Don't Take The Kids

Rating: 2/10 (14 June 2013)

Superman - Who is he intended for? Well, growing up he was a kid's hero. Certainly adults could also enjoy the stories too. This film is not for children. It also isn't for the intelligent adult. For the 2+ hours running time of this film, they had to take at least 5 or so minutes to ruin the entire movie for kids by throwing in several words that I would not want my children repeating, that includes di**, and fu**, just to name a couple that were repeated more than once. Why? All other things aside, this was a big disappointment considering that many parents will be taking their kids to see this. It's little wonder why and how morals are disappearing rapidly. I hardly see the point of putting such language into what many will feel is a family film. The use of the language was absolutely unnecessary and did nothing to enhance the experience.
I also did not find the movie engaging in the least. Not one character in this film gave an opportunity to become connected. This can be attributed to the fact that the sequences are haphazard at best. The story is shallow and poorly thought out. The history of Superman was completely destroyed by this production. At best, and as usual here lately, the film relied mainly on its CGI effects to impress the audience and little else. The only real creativity came from the computer geeks. Those who need little more than eye candy to be entertained will find themselves well dazzled by the flair of the CGI. Other than that there is nothing worth talking about in this film.
Personally, I couldn't wait for the film to end. Being old enough to have read comic books and to have seen nearly every Superman creation on the TV and silver screen, this movie positively did all it could to destroy every foundation Superman stood on.
This movie also rips off a number of recent films. The Matrix is the first and main film that seems to be ripped off here. Not only did they steal scenes and ideas from the Matrix, they also steel the actors, including Lawrence Fishburn and others. The ships used here were almost complete copies from the recent War of The Worlds film. Certain sound effects were copied as well. Another film that ideas and concepts were stolen from is Riddick. If I spent enough time thinking about it, I'm sure that I could name a few more.
On a final note, this movie only reaffirms my belief that those running Hollywood these days have no imagination or creativity. It's a shame that with today's technology we can't get a film with both the great effects that are now possible and a great and well thought out story too. Unfortunately, effects are all that we seem to get and it doesn't look like that's going to change any time soon. Personally, I'd rather go back to the older products with less capable and sometimes even cheesy graphics, simply because the stories are far more intelligent and superior.