Just barely better than Superman Returns.

Rating: 6/10 (15 June 2013)

This movie contains many small issues that bugged me but it's the big issues that caused this movie to fail.
Small issues:
Kypotians just happen to also speak English.
-This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact they acknowledged other languages exist when Zod did his takeover of the media airwaves.
Zod has the power to take over all media outlets and even high class government operation systems to broadcast his message. But he couldn't just control the nukes and finish all the humans or at least take over their weapons.
Big issues:
I didn't buy superman's backstory; trying to setup the man of steel as a crying wuss when he's a kid to create feelings of sympathy from me when he has the best superpowers ever, just did not work. The fact he didn't save his dad was also stupid. The expression of emotion coming from the death of his dad was also too sudden, that sudden outburst of emotion just seemed fake.
Lois's sudden understanding of why Superman must be kept a secret was also rather sudden and I didn't buy it, just because Superman had a dad who tried to protect his secret. Also Lois being an award winning journalist, seemed way to trusting to buy superman's story just from the start.
This movie has too many problems, but I'll jump straight to the end. After probably 100,000 people died in Superman and General Zod's fight (ripping apart the city of New York), I was suppose to have feelings of sadness for some Lois's work buddies (who the movie spend zero moments building up) and for 5 random people in a museum when Zod tried to kill, somehow drove Superman crazy to keep screaming No, while probably 100,000 died just from him fighting Zod.
Overall, the movie lacked emotion. It was all special effects and fight scenes. Much like the movie 300, this movie is at best average and lacks any deep connection the audience could make with the characters.
I could not relate to the man of steel, nor could I relate to Lois Lane. I didn't care about their fates. General Zod also wasn't a villain I could hate either, is just wanted to revive his race, Superman's answer to him that "the Kypotians had their chance"... just seemed so stupid.