Good movie, but should have been split into two movies.

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2013)

When I saw the original trailers for this movie, I thought "Wow! This is going to be awesome!" Then a couple of weeks ago I saw the newer trailer that showed the General Zod scenes and all of the alien spacecraft and I was very confused. "Is this the same movie?" After viewing the movie last night, I had kind of the same feeling. It was like Superman and Superman II all mashed together. I would have rather seen an entire movie of Superman being brought up by the Kents, growing up in Kansas and discovering his powers. As it turns out, that was the smallest part of the movie.
The movie focuses much time on the back story in Krypton, and then a huge war on earth with General Zod. The entire story of Superman growing up in Kansaas is just a few rushed scenes viewed from flashbacks.
The casting of Superman however is perfect. Henry Cavil is amazing as Superman. This could have been a great movie, but in the end, it's just a good action packed movie.