Why didn't they just stop after Superman 3?

Rating: 1/10 (17 June 2013)

*Spoilers* Just saw Superman 6 starring Kevin Costner. One of the biggest ever box office hits for June is also one of the worst.
However it starts off quite emotional really, for the first half hour, making you feel for the characters, (although for some reason Superman has to be topless to introduce himself).
It then decides to become really boring for no apparent reason, and takes itself really seriously. The Superman series has always had quite a few jokes in, but you'll find none here. Actually you'll find 3 in the whole film, which aren't really jokes! Let me know if you find more, 1. Army girl smiles and says "he's hot" 2. Superman remembers a kid who bullied him at school and he's now a 'loser who works in a cafe'. 3. A polar bear jumps for no explicable reason and makes a grrr noise as it does so.
With the film deciding to take itself very seriously it tells Superman not to use his Superman powers in case people lose their faith in God. To counteract this we see Superman in church talking to a vicar (they seem to forget this is just a film). So because of this, Superman decides to let good old step dad Kevin Costner die.
Half the emotional impact from a superman film comes from him saving people, but I think they decided to just put all that in the first half hour. I guess the other half came from the John Williams soundtrack, but that's not here either.
Finally the bad guys come down to get Superman. Zod wants to destroy everyone on Earth and make a new Krypton here. But it will be OK won't it because Superman is here?!?! Wrong.
The rest of the film is just scenes of thousands of people dying whilst buildings and cars collapse on them. Superman is not featured on screen whilst this happens and the last 2/3 of the film is devoted entirely to the good old US army/airforce fighting the bad guys. Really, this is a Superman film without Superman. The camera zooms in Saving Private Ryan style endlessly and makes you watch quite upsetting scenes.
But Superman will just reverse time won't he? No he won't, they will all just die and the whole thing feels a little unsettling.
Superman finally starts to fight along with the US army (because of course, immortal Superman needs them) and the screen is just filled with quite upsetting violence with no emotional resonance for any thing on screen. The soundtrack of punches, headbutts and kicks is really loud too, suddenly, it's not Superman at all, but something no one is enjoying. As this is happening you start becoming upset, but not for Superman, or the civilians on screen, but for the millions upon millions wasted on the special effects in this movie whilst you feel no emotion but sorrow for the billions that Hollywood has. Earth suffers because of this movie.
By the time we see one news reporter girl trapped, you don't really care anymore, everyone else is already dead and you're very bored. In case you used to like Clark Kent working at the Daily Planet, he doesn't in this film, apart from 5 seconds at the end. excellent.
You then care about nothing and have no affection toward any character on screen, including Lois Lane, and you're just hoping it's time to leave the cinema. However Superman has to have his final one on one with Zod, both cliché, short and violent.
Then for no reason... a family is huddled in a corner and Superman is trying to stop Zod burning them to death with his eyes. However Superman fails AGAIN, and the family with young child dies. So Superman decides to SNAP ZOD'S NECK.
THE END.
Please do not see this movie.
P.S This film has the worst product placement in history, and I don't usually notice these things. You'll have to excuse me now while I go out and buy a Nikkon camera.