Grim, Violent Man of Steel Sells Superman's Soul for Spectacle | Underwire | Wired.com: And still, all of that might be forgivable if Man of Steel were otherwise a well-made movie. It’s not. In the rush to make everything exciting, Snyder has forgotten to make it interesting. There’s very little substance supporting the spectacle, narratively or artistically: it’s like walking up to a building with a beautiful facade, opening the door, and discovering that it’s a theater flat.