Don't see it

Rating: 2/10 (15 June 2013)

I've never felt so void of finding any redeeming qualities in a movie. If it weren't for Zod and Antje Traue I would've walked out and there are plenty of moments in the movie that will leave you with that gutted feeling.
Krypton gets blown up, and Zod gets sent to the phantom zone, all in one go. The rest of the first act follows more or less the same rushed sense of pacing. You're just thrown from one event to another without any sort of momentum.
Clark Kent is a fisherman=Clark Kent goes to the Arctic=Lois Lane keeps trying to find Clark Kent=Clark Kent finds Lois Lane
You see that? That's the movie.
It's like the whole movie just meshed all the ideas they had on the drawing board at the time they came up with the idea for a Man of Steel movie, and threw them in this collage of non-linear ambiguity.
Even the action manages to be pretty bad surprisingly enough, with none of the choreography being memorable for finally getting to see an A-list special effects treatment of a Superman movie; it's just Snyder slamming two action figures together for half an hour.
As far as acting goes Shannon brings a lot of intensity to Zod that goes underused. Zod is probably the only guiding light in this ensemble. The script ends up failing this cast though. There are a lot of lines in the movie that are cringe-worthy, and moments that linger on this half-hearted/sappy sense of sentimentality for the Superman character that haven't really been earned (always accompanied by that somber 2 note piano chime).
Speaking of Superman this is the first movie that manages to make Superman feel creepy. It makes sense if you think about it. You have this kid who is constantly told how special he is and he grows up to have this hyper-inflated sense of self-esteem, so much so that he'll even go through the trouble of telling you that, "It's okay, I can do things most people can't." Remember that kid Anthony in the Twilight Zone movie? That kid who could do whatever he wanted? That's Superman.
You keep hearing how much of an impact Superman is going to bring to the world, and how he's destined for great things, this message was something that has been so forced down our throats through the advertising for the film, that you expect to get hit hard with some sort of broadened perspective about having faith in humanity, and being human, or being something greater, but none of it hits you the way it should, it just keeps getting harped on like some soulless mantra.
This movie doesn't deserve a sequel or a Justice League movie, and I really wanted it to.
It would've been nice to see what JJ Abrams would've done with Superman now, not back in 2006, but now. I think I'm going to keep watching Star Trek Into Darkness, or check out Lone Ranger. I wouldn't bother seeing this movie. If you're really, really, curious about it I'd wait for it on Redbox.