It was a good movie, just not a good Superman movie

Rating: 6/10 (29 June 2013)

I don't think that my spoilers are too much plot related, but I want to warn you just in case. OK, maybe one, but it ruin a good portion of the romance.
For me, I did not like the changes. You might. The changes take almost all the fun out of Superman. For all I know some comic book writer has written another version of Superman where Lois Lane knows that Clark Kent and Superman are one in the same. Very much ruins a good portion of the fun of Superman.
The guy who plays Superman is a dead ringer for Tom Welling, only thinner and less well-adapted Tom Welling. I guess this Superman's Parents were not able to help him grow. While I am a fan of Amy Adams, I think a poor choice for Lois Lane - blonde haired and too cute nose. Superman spent the whole movie with a furled angry brow.
Kudos to Kevin Costner for getting his best role ever...being married to Diane Lane, not being Superman's father. Diane Lane is probably the only person in a role for which she is perfect. Of course, then, Diane Lane is perfect in every way. Not a big fan of Crowe being Jarel, although he did OK and I like Crowe, just not that role.
This movie was a lot like The Dark Knight for me...I don't like Bale as Batman, Maggie Gylenhal at all and don't like want they did to the Joker, on the other hand, the story and movie was phenomenal, I just had to convince myself that it was not a Batman movie. Man of Steel was wrong in most of the same ways, unfortunately, where the Dark Knight story just kept getting better as the movie progressed, Man of Steel was too long with meaningless fighting - about 15 minutes could have been cut.(Yes, I understand that the build up was to show mercy before...you know, but it could have been handled better.)
In short (too late!), this is not your Father's Superman and that may be OK with you, but it is a decent movie, if you can get past the changes. Overall, I may have given the movie an 8.5 if it wasn't called the Man of Steel.