Man Of Steel: Remastered

OMG!!! This just blew my mind, it was an excellent experience watching this edit. I felt as watching the old structure of the movie with a new take, it was just fabulous. I loved everything about it, definitely my favorite edit of Man of Steel, I loved the color grading and the transitions with the music, also the whole structure, watching a more toned down, more heroic and less violent Superman is a great thing. Congratulations Agent 9, this is by far a great view of The Man of Steel. A MUST WATCH!!!

I cannot review it as a professional editor, but as a fan I enjoyed this edit a lot. A lot!

The pacing of the movie is so much better, the new color and score sets other mood for it. It makes the film much more enjoyable, as a real superman movie. It gave me chills, it made me smile every time. The dark endeavor gives place to a light hearted and way better storytelling. I loved this so much.

First time I saw Man of Steel, I loved it, as was the case when I first bought it on blu ray. But, the more I watched it the more its flaws started to wear and tear at my enjoyment, especially with it's ugly color grading. While I still don't hate the film or call it god awful, this edit here is spectacular. First off, addressing the coloring, I can now say "Man of Steel, in color." Easy on the eyes and very bright like it should be. The pace, my gosh the pacing is much closer to a traditional Superman film and never bored me. The cuts all made sense, were creative and the added shots from other sources fitted in nicely. Same with audio, although once or twice you could make out transitions from the original cut, it never bothered me. This is a must add to your Blu ray collection.

Man of Steel is a complicated beast...there are parts of it I absolutely love, but at an overdrawn length, a confounding ending, and way too much decompression at the start, it can be a chore to try and sit through if you're not a first-time viewer. I tried watching it again with my parents and I switched it off half-way through Jor-El's adventure on Krypton. Nobody cares what antics Jor-El gets up to (and If you did, it's probably because you watched the superior animated pilot of the DCAU Superman), just get to Kal's launch as quickly as possible. This is ultimately what happens in this edit.

The visuals are brighter and more appealing, the narrative is more cohesive and still gives you a broad sense of scope while minimising greatly the time taken to "overdo" everything. Scenes that grossed me out or infuriated me were cut or greatly reduced, the mix of other films into the edit is seemless, and the ending shot is one that should have been in the filmmaker's minds the entire time. There can be no other way to end a Superman film.

I'd have preferred it if there was a way of editing around Clark dealing with Zod at the climax, in fact I'm still keen to find an edit that does this and challenge anyone with an ambitious streak to find a way, but here it remains. Ah well.

The score, by which I'm now all too familiar with, stands out supremely, although I did find certain spots here and there where it clumsily fades out or jumps into another piece of the score during the mix. This is not a deal-breaker by any means, it just causes the flow of scenes to suffer an audible abruptness. Could be smoothed over with a few more efforts.

Overall, this edit is a treat. Gives us the best bits of the movie while giving it the spirit and satisfactory sounds of a vintage era in the Superman medium. Hopefully Agent9 turns his attention to Dawn of Justice later (the Elfman soundtrack for Batfleck maybe?)

Good job, very creative, congratulations.