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Man of Steel does what traditionally comes to mind when doing the first Superman film in any given series, tell the origins of Superman and the life he had on Earth. It does this, and it does this well. We spend a good bit of time on Krypton at the beginning during the discussion of Kryptons crisis regarding the collapse of the planets core and the coup set by the Kryptonian General Zod. Kal-El is sent to Earth and we cut to a matured Clark Kent, on a journey to find out who he is and why he is here on Earth. Many times, the film cuts back to moments in Clark's childhood, like flashbacks to his past, where we get glimpses to moments of his life that in some way are relevant to what is happening at the present.

The centered conflict of the film comes down as so, General Zod has escaped imprisonment and seeks to take Clark, demanding that Superman be turned over to him or grave consequences will be had. Clark decides to go along with it, turning himself over to the American Military. This all leads to a series of fights between beings of inhuman powers and capabilities, and fights on a caliber that Hollywood has yet to produce before. The film basically is becomes nearly nonstop with action, giving you only mere moments of calm before Superman gets into some other fight or conflict. To some degree, I did find it sometimes hard to pay attention, although this could be because I had front seats for this.