Good Looking Superman, CGI Overkill

Rating: 6/10 (19 June 2013)

Went to see "Man of Steel" today for a matinée showing and I have to say that I wasn't all that impressed. Superman himself is good looking, serious and appealing in the cape and suit he wears and has a true super hero appearance.
Comparing this to the 1978 masterpiece, which I thought this movie would be based of, was disappointing. First of all, Krypton is supposed to be made of ice crystals, not some underworld looking planet. Krypton was destroyed by another sun in 1978, so why by its inner core this time?? Very little human tragedy before Krypton explodes. Remember people falling to their deaths in the '78 film? (enough to tear-jerk me a few times!) Remember the individual rescues in the '78 film (Lois in the helicopter, Air Force One, the gun battle on the port, the robber on the building, saving Jimmy from the dam burst, btw where's Jimmy in this film? even the kitten in the tree). This film has none of that. Also the people in amazement when Superman arrives to Metropolis in '78?...nothing here.
As for the action in this re-boot, the special effects are great, but the only problem is that there is TOO MUCH of it. Kind of reminds me of the 2012 overkill with the plane flying through every scene of destruction, but manages to survive. In "Man of Steel", just scene after scene after scene of close-up destruction and buildings falling, never mind the thousands getting killed in this process (which is never shown for some reason and we thought Superman cared for the people!). Overkill!! Superman II does not even have 10% of this in the battle against General Zod in that film. I could go on and on, but I won't.
Very little humor in this film and way too much CGI action scenes take away from the story of why the Man of Steel is on earth to begin with.
I could easily relate to that in the 1978 film, which by the way rates 9/10 in my books. This film, although impressive in some aspects, gets eaten alive by the excessive CGI and lack of "true to the story" shown to us in the Christopher Reeve films. There's only ONE Krypton and it's made of ice crystals.....period! Why Hollywood deviated so much....is anyone's question.
Superman himself in this film as a super hero 9/10, overall acting 8/10, effects 9/10, musical soundtrack 7/10, storyline to the original 4/10, frequency of CGI as action scenes 2/10. Overall 6/10
Don't get me wrong, this movie is good, just not great and certainly not bad. Just overkill in the action scenes.
Superman (1978) featuring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman, all the way!!