This movie was really, really bad. Like... Transformers bad.

BUT Henry Cavill was awesome. Hans Zimmer was awesome. Chris Nolan should be ashamed for attaching his name to this movie. Zack Snyder should never be allowed to work again.

Never seen DD 7.1 on a DVD before, does Dolby Digital even support that?

Probably about as much value as your reviews I guess which is nothing much. Although I do like reading about the audio visual parts of the reviews and of course what special features come with the movie.

Either way you do not respect others disagreeing with you, it is a fact, as I said before I am done with this because it is not worth you banning me over which you will eventually do because you can't take what you give as stated by the other reviewer. I will follow your advice though and not read your reviews. like I said the other reviewers on here are better anyway.

His statement makes perfect sense, the only thing is he meant WAY instead of WAS. If you still don't understand what he means then that is on you. Also I stated my opinion before with another review you made and you insulted me and implied I was stupid.

Typically spelling issues and such are forgiven in comments and Forums, but apparently not by you Gabe. He is right though again you just insulted someone and he just made an observation, but I am done talking about this as I am sure you are ready to ban me for stating my opinions.

it's kinda funny how Gabe can dish out sarcasm but hates being treated that was or being called out for something. just sayin'. lol.

I don't think shouting out a character from The I.T. Crowd would help matters. "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No....it's just Moss".

Gabe Powers wrote: Concerning the Lois thing, I love that they look like they're going to take a big chance and do away with the secret identity thing, then, at the very last second, they revert to the status quo and have him walk into the Daily Planet...where everyone knows exactly who he is. There's an interview with Goyer where he admits it was a bad idea and would make sequels hard to write, but he did it anyway, which says something about his regard for audience intelligence and his commitment to quality.

i viewed it as Lois obviously knew who he was, they even go out of their way to establish that one... but no one else in that office ever really got a clear view of Superman so i can see how none of them realizes its him.

of course with sequels, if they show Superman being interviewed and photographed for stories in the paper and whatnot....then yeah, people would put it all together but i imagine thats just a thing they felt was part of the mythology and wanted to keep it no matter how kinda dumb an idea it is.

i mean apparently he wears his costume under his clothes right? so we have to believe in all the movies, shows, comics, cartoons etc... he's never dated women and slept with them? someone had to see him undress somewhere right? lol so i think it belongs in that category...makes no sense but they've always used it and probably always will.

This should have been called The Adventures of Super-B*****d! One of the extras should be an on-screen counter estimating the number of deaths every time he punches Zod through a skysc**per.

Bit of a bloody mess really, this film. The last act was al over the place. Didn't go too much on them compressing the whole romance thing into a few meetings - it felt completely forced. Actually, there were a load of things that bothered me, so much so that I can't be bothered to list them all. I agree with the World Engine thing though, on account of it being so generic.

At the risk of placing a bullseye on my head, I would echo the point about Superman III to a point, in that while it certainly had its faults, it took risks and created one of the most iconic scenes in all of Superman's cinematic history, namely the dark/light junkyard showdown. For me, Man of Steel had two elements which stayed in my memory, which were the entire sequence on Krypton and Zod's last scene. I did enjoy it overall though and look forward to 2015.

Gabe Powers wrote: Based on Superman Returns, I'm guessing he would've remembered to have Superman actually save some people, or at least people that aren't named Lois Lane. He probably would've also resisted the urge to turn the final act into contentless destruction porn. Oh, and I'm guessing his photography would've been at least a *little* less over-saturated by brown.

Just a guess, though.

There is that oil rig sequence, even though he wasn't Superman at that point. And I don't remember "Man of Steel" having a brownish tint (other than one or two action sequences) but the numerous handheld shots were very problematic. Snyder used that patented Joss Whedon/JJ Abrams "sudden panning during the CGI sequences" way too often as well.

But "Superman Returns" could've benefited from that crisp, naturalistic palette. Singer and Newton Thomas Sigel didn't do a great job of capturing that Geoffrey Unsworth diffuse look from "Superman: The Movie"... and it showed. It begs for a crisper look overall. Or it could be due to that godawful Panavision Genesis they used, instead of a better setup now like the Arri Alexa or Red Epic.

Yes in all fairness I have read many of your reviews. Also I will admit my comment could have been taken as insulting and for that then I am sorry. I just don't believe you can really find Superman III the better movie (especially since it ruined the franchise). Some of your reviews I agree with but a lot of them I do not and I usually don't criticize them. As I said I enjoy the other reviewers on here much more (just my honest opinion). I have shared your reviews with others and have been asked if you even watch the whole movie or if there were key parts you just didn't get. Your opinions are your own of course and I never fault anybody for their opinions, I just prefer them from the other reviewers..Also I have to disagree, most of the trivia I read in the comments section were not mentioned in your reviews

I like this website just fine. It is great for finding out when movies are being released and the extra features. And not to piss you off but I like the other reviewers reviews. Also the comments a lot of times are very interesting and have trivia I did not know about a movie before. If you feel this comment is childish (much like the way you insulted me earlier) then I am sure you will ban me. To clarify I believe you have a problem with David S Goyer and I understand that (I hate him) so you are against Man of Steel and find more wrong with it than there is.

