Horribly Absurd and Total Waste

Rating: 1/10 (29 June 2013)

I don't know how many times I looked at my watch waiting for this spectacular train wreck of a film to end. From the moment it starts to the last dreadful frame it drags. Horrible dialogue. Numerous wtf moments that make absolutely no sense. It is just one big long drawn out CGI borefest. The only semi watchable scenes were Kevin Costner's. He did make the most of what was an awful script by David Goyer and not coincidentally the only scenes with the least amount of CGI. This definitely is the work of no talent director Hack Snyder. At times the CGI was sub par and probably only semi interesting to look at but one scene of explosions of some kind after another after another and then one jittery fight scene after another after another. It quickly became tedious and mind numbing. Henry Cavill just didn't work as Superman and Amy Adams was miscast as Lois Lane. She has talent but wrong for this pointless and vapid reboot. The whole codex plot line of repopulating Krytpon on Earth was worse than Lex Luthor's plan to build a new continent made of kryptonite in Superman Returns. The musical soundtrack sounds too much like The Dark Knight and has a monotonous tone which goes with equally monotonous flow and tone of the film. Somehow Zod is multilingual in this version and able to send messages to people's cell phones and TVs in any language. Most of his scenes are completely laughable especially his speeches. Then of course is the most idiotic scene in the whole film that has everyone outraged and rightfully so. With all of Superman's powers, for some reason he holds Zod in a bear hug until he finally breaks his neck in what was just lazy poor writing by David Goyer, one of the worst screenwriters in Hollywood. A seventh grade could have come up with a better ending. Then Superman and Lois Lane kiss just because out of nowhere and there was zero on screen chemistry between Cavill and Adams which made it even more ludicrous. It's no surprise this film took a nose dive in ticket sales after opening weekend. The majority of critics know this is a disaster and even though it made more money than Superman Returns, Warner Bros. clearly spent more marketing this stinker with hopes of Avengers level numbers which will never happen. Such a waste. I can't imagine Christopher Nolan is pleased to have his name associated with this kind of low brow entertainment which has received very poor critical reception compared to The Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises. Any sequel would be even worse. The best line and so appropriate for this horrendous reboot was when Adams as Lois Lane says, "It's all downhill from here" after the kiss which came completely out of nowhere. Russell Crowe and Laurence Fishburne are also too good for this kind of weak material. Laurence Fishburne's Perry White was boring but again he could only work so much with such a bad script and then there's Jenny, Jimmy Olsen sans sex change, and another insignificant character. There is no reason given to care about the other characters at all so I could have cared less what happened to them. Save your money and avoid this at all costs. For those of you who thought Superman Returns was weak, this actually even more flawed.