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故事从一个男孩发现自己有着不属于地球的超能力开始。作为一个年轻人，他开始了寻找自己身世和命运的旅程。但若他想要将人类从灭绝的命运拯救出来，成为希望的旗帜，那潜藏在他身体里的英雄必须挺身而出。

超人生于氪星（Krypton），本名卡·艾尔，其生父乔·艾尔是氪星上的首席科学家。在氪星面临毁灭之际，其生父乔·艾尔偷出了记载有氪星人基因密码的中枢宝典并将其融入卡·艾尔的身体之中，其母为其找到了浩瀚宇宙中的新家园－地球，并用飞船送走了尚在襁褓中的爱子。

飞船坠落在美国堪萨斯州斯莫威尔小镇（Smallville）的肯特农场，卡·艾尔被好心的肯特夫妇拾获，并以克拉克·肯特的地球名字抚养成人。但随着一天天的长大，他与生俱来的超能力也不断显现，在养父母的指引下，克拉克学会了如何控制自己的部分超能力。长大了的克拉克四处探访自己身世，最后终于在氪星先前派遣到地球的一艘探测飞船中了解到自己天外来客的身世之谜。为了捍卫地球和还没有做好接纳他准备的人类，他披上战袍，与追随而来的为找到中枢宝典在地球重建氪星文明的族人佐德将军一行展开大战。这所有的一切都印证了他养父的话：“不管你成为何种人，正义或邪恶，都将改变这个世界。”

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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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