Creating Not Finding: The Superman Movie That's Not a Superman Movie (Spoilers)

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Maybe there’s a reason they didn’t put ‘Superman’ in the title of the latest Hollywood rendition of said hero. Man of Steel is fast-paced, well-acted, well-scripted and engaging. But to me, it was missing something rather essential about the titular character.

To be fair, I should probably…

I couldn’t believe it either when he kills Zod but then I thought that that’s the way the director found to end the movie and I don’t object. In Smallville series they put the dirty job in other hands once Clark managed to disarm Zod… and anyway, he is his maximum enemy and the encounter was supposed to be epic, what would make it memorable? the movie depicts the two steel-man fight and ends it with an unexpected shift, was it the only way out? I mean, is it there always another choice?  Does that make Clark become Zod or does it makes him more human? Clark’s thoughts always revolve around how to behave, morals and his destiny (whether to embrace it or forge it yourself) while he grows up, I don’t think killing –Zod- defines him (also, Zod is an equal and his “evil version” while Clark represents goodness), the way I see it, it is somehow the culmination of this growing-up process and becoming what he is, a hero; there is always a choice, but you can’t save everyone. Either way, Superman is still a sign of hope. And he is also human.