Man of Steel * * *

Months ago when that little teaser came out, it became a contagion. It had nothing great. But a soothing background score But a classy vintage outlook. But a bunch of wonderfully written lines. It gave us hope. Hope which the 'S' actually stands for and not for Superman. Not many people know that. Who am I kidding, even I didn't . It gave us hope that another grand trilogy is in the making on the lines of the Dark Knight. The Christopher Nolan connection sure helped to get our hopes high.

To be honest, it is nothing like that. The direction of Zack Snyder is more conspicuous than Christopher Nolan's writing. In fact, the movie is more about the grandeur of action sequences rather than the spurts of super-cool dialogues by dramatic personas. But the symphony of both is such that the narration comes out us gripping and novel. The screenplay ushers in a new era of story telling where you whisper eons worth stuff in a matter of minutes. Its fast, its superficial and its intriguing. Its Generation Y stuff.

The portrayal of how a human couple treats their alien baby is touching How they are always protective of him? How they want him to find the truth even when it means separation for them? How they want him to wait a while, so that when the world is ready, he can embrace them. And how the choices he would make would eventually determine the future of all mankind. Although the masala-movie lovers would find this a collage difficult to unfold. To them it would appear as bad editing.

The action sequences are simply out of this world. May be of Krypton standards. The fight scene with the humanoids from krypton is brilliantly shot and nothing short of breath-taking. The frames move so fast that you cannot even afford to blink in between. Too much of anything though, kills the fun. Same happens here. Awfully long fist-fights, too many collapsing buildings and then their recursive loop makes the whole experience a little dull.

Don't expect much from the plot either. It's just the story we all know. It's just the initiation of Superman. May be the coming parts will offer us more. This one is for die-hard Superman fans or those who had a great time watching Transformers.  Those who are contemplating to watch given the Nolan connect will only find themselves going into the limbo. And there is no DiCaprio to get you out of it!