S Stands for Stinks

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2013)

In a desperate move to compete with Marvel, WB has Christopher Nolan dismantle the character of Superman and 75 years of very specific characteristics for fast easy money as the Nolan lovers shell money everywhere to see this catastrophe. There are so many problems with this film I can't go into all of them. I will just highlight what were the most annoying. The biggest and most fatal flaw is this film tries to be everything and anything other than an actual Superman movie. The actual word, "Superman" is only mentioned once in the whole movie as an aside. That fact is the biggest insult to the character because it shows how dismissive this film is to such a legendary comic book figure. All the joy of the character of Superman has been removed and we are left with a cheap imitation of The Dark Knight in Nolan's universe. There is no secret identity. Clark Kent reveals himself as Superman without provocation. Then to add further insult to injury at the end of the movie, he puts on his glasses and everyone acts as if they don't know he's Superman including Lois Lane. Meanwhile the middle of Metropolis has been flattened like Beirut and all of the sudden Lois Lane feels the need to suddenly make out with Superman because all that death and destruction turned her onto him for no apparent reason. This tries to rip off elements from other movies as well as The Dark Knight such as Independence Day, Avatar, and of course The Transformers. This movie is being compared to Transformers. Enough said. CGI effects were overused and made this whole reboot all the more boring because there was such little character development and a preposterous storyline about a skull that contained all of Krypton's DNA and something about terraforming Earth to be the new Krypton. Oh that's right. New Krypton...didn't we already see that before in Superman Returns"? It truly sickens me to what lengths the Nolan ass kissers out there will go to support this abomination of a superhero movie.