You’ve seen this before; but today it may have a different resonance.

Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is a frustrating, bloated movie that isn’t entirely successful. But it’s still one of the year’s best blockbusters.

We suppose the awards season has officially begun when the ‘Best Of’ lists start arriving in our mailbox, though it certainly feels like the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association has managed to get theirs out at a conspicuously early time each year since it began giving awards in 2002. Maybe they’re just trying to be the first out of the gate, and thus guaranteeing themselves a little ink in the inevitable pre-Oscar roundups. Or…