Picture from the new "Man of Steel" movie. Not sure the retro look works....

[FSogol]

2. Actually, one of the major problems with "Man of Steel" is that

the producers are embarrassed about the conventions inherent in the genre. Because of this they are afraid of:

the character having shorts on the outside (like wrestlers and circus performers of the late 1930s)
the character's name (they only say it twice in the movie and they usually smirk when saying it)
the name Metropolis is never mentioned
Jimmy Olsen is missing
He is less than super since he saves very few people not named Lois in the movie
the character being too virtuous (young Clark is a jerk)

and so, all those millions buy a movie that employes a shaking hand camera to make it seem more like some reality "news" show and less like a good superhero movie. It an attempt to make the movie more realistic, they actually make it more like one of those video games called a "fighter" where 2 characters spar, doing jumps and flips and specials. Add in self-righteous cheese flowing out of Kevin Costner's mouth and smirking army dudes (and dudettes) and the movie is a mess.

They did do several things right:

Krypton is pretty cool, they left behind the other movies, Greek God-like togas and mist for a advanced science civilization. Too bad they couldn't have shown more.
The speed of Kal-el and the Kryptonians was perfect.
Many movies have the cheesy 3 point landing, but when a Kryptonian came down, there was real weight behind it.
Russell Crowe

My 2 cents.