Feels like they missed the point here

Rating: 5/10 (18 September 2014)

(50%) Not willing to do what 2012's Amazing Spiderman did and simply tell the exact same story again only with minor changes, this instead tries to gloss over much of the origin story with scenes of Clark as a child at school and his earth parents discovering him etc cut into the movie (or cut out completely) in a non linear fashion, as the fact is we have seen it all this before, we know all about it, and the writers know we know it. Cavill looks the part, but Christopher Reeve will always be the best Superman and the relationship between Lois and Clark is hugely underdeveloped. As flashy effects ridden, money thrown at the screen action movies go this is enjoyable and well worth a look, but as a well rounded film there's just not enough depth to see here, mainly because it has already been done more than a couple of times before.