Zoom Shot! Zoom Shot! ZOOOOOOOOM SHOT!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 6/10 (14 December 2013)

Something is flying *zoom shot*
Look at something fly over there *zoom shot*
There goes a spaceship for the nine thousandth time *zoom shot*
The amount of zoom shots in this movie actually summarize this movie fairly nicely and reveal a lot about this movie's faults. What is a zoom shot that is ever so slightly shaky used for? It is used for dramatic effect and it is used in small amounts so that when it is used it can make the scene much more dramatic. What does Man of Steel do?
EVERY SHOT MUST BE A ZOOM SHOT!!!
And there you have it. Man of Steel doesn't understand the timing and purpose of story elements. You like dramatic zoom shots? Have five hundred more! You like pretentious conversations? Have one every time someone opens their mouth. You like explosions? Come on over, we invited Michael Bay.
This movie tries too hard. It takes things that are good in small portions and throws them at you non-stop so that you are sick of them within the first twenty minutes of the movie. Never before have I seen so many conversations that try to have some deep and meaningful insight to mankind. The problem with this is that deep conversations don't pop out of nowhere. Usually meaningful conversations start off casual and then build into something more important. BUT THIS MOVIE DOESN'T BUILD UP TO ANYTHING! Want something meaningful? How about let's start the conversation with the meaning.
Imagine if you started a joke with the punchline... and then you started 50 other jokes with the punchline. Isn't the point of a joke the build- up to the punchline? That is another problem with Man of Steel. EVERYTHING HAPPENS SUDDENLY! There are no smooth transitions from one scene to the next.
While I will compliment the movie on some pretty nice action scenes, it still doesn't make it fantastic. It just simply makes it amusing and entertaining. I can't even say the acting is very good. The acting is okay, but it isn't top-notch by any means. Certain scenarios could've been easily avoided and didn't even make sense. Lois and Clark Kent kissing after possibly millions of people died? Who the heck would kiss IN THE ASHES OF A DESTROYED CITY?!?!? Lois Lane starts falling when next to a black hole... shouldn't she be sucked up in it like the rest of the buildings? People about to get lasered by Zod... let's not walk out of the way while Superman holds him down.
All in all, this movie is good for its explosions and the rare moments where it starts to look like an anime... those moments were pretty sweet.