Meh....

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2013)

I personally believe this film was over-hyped, and that would lend to why I felt the film was average at best. It's an interesting build up with the opening at the planet krypton, but when the film arrives on earth its all to chopped up for my taste. I really didn't like how the story was told and that was probably my main gripe. I would have preferred a liner story more than this mess of flashbacks and pointless scenes showing how built Clark is. When Clark becomes superman I thought "this is where the movie will kick in and become awesome", but alas it didn't. The lens flare in the movie is insulting. It is so over used! The explosions are ridiculous. I know you can't have a superman movie with out explosions but there were times during the film that the screen would just be pure white with a little ripple at the bottom. When something like this happens as a result of an explosion or a group of explosions its too much.
There were things about the movie I enjoyed like one particular flashback when superman was working on the fishing boat. I quite enjoyed the idea of a superman who was hidden in weird places saving peoples lives incognito. When he was a kid it was also quite interesting to so him overcome some of the difficulties in developing his powers, and the side effects that came with them. I did not care for his father though. Jonathan Kent would rather see a school bus full of children die rather than see his son save them. He also dies rather stupidly, so much so that it made me laugh.
This is not a good film, but i wouldn't go as far to say its bad either. Its average, but its so average that it falls into a weird place where you can't even laugh at how bad it is (maybe once). This is why i think it deserves a 6/10