Very OK

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2013)

Redo of Superman. Superman (Henry Cavill) was rocketed from Krypton when he was a baby and lands on Earth. Ma and Pa Kent (Diane Lane, Kevin Costner) find him and bring him up. He realizes he has strange powers but his parents tell him to control his impulses. Then evil General Zod (Michael Shannon) invades Earth and demands that Superman surrender himself...or else. There's more to the plot but it makes little sense (if you think about it).
This IS well-made with great special effects and all but it's not that good. Basically it suffers from overkill. The movie is far too long--there was no reason for this movie to last almost 150 minutes. The opening on Krypton is too long also. The last hour is virtually non-stop destruction and fighting which quickly gets boring instead of exciting. Also TONS of product placement is apparent during it. The script is all over the place. It's constantly trying to tie Clark being an alien and growing up in the USA--and it doesn't work at all. Characters appear (and are given no introduction) and disappear without rhyme or reason. Gaps in the plot too. Acting doesn't help. Cavill is tall, handsome and muscular as Superman--and also sort of a blank. Amy Adams is even worse as Lois Lane. She tries but the material isn't there for her. Even worse her and Cavill have zero sexual chemistry so their romance seems more than a little forced. Shannon spends the whole movie snarling and yelling. And, worst of all, Superman commits an act at the end of the movie that Superman would NEVER do! All in all this is OK--nothing more.