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Man of Steel

                               Man of Steel Please note, this posting discusses the entire film so if you want to remain spoiler free I would avoid this until after seeing it. I recently watched Zack Snyder’s film Man of Steel.   To give some perspective I have only glanced at one or two Superman comics, but was a young child when the first Christopher Reeve movie came out.   I saw all the Christopher Reeve films in the theatre and loved the first two, disliked the third and thought Superman IV: The Quest for Peace had subpar effects and an underdeveloped plot but had some good character moments.    When Superman Returns came out I loved it.   Someday I will do an analysis of it but I thought although perhaps it worked too much from the template of Superman The Movie it was exciting and well-cast and I was thrilled that director Bryan Singer used the old John Williams score. When Man of Steel was announced, which I think was at one point a possible title for a sequel to