The S on Superman might as well be $

Rating: 6/10 (27 June 2013)

In the movie, we are told that the S stands for hope in Krypton. My question is: hope for what? What hope is there in a society where its entire population is cloned and predestined to become whatever the high council decides for them? At the end of the movie, I've decided that it simply represents hope for movie makers to milk more money out of our beloved Superhero, through ticket sales and product placements.
Quite fittingly, this incarnation of Superman seems both immortal and mortal at the same time - immortal because character development is so poor and shallow that the minimal amount of human/mortal quality feels either fake or it got totally lost in the chaos of the CGI effects; and mortal because Zack Snyder was actually able to murder Superman.
(I used to like Snyder, starting from the remake of The Dawn of The Dead and then 300. I did not even mind Watchmen and Sucker Punch, but his credibility as a creative director has really taken a big hit for me this time.) I wonder when big name directors can turn around and realize that the overused dark and gritty tone does not always make a movie more realistic and suited for adults. It only makes it more like video game graphics.
This is by no means a horrible movie. I sat through the whole movie without much of a yawn and there were even a few "close to memorable" moments. Unfortunately, that is about all the good things I can say about it.
Simply put, there is just nothing spectacular about this movie that I can remember to recommend it.