Great movie. Watch it without reminiscing about Christopher Reeves, because in reality nothing will ever be as heartwarming as Lois's monologue in the original Superman and Christopher Reeves' Clark Kent portrayal. This is a different movie for a different time, and it is about time! I am not a hardcore Superman fan, but I have always followed Batman and a lot of other comics. I am such a Batman fan, that I was critical of Batman Begins at first, and I am still trying to digest the last one. As far as movies and entertainment are concerned though, The Man of Steel has everything you want, just make sure you pick a theater with good, comfortable seats, because at 2 hours and 20some minutes of runtime it will make your butt take notice, which I will admit, went by fast enough, yet I felt the 2 1/2 hours that I sat in the theater once it was time to get up. Thankfully we went to a great place at the Houston Palladium. If WB wanted a reboot for good old Superman, it will be hard to do better than this without going campy and rehashing everything that has already been done. This is a noble beginning to the DC Universe on film, and even though there may be gripes in the story and events that happen at the end, it was a great, action-packed, BOOMING, movie. You owe it to yourself to go see this in a good theater.