Spectacular visuals and great action

Rating: 7/10 (7 August 2014)

I was positively overwhelmed by its ongoing action scenes, what mostly surprised me in contradiction to its prequel, the modern Superman comic adaptation "Superman Returns". On the contrary it wasn't spoiled with the romance that took the domination in the prequel and with the trending excessive love stories that strip off the excitement from today's superhero movies. It was filled with exactly the right amount of action like it should be, because it is a Superman movie and should be like this. I wasn't expecting that much, because, honestly, Superman Returns bored me to death. Special effects were stunning. For the money that was put in this movie (220 million $), it is noticeable that most of the money went to the production of visual effects. Zack Snyder makes big action available in his movies, which tend to have respectable production values and stunning visuals. However, he always keeps the character and the story development behind and we are somehow used to it. It is a kind of movie in which you don't expect a beheading twist, you simple watch it as an average Hollywood action/blockbuster. As I said, I didn't expected it to be the movie of the year, but the selection of the actors could have been improved. Russell Crowe and Amy Adams gave their best and they are excellent, experienced actors, but other actors were just average and below. Probably it's because the most of the budget was given for production and smaller amount for actors. Also, I have to mention that the soundtrack was very good, especially in the finale. Considering all this facts, I give it 7 stars.