However, I watched it for the second time last night, and found that the above problems were all explained in the movie. I didn't see it because there was a problem I had already preconceived: he is a superman.
In fact, the man who was bullied by his classmates and rescued the offshore oil well workers at the beginning of this film is not a superman, but an ordinary American young man: Clark Kent. The reason why he is said to be ordinary is because of what his adoptive father taught him: child, you are a gift from God, whether you become better or worse, you will change the earth. But before that, I want you to take a moment to make decisions, both for yourself and for others.
To himself is Clark Kent's pain, his biological mother said when he was born: helping others is regarded as an alien, and being bullied cannot fight back. Even when we were young, adapting to the earth was the biggest pain. We longed for superhuman perspective and the ability to listen to other people's voices, but we didn't know that when our brains were constantly flooded with these, it was no different from suffering from mental illness. Only the words of my adoptive mother gave her comfort. : Concentrate on your thoughts and get rid of external interference. But the pain did not end, the accumulation of these pains resulted in a release of the adoptive father: you are not my biological father, you cannot feel my pain, all you do is for this planet. So the adoptive father told him with his life: I can realize that I really regard you as my son, for myself and for the earth, continue to be an ordinary person. The plot here is a bit similar to the just-released Star Trek: don't try to change the original world in order to experience it better.
To others is the world's acceptance of Superman. Someone asked: Why did General Zod appear to the world as soon as Superman appeared, because the priest said: If you want to know if the world accepts you, you must at least give them a chance to know you first. Clark is not a person who was born with a high level of knowledge. He also grew up gradually from children. At the beginning, his various visions were constantly rejected by his classmates, because his classmates were also children, and with the continuous growth of Superman, people in the environment also became Growing up, including the fat classmate who once rescued him from the lake when he was bullied by his middle school classmates, he gently leaned over and pulled him up to show the world's attitude towards him: it may not be easy to accept, but he must try to accept it. But it wasn't enough until he met Louise.
Louise is a reporter. She doesn't know Clark. She only had a close encounter with Clark in the Arctic ice cave. After constant exploration, she finally met Clark's biological father's cemetery. After Clark finished telling her story, she chose to trust him unconditionally, never revealing his secrets even if the earth was threatened. So Clark finally stood up and followed the advice of his biological father: be a good person and be a bridge between the two races.
Clark boarded the starship, and General Zod told him that to restore Krypton to its glory, it would be at the cost of destroying Earth.
When I first met the idea of my biological father, my biological father told him that the life of a Kryptonian is defined from birth, the lower class will always be the lower class, the warrior will always be the warrior, and the leader will always be the leader (without insinuating any reality, please thinking about it). Therefore, the purpose of the Kryptonian invaders to survive is to continue to destroy them, and they have no intention of coexisting peacefully with the people on earth. On the other hand, the Earthlings, Clark's adoptive mother said to him: It's great to find my own kind. So Clark made a choice. In the life capsule spaceship, General Zod roared: destroying the spaceship is destroying Krypton! Superman replied: Krypton's goodness and peace have been destroyed, and the remaining evil and destruction have no reserved meaning. The moment Clark made his choice, his transformation began. From now on, he is called Superman.
The final battle between Superman and General Zod is arguably the most thrilling hand-to-hand combat in history, and the New York ensemble of the Avengers is more like a slow-motion replay. The angry General Zod has amazing adaptability and infinite destructive power. It only took one minute to overcome the environmental impact on the second time he set foot on the earth. He is worthy of being a Kryptonian super soldier. Some netizens complained that the battle between the two was simple and rude. I think this is the truth. The two people who were irradiated by the sun were originally bodies of steel and could not cause damage to each other, especially Superman did not intend to destroy General Zod, so Evenly matched. It was not until General Zod used his ultimate move that Superman had to make a decision to save people by killing people first, and he forced Superman to make a fatal blow.
Finally, Clark's fondest memory: when he was a child, he wanted to be a hero who put on a red cape to save the world, and now he has done it, growing into a real superman under the eager and smiling eyes of his adoptive parents.
P. S. A personal opinion: the body of a superhuman --- the output of American values again
For the second and third world countries, the United States may be a hegemonic country, arrogant and like to pretend to be a leader. And "Man of Steel" gives a statement: the United States also fears, especially the fear of things that it cannot control, but this fear is not stubborn and can change over time. Different from the maintenance of national self-esteem of other ethnic groups, it advocates faith over race (the influence of the church and priests on Superman), and protects the individual within the country (willing to hand over Clark but not Louise when threatened), and is used in the film. At the end, he gave the value of his own values: Superman calls himself an American, which may be the best way to output it.
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