Not Inception.but Deception

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2013)

If ever there was a cash in....
I can't believe i fell for the hype, i wondered why the trailers were more teasers than actual plot reveals, now i know why, there is literally no story.
As many have said, it starts out with potential. Crowe and Shannon are awesome on screen together (somebody like Ridley Scott needs to cast these two together in a decent sci fi). You are for a minute fooled into thinking there is going to be an epic and complex re imagining of the Superman story.
Oh boy no! 10 minutes in and we meet Clarke on earth. Alas it begins - Constant flicking between time periods. Humans hate Clarke but he loves to help people - you know the score. Dad dies after a whole two minutes of screen time. Superman saves Lois Lane. They are like long lost friends on their second meeting. Cue Zod appearing and from then on in its pure fighting and explosions. Then you think you are watching war of the worlds. Then the film ends.
Its like those youtube videos that sum up a film in 10 seconds.
THE CASTING IS GOOD (Cavill and Adams do make a good Clarke and Lois)... THE ACTING CANNOT BE FAULTED... CINEMATOGRAPHY IS VERY NICE... THE MUSIC IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT... THE DIRECTING AND WRITING IS PURE GARBAGE AND AN INSULT TO THE COMPLEX STORY THAT SUPERMAN, ITS FANS AND THE GREAT ACTING ROSTER INVOLVED DESERVES.
Watch Smallville or the Christopher Reeves versions instead. Whilst these are far from perfect they are leagues ahead and at least attempt to go into some detail.