Senseless Action Defies Logic

Rating: 3/10 (5 November 2016)

I'm not one for orthodoxy when it comes to the re-telling of an iconic fantasy character but logic went out of the window in order to show an insane level of seemingly endless destructive actions scenes which made one numb. In this version of Superman, our hero from Krypton unwittingly precipitates an invasion of Earth by his own people that results in massive destruction and death. Even as the invaders cause destruction that makes 9-11 look like a fender bender, Superman engages in never ending fight scenes with his nemesis (General Zod) that cause even more havoc and destruction. In the end, Superman reluctantly kills General Zod and it causes him terrible anguish to do so but he doesn't seem to be at all shaken by the insane amount of death and destruction caused to Metropolis by own people, and due to his presence on Earth. Even more absurd is the movie ending as though the destruction of Metropolis never happened; Superman gets a job at the Daily Planet as Clark Kent, and he also destroys a surveillance system that the military made to try and monitor him. Wouldn't you want to monitor an interloper with lethal super human powers after all the death & destruction that his people caused? The fact is between every action packed scene, the plot was muddled with logic gaps aplenty. Where was there decent and thoughtful scenes with his parents, overall I found the Man of Steel but overall I found the movie to be an exercise in reckless smash-em up action scenes than anything else.