first hour and a half outstanding, final hour poor = movie too long

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2014)

I'm not sure why Hollywood cannot do the math and realise that less is very often more. The visual effects in Man of Steel are about the best I have seen but they are best enjoyed during closer fight scenes, so for me the movie peaked when Superman did battle with Non and Faora. This scene is unbelievably good
Obviously things needed to get bigger from there with a final confrontation but the plot for the final hour is way OTT. The gravity machines had great potential as a plot device but why not slow things down a bit.. eg. the devices are used as a threat to make Superman surrender, maybe they need more time to activate before they can be used, or make it so that Superman doesn't figure out what to do in one minute flat
This all could've been achieved while still shaving a good 15 minutes from the run time, and there would've been less human casualties for people to complain about
For me even with it's vastly inferior effects, the final 45 minutes of Superman 2 were far better and more memorable, as was Lois Lane in the original trilogy, here she is completely featureless