Why did they make it this dark dreary and boring?

Rating: 5/10 (25 March 2016)

Disappointingly boring unfortunately. I expected so so much more, but the writers and director made a mess of it.
I got the sense that the director wanted to get the shots and music right instead of getting the story right. There are loads of soap opera-like camera shots and big band music to hammer in the moments of nothingness. This - alongside incoherent dramatized boring cliché stories - make up the first 50 or more minutes.
The action picks up a bit later but even that is rather half-hearted. There is nothing new. It is a dark and depressing affair. Nothing of it speaks of Superman. Superman should be uplifting and feel good hero. Not in this movie. This is very much a Batman movie. Dark. Grey. Morbid. Boring. Frustrating. Then dramatic music.
Unfortunately the writers and/or director have a big issue with God because they wove it in the whole story. I wasn't sure if they're rebelling against God or trying to find Him. Inappropriate nonsense.
The 5 is for the Bat mobile, Amy Adams and Henry Cavill... And the memory of what Superman used to stand for or make me feel when I go to the cinema. That Superman feeling I used to know and love isn't part of this movie unfortunately. Personally I think Henry Cavill did a good job as Superman, but the direction of the movie was misguided. Ben Affleck was OK as Batman.