Typical Gabe ALWAYS insults people who disagree with him...Grow up

I went to the theater to see this, hoping this would at least be better than Batman Begins.  Admittedly, I came away slightly disappointed, but definitely not disappointed enough to pass on getting the Blu-ray.  It wasn't perfect, but definitely still my 2nd favorite summer movie, after Pacific Rim.  

What a ridiculous idea, to think that Superman Returns was better than Man of Steel. There was nothing in that movie better than this. MoS has a better lead actor, better action, better story, better Lois, better villain(s)......it's just better in every respect.

Gabe Powers wrote: I agree that Superman Returns is the better movie. But then, I also think Superman III is a better movie than Man of Steel...

Oh, come on, this movie had more going for it than "Superman III" or the unfathomably bad "Superman IV: Quest for Peace."

I do wonder how Bryan Singer would've done this, with the same cast. Now that would be something to see, rather than "Superman Returns."

I Still BELIEVE Superman Returns(2006) Was BETTER Than Man Of Steel(2013) And Batman Begins(2005) IS NOT A Great Superhero Movie. Shyamalan's Unbreakable(2000) IS THE BEST Superhero Movie Ever Made........EVER.

Gabe Powers wrote: There are no back cover images at this time and, yeah, the audio and subtitle tracks are all over the place on the press release. The one I read implied that only the 2D Blu had Mandarin and that only the DVD had Thai. I sort of made some assumptions that that wasn't true.

Warners will probably omit the the Portuguese, Thai and Mandarin dub mentions from the back covers. A couple of their TV-DVD releases like "Green Lantern: The Animated Series", "Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated" and "Young Justice" included Portuguese and Thai options, but weren't mentioned on the package.

Gabe Powers wrote: The non-linear editing and Crowe's performances were the only things that worked for me.

To each their own, but yeh Crowe did a good job. He's mostly always solid.

Gabe Powers wrote: It's not often that a movie misunderstands and overlooks its own themes as thoroughly as this one did. The last act was seriously terrible on just about every story level imaginable. David Goyer needs to be stopped at any cost.

That's why Snyder needs to dump him from "Batman vs. Superman" and get a writer who understand story, structure, and characters. Goyer's usually good at constructing story outlines, but his dialogue is freaking awful.

Also, didn't WB send you back cover art for any of the releases? On the press release I read, it seems like the DVD audio has English, Quebec-French, Spanish, and Thai options. (Whereas the regular Blu-ray has that, plus a Mandarin Chinese dub.)

Honestly this movie just didn't do it for me. I wanted to like it so much (Same with superman returns) but damn it just didnt work. It had good and good but the bad outweighs it. The openening goes on forever, the story structure is insane. I mean we see Louis running from the feds then sure enough we see a young clark. It got frustrating. Stop jerking me around. The villain kinda sucked and also the last 45 minutes or so. It was just mindless nonstop action. The problem is that superman really can't be hurt. So we're sitting there just watching buildings crumble, two characters smash each other nonstop and nobody seems to get hurt. It wasn't like the Nolan Batman films where the hero can be hurt and the stakes are high. It just didn't do it for me. Cavill was only ok as Superman/Kent. It's like they try so hard to make it rough and ruggid. It wasn't really needed. Even as Superman, his chest hair was poking out and he just looked rough. If this was intentional or not I'm not sure, but Superman needs to look polished IMO. I mean he's like Captain America with stronger morals. You'd think he'd be something of a poster boy hero. He looked like someone interrupted his day. Almost like "ahhh guess I gotta go be Superman, let me change my clothes"

Lastly, I'm surprised there aren't any deleted scenes on here.

In terms of cover art:

DVD > Blu-Ray > Blu-Ray 3D

djblack1313 wrote: i thought the movie was ok. not amazing or anything but decent. the action got TOO hard to make out what was going on though. Antje Traue practically steals the show as Faora. she was more memorable and threatening than Michael Shannon's Zod was.

And she was sexy, just in the way she owned the character. "A good death is its own reward."

I get why this movie divided folks.  I think some folks kept comparing this to "Superman: The Movie". While they're both origin stories, "Man of Steel" really nailed the less-than-glorious aspects of Clark's coming of age and dealing with his powers. The 1978 film glossed over that completely.

I didn't think the non-linear narrative worked as well as "Batman Begins" was. Snyder needed another editor to better arrange the flashback sequences in the film. And he needed a better writer to polish Goyer's iffy dialogue.

There's room for improvement in the "Superman vs. Batman" sequel, or I hope there will. And I did enjoy most of it.

I wish the DVD cover was the blu-ray cover instead