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故事從一個男孩發現自己有著不屬于地球的超能力開始。作為一個年輕人，他開始了尋找自己身世和命運的旅程。但若他想要將人類從滅絕的命運拯救出來，成為希望的旗幟，那潛藏在他身體里的英雄必須挺身而出。

超人生于氪星（Krypton），本名卡·艾爾，其生父喬·艾爾是氪星上的首席科學家。在氪星面臨毀滅之際，其生父喬·艾爾偷出了記載有氪星人基因密碼的中樞寶典并將其融入卡·艾爾的身體之中，其母為其找到了浩瀚宇宙中的新家園－地球，并用飛船送走了尚在襁褓中的愛子。

飛船墜落在美國堪薩斯州斯莫威爾小鎮（Smallville）的肯特農場，卡·艾爾被好心的肯特夫婦拾獲，并以克拉克·肯特的地球名字撫養成人。但隨著一天天的長大，他與生俱來的超能力也不斷顯現，在養父母的指引下，克拉克學會了如何控制自己的部分超能力。長大了的克拉克四處探訪自己身世，最后終于在氪星先前派遣到地球的一艘探測飛船中了解到自己天外來客的身世之謎。為了捍衛地球和還沒有做好接納他準備的人類，他披上戰袍，與追隨而來的為找到中樞寶典在地球重建氪星文明的族人佐德將軍一行展開大戰。這所有的一切都印證了他養父的話：“不管你成為何種人，正義或邪惡，都將改變這個世界。”

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Not long after the conclusion of the Batman series, Christopher Nolan finds himself working on another DC Comics character. This time, he teams up with director Zack Snyder and screen writer David Goyer in a reboot of the Superman film series.

But the movie "Man of Steel" exhibits few of Nolan's characteristic traits. It also seems that director Zack Snyder's focus has shifted to loading young moviegoers with visual stimulus, rather than examining the core themes facing all superheroes.

Nolan and Goyer closely follow the comic's original storyline. As the planet Krypton faces imminent destruction, scientist Jor-El and his wife send their newborn son Kal-El on a spacecraft to Earth, where he is adopted by an American farmer and renamed Clark Kent. Growing up, young Kent realizes he is different from those around him, and even goes on a voluntary exile to find out who he really is. A crashed Kryptonian spaceship gives him the answer but also alerts a Krypton military leader General Zod. Zod wishes to occupy Earth and revive his race, but Clark Kent, or Kal-El needs to decide which side to help.

For what it lacks in originality, the film attempts to make up for in well-timed action sequences. Even inthe first half where the main theme is Clark's pilgrimage of self-discovery, Snyder manages to insert intense spectacles, such as the demise of the Krypton planet, a twister and an oil rig explosion. And when thevillains finally appear, the viewers are continuously bombarded with massive destruction fighting scenes, where gas stations explode and skyscrapers crumble. Snyder has a profound predilection for long shots, so moviegoers can get a really good look at the fighting on a superman scale.

But, that's the thing with this remake, everything feels so distant, especially the characters. Judging from the limited occasions that lead actor Henry Cavill is allowed to show true emotion, I believe that he is completely capable of competing with the likes of Christina Bale in the Batman series if given the chance. But in "Man of Steel", I can barely tell what his character is feeling, and I certainly don't know whatthe kiss with Lois is all about, because there is clearly not enough room between the action scenes for anything romantic to be squeezed in.

If judging by the title and plot description alone, I would come to the conclusion that this film is aboutthe human side of Clark Kent. But there are many other issues unaddressed, for example, Kal-El's father expects him to be the bridge between two races and a god in the eyes of humans, where does that confidence come from and how does that work out? It is not really interesting to watch a film centered on two Kryptonians fighting with each other on Earth: none of them really gets hurt, all they do is fly, punch and for the most part destroy human buildings. Just as I was about to wonder when all that was going to end, one of them, by means unclear to us, manages to get an upper-hand. I mean, the director could have been less sloppy with this.

"Man of Steel" is a movie with superb action scenes, but ultimately lacks originality and leaves many loose ends untied. On a scale from to ten, I give it a five.

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