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Man you are tough.

I suspect you have other issues with the review then just a word spelled incorrectly.

Proper grammar and spelling is important, but not the most important thing in writing. It is the substance of the work that is important.

Proper grammar and spelling is important, but not the most important thing in writing. It is the substance of the work that is important.

For someone who wants to be respected as a professional writer, proper grammar and spelling are at least a prerequisite.

As another poster rightly noted, getting his Kryptonian name and his adoptive father's name wrong doesn't help us take the writer seriously. I had passed on those two gaffes, as I had not seen the movie, and allowed for the possibility that the writers employed a name change. It would not have been the first time.

I am more lenient with those who are simply posting here on the fly (including myself). The writer here is taking an authoritative tone on a site that should be held to a higher and more formal standard. Frankly, I am not convinced that the author really understands the Superman character in its various incarnations. As I was a Superman comic book collector in my youth, I am well familiar with both the Golden and Silver Age versions.

I am glad to hear that the movie is not profane. I am also glad that they FINALLY dropped Marlon Brando's Jor-El.

I am suspicious of anyone allusions that seem to make Superman into a Christ figure. Siegel and Shuster were Jewish, and had no such intention. I don't want a human, ANY human, to be made into a Christ-figure, be it Superman or Anakin Skywalker.

One’s air of credibility via the written word can be completely destroyed by one mistake.

Take, for instance, the use of the word “then,” when the word “than” should be used instead.

This is not a typographical error. It's particularly damaging because it's apparent that the author does not know the difference between the two.

Thus, a perception not of knowledge but of ignorance is created. The power to persuade is greatly diminished, even lost entirely in some instances.