How utterly disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (18 October 2013)

This really is the first time in the 7 years that I've been on IMDb that I've felt compelled to write a review. Let me start by saying that I've been looking forward to this movie more than any other this year - and when I saw the bad reviews come in , not only did I dismiss them, I felt angry having not yet seen the movie, as I was convinced it was going to be great. I mean, how could it not be, with Zach Snyder directing, and Michael Shannon as Zod and Russell Crowe as Jor-El ?? The thing is that didn't mean a thing, as the whole thing turned out to be one big snooze fest of CGI , explosions , headache inducing camera-work and lots of military spouting nonsense. It was like the bits of a video game that you end up skipping on your play station, but for 2 and a quarter hours. I don't hate CGI, but you can't just throw a load of effects on a screen with a load of big bangs and call it a movie. The first half an hour was OK ( although I prefer the old icy version of Krypton - this one looked like something out of The Dark Crystal - dragons ??), but as soon as Zod turned up it became one long bore. I had to pinch myself to not fall asleep - oh, more crashing buildings ? more frantic camera-work - this is not action, it's just a mess !! I liked 300, and loved Watchmen, but this is just garbage that seems an all too familiar trend in the last few years - Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Avengers - no plot , all messy rubbish insulting our intelligence. And with my next point , I know many will disagree with me, as Hans Zimmer seems to be revered - but John Williams he ain't - and the Superman music made those films great. All I hear is his usual pounding drums and noisy brass - he has done some good scores, (such as Inception) but let him near an action movie and the results are horrible. Until cinema audiences start demanding more creative and imaginative movies, the lazy studios are going to keep offering the usual garbage. Look at the line up of films for 2015 - Star Wars Episode 7 (again we'll all get excited and it will be a mammoth CGI blast em up with no plot) , Avengers 2, Independence Day 2, Terminator 5, Jurassic Park 4, Pirates 5 etc ... I mean talk about lazy filmmaking , yet the buzz and hype will be unavoidable and all original, worthy films will fall through the cracks. Look what happens to talented directors such as JJ Abrams, Guillermo Del Toro and Zach Snyder once the studios get their hands on them - all of their unique vision and style goes out the window. Was Pacific Rim really directed by the same guy who directed Pan's Labyrinth ?? Cinema these days is great if you're about 10 years old and still into transformers - anyone who's not a teenager can go swivel. I'm depressed after watching this movie for the state of the film industry these days ....