Man of Steel? More like Man of Steal!!!

Rating: 3/10 (27 June 2013)

Man of Steel? More like Man of Steal!!! Not a single original idea in the whole film. It opens up with Thor/Avatar/Stargate moments then slips into a Littlest Hobo slash Wolverine wandering nomad flick. Oh what's that Lassie, an alien ship trapped in the ice for thousands of years? Am i watching The Thing now? Fast forward through 45 minutes of boring flashbacks, throw in a bit of Prometheus for good mix and you reach the "exciting" climactic finale. I'll admit, for the first 5 minutes this was pretty cool, but then it kept on going....and going....and going. Thirty minutes of Green Lantern meets Transformers meets Inception. If i saw one building crumble and crash to the ground i must have seen a thousand.
This is the first film i can recall where my wife was willing to walk out half way through.
The film was a total disjointed, incohesive mess, plagiarising ideas left right and center. With the possible exception of Transformers, i'd far rather watch any of the films Man of... "Steals" from.
Congratulations Mr Nolan. Not only have you sullied Batman for me but you've also ruined Superman too. I hope you're proud.
It gets a 3 purely because the special effects were neat and i did enjoy the first 5 minutes of the climactic action towards the end.