Yawnnnnnn!

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2013)

So here we have just another example of how the public have forgotten that special effects are very much a secondary component to a film! Obviously the special effects are good, it's 2013 now! The film opens with the demise of Krypton and the birth of Superman. I found this scene quite interesting to compare with J.J. Abram's Star Trek. Obviously these are not the two only films to open with the birth of th main characters, however in this film it goes on to long and besides Russell Crowe everything is CGI! In comparison to Star trek in which you are simply compelled to see what happens, I couldn't have cared less what happened to this planet and child! Particularly relevant as they are both the opening scenes to remakes of some beloved franchises. Story wise this film is very dull. Obviously we know its going to follow the path of Superman becoming the hero etc. but that was also the case in Batman Begins and in X Men First Class, two vastly superior films in the same genre. Firstly we have no real reason to care about Clarke Kent/Superman he's possibly the most one dimensional character I have seen in some time, yet Louis Lane falls for him (major spoiler:p). Besides the fact that it is driven into us repeatedly that he will try to save humanity he doesn't offer anything. In the scene with Kevin Costner and the dog he dosen't even seem upset! But hey at least hes good looking! That means he'l do, how did they even pitch this film?? Ya we're going to have loads of explosions and CGI and 3D!!! Thats good enough for us! I checked my watch several times during this film(hardly a good sign). The writing is simply atrocious, the cinema erupted with laughter when Louis said " It's supposed to go all the way in" (pivotal scene). I mean who wrote this?? George Lucas??? Dear God! Now I could talk about the negatives all day long, in fact I did! But I'll give some positives. The scenes with Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner are quite good (Flashback scenes), Amy Adams is also a fine actress. Now I'v heard people comment that the score is better in this film then in the originals.........How dare they!!! The John Williams score is a classic, this tripe??? I can't even remember what it was only a few hours after seeing it! There's a scene with Superman learning to fly which was the perfect opportunity to have some really uplifting music, however, Hans Zimmer produced a score worthy of this film! I'm giving this film 4/10 as Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner and Amy Adams deserve it for their efforts.