Mediocreman

Rating: 4/10 (24 June 2013)

Considering how this is an origins movie, or a reboot, there's no 'coming of age' moment or build up. He learns to fly in about 30 seconds, with no explanation, even though they tried to explain it. He goes from being able to jump really high, to suddenly being able to fly, and just grinning at the camera.
Massive anti-climax.
The whole point of the Superman story is that he should be a protagonist and not realise what he can do, so you can experience the realisation with him. Never happens.
Also there's a shoe-horned in scene in a Church. An guy that discovers he's an Alien from a different planet, somehow thinks it's best to talk to someone in an anthropocentric religion, who essentially does the Hollywood 'insta-depth-to-storyline' cliché of faith being better than logic and reason. A message Americans are constantly trying to push.
Later, during a fight, there's an awkward exchange in which the enemy talks about Evolution not building morality in to people (a load of American Creationist rubbish), and because this enemy believes in Evolution, they have no morals and so they can do anything to win, versus the all American Jesusman.
Seriously, that whole shoehorned in exchange that had no relevance and didn't even make sense ruined what was already an unimpressive movie for me.
The CGI is excellent, but goes on and on and on and on to the point you don't care about a new building being knocked down any more. For all the graphical excellence, it's over saturated and you don't care.
Rubbish movie.