Stereotype Zack Snyder film which had great potential

Rating: 6/10 (27 July 2013)

Superman has to be treated differently in films as he is the greatest superhero of all. Unlike any other masked vigilante, there's no alter ego in superman which differentiate him from the man behind the cape and himself, he's born as Superman, the one who possesses great strength among other abilities which turn him to the savior of the World. He is the symbol of hope to the mankind. I could not hide my excitement when I first saw the trailer which was made out to be very sentimental and humane, it makes total sense to be made that way. I really anticipated that this would be the movie that Superman deserves after all.
As everyone would have expected, superman is an action packed movie, particularly due to the fact that Zack Snyder is the director. However, with David Goyer working on the screenplay and Christopher Nolan as the producer, I really thought the two could have balance it out and make it a terrific piece with some interesting story behind it. When I first watched the opening scene, Snyder decided to bombard the screen with intense actions and visual effects which makes sense as it is visually engaging to the audience to jump right into Zack Snyder's world. The opening scene has profoundly depicted the catastrophic condition of Krypton and the main reason why Kal-El is shipped to the Earth. It is a triumphant commence of the film, then Snyder just completely sabotage the later phases filled with fast pace scenes which audience could barely manage to grapple the time frame of the incidents. The scenes only catch glimpses of how Clark is treated by the human and found hard to fit in with his hidden attributes. So he went on a conquest to find out his true identity with all the odd jobs around the world and what to do with his life, which I find fairly similar to the introduction of Batman in Batman begins. But the difference between the two is one has a clear sense of chronological order and easy for audience to digest while this film is more like a Momento style to put the story of Superman together which is totally unnecessary.
Another thing which isn't needed is the constantly unstable, shaky camera filming the entire film. A movie in this scale is the least to expect to use a shaky camera which incessantly hurt your eye, finding it hard to concentrate during the film. This also makes it inconsistent with the computer effect scenes which the camera seems perfectly still, one footage is still then the next becomes excruciating to watch.
Beside the techniques used in the film, a lot more work had to be done with the character development. Henry Cavill has done a decent job with the material he was given in my opinion, he has shown the humbleness yet superiority of the character and thrived to stand up for the salvation of human race. The casts of the movie is great, but I would have expected a lot more with the casts, Amy Adams did a great Lois Lane but I find it hard to understand the special connection between Clark Kent and Lois Lane throughout the entire film. The romance between Clark and Lois was something to emphasize in the previous Superman movies, but they seemed to fell in love with each other after seeing twice accordingly in this movie. The film is deprived of sentiment and relationship between characters which is supposed to be one of the key factors in any movies.
But there's still some plus in the movie, the music by Hans Zimmer is truly remarkable and symbolic to Superman. It is what Superman soundtrack should sound like and it build up so much tension with the astonishing symphony. The soundtrack is iconic and helps to idolize the greatest superhero.
Overall, the movie is not terrible, it's just that It had so much potential in it and it could have been a massive blockbuster that can't be forget for a while. It is a huge letdown which lacks of storyline and emotions that would have made the film so interesting. Instead, like any other Snyder's movies, actions drain audiences' eyes and brains out and it just go on scene after scene.