Louis Lane making us believe that this is not going to be just the Comic superman series but a birth of New Generation SuperHero.Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is Yet another Power-Packed SuperHero Entertainer. With Legends like Chris Nolan as Pillars in Production Unit, we can rest assure that we are in for a virtual treat. The best thing or the foremost important thing which worked out for Zack and his Unit is the mind blowing Background Score by Hans Zimmer followed by our Superman Henrry Cavill who really lived up to his role and took up this challenge bravely. The first scene where Henry is engulfed in fire while trying to save few people from a fire accident in mid sea gives Goosebumps , Jaw Dropping. CGI and SFX works were good and overall this Powerful combo of Nolan and Snyder did the trick.

Cons :-

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This Movie is a fresh beginning of This new age Superman , Trying to tell a complete story from beginning is a time consuming tiring process and may be a reason why this movie run time is longer than 120 minutes. Though David S.Goyer did his best in screenplay to show as many aspects he can without breaking the flow of movie, still many fans would feel that the movie is kind of dragged to a extent. Louis Lane here has not much role to play or that said she is brought onscreen for nothing at many places. I guess this is the only movie where Superman is beaten up to hell than any other and it was not too goodin the end the destruction & damages done by Superman is more then the actual General Zod would have done :D  , 3D was not that amazing in it or may be needs to be watched in a IMAX Screen to experience the real 3D Effects. But on a normal 3D Screens this movie has nothing special to offer.

Verdict:

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Though there was a Lagging on Screenplay ,still it stays under a acceptable limit as we may finally end up appreciating the work of Director and other casts including editing department, for its not easy to show the past & present both together while maintaining the actual storyline intact. So if you are looking out for a full fledged action movie, then you are about to get disappointed. This movie is not a best one, but sure a must watch one for its virtual treat and if you are a Superman Fan, then sure this would satisfy your taste buds and stays as a complete entertainer.Go in with not much expectation and come out fully satisfied. Sure its Sequel will be more stunning and keeps us waiting. Definitely a Kick Ass entertainer , Worth watching Once in Theater. Value For Money.

FAM Rating: 8/10

FAM Punch Line : " This is Not the End , but Just the New Beginning .. More to Come”