“The world is just too big Mom” – Clark Kent “Then make is small, Clark” – Martha Kent, Man of Steel
A month ago, the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, released. Back then I wrote about much of the Christian theology present in the film due to already being present in the mythology of the Last Son of Krypton before the creative team made decisions on the film itself. Since then, it’s not all the symbolism of the film that’s been coming to mind, or the Superpowers or awesome feats, but the worn shoe-sole practicality that this film presents the viewer without realizing it’s doing it. It’s true that Superman is big and large scale in the sense of how he is presented as a hero and what he sets out to do. His father, Jor-El makes plain that “you will give them something to strive for, they will run after you, they will stumble, they will fall, but in time they will join you in the sun” – that’s some role. And he goes on to save the planet from the maniacal General Zod – who in a wonderful nod and twist of plot kneels before Kal this time.
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