Fake CGI. Rubbish.

Rating: 3/10 (3 July 2013)

Firstly, the actors did a good job, especially Henry Cavill in the title role, Larry Fishburne as Perry White and Michael Shannon as Zod. However, the film, in my opinion was a huge let down. It was just a platform for huge explosions, loud bangs and phoney CGI.
It seems as though the art of special effects has regressed since the introduction of CGI and as a result, this film looked utterly fake. As an example, take anything by Spielberg (ET, Close Encounters) - great, realistic special effects. Whereas, Man of Steel relied heavily on CGI and, in comparison, was pure garbage! The sorry thing is, up until a certain point, this was a fairly decent film. The actors did a good job and the story was interesting. Then midway through, it just got silly.
The fight scenes were too fast and too phoney, there were too many daft, big explosions (yay!!) and, as previously mentioned, there was a glut of phoney CGI. I'm aware that Superman is, fundamentally, a children's film so, no doubt, this film appealed to the 10 year olds it was aimed at. But to anybody of who appreciates the art of decent visual effects, it is a let down.
The Superman films starring Christopher Reeve, whilst slightly lacking in certain special effects, had more of a human touch and, as such, are far superior.