This is my first article I've posted on this site.
With the casting of Henry Cavill as Superman, and Michael Shannon as Zod, this movie could possibly break the curse of Superman having bad movies. This is my take on what could be a good Superman movie.
NOTICE: THIS IS JUST A "BULLET POINT DESCRIPTION" OF THE MAIN PLOT LINES IN THE MOVIE. NOTHING SECONDARY, INVOLVING LOIS OR ANYONE ELSE IS MENTIONED, BUT THEY WOULD BE IN THE MOVIE OBVIOUSLY. (Again, only BULLET POINT descriptions, nothing in depth.) Enjoy!
MAN OF STEEL
Battle on Krypton
Zod on the battlefield
Brainiac arrives
Brainiac takes Kandor
Zod asks for help to take on Brainiac and get Kandor back but gets refused. (In the Kryptonian language, with subtitles)
Zod takes his anger out on Jor-El and others
Zod is banished
Jor-El and Lara send Kal-El to Earth
Krypton is destroyed
After the origin story he takes an artifact that gives information on the
universes and Krypton’s alien technology.
He travels the world and questions whether he should reveal himself and become a protector
Clark makes his first save and enjoys it.
He travels north and uses the information from the artifact to build a fortress for him to re-create Krypton’s technology. (His fortress resembles the one from All-Star Superman, not the Donner version)
Major accident makes Clark reveal himself for the first time in the public eye and eventually becomes known as Superman
People are on the fence whether to trust him or not.
Zod, somehow, in a one in a million shot, gets out of where he was banished and shows up on Earth and sees what Superman is doing and learns that he is the son of Jor-El
Zod discovers he has the same abilities as Superman
He creates a Superman-like costume and impersonates Superman and causes terror around the city and world to cause people to fear Superman.
Superman shows up and battles Zod. Since Zod has not yet mastered his abilities like Superman he is defeated and flees.
Zod goes to a secluded area far away from civilization and trains himself hard as he is a general and is relentless in his training.
He reappears in metropolis in his traditional black uniform from Krypton, declares that he will conquer the world and that Superman will not defeat him again.
Superman and Zod begin to battle. Superman tries many times to get Zod away from the city so he can unlash his full strength on him, but he fails.
Being afraid of damaging the city severely he continues to get pounded by Zod.
Superman finally is able to get outside of the city.
He goes berserk on Zod, but Zod is able to get a few good shots in as well.
Superman eventually is able to defeat Zod and takes him back to his fotress.
Before Superman sends Zod back to where he came from, Zod wearily but angrily says all he wanted was help to get back his city, his wife, and his son from Brainiac. And that Brainiac will soon discover this world and take it over as well.
Brainiac becomes aware of the use of Kryptonian technology and discovers it’s from Earth. He observes Earth and desides he wants it.
2nd movie teaser
I think, at the end with Brainiac, He could say something like, "This super being they call 'Superman' seems to be a potential threat. He must be eliminated if success is to be achieved." He then accesses the mainframe and a voice comes over the intercom, "Doomsday project initiated. Destination..............Earth." Then the screen blacks out and the credits role.
END OF MOVIE