Tremble earthlings! Here comes Epic Epicness! Not in a good way...

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2013)

I just got back from watching the movie, and I am still sort of... trembling. I was expecting great things from this movie, just like I was expecting great things from TDKR, but in my opinion, both films suffer from the same problem. All atmosphere, no plot, and no character depth or catharsis.
Man of steel suffers from its own epicness. The characters are one- dimensional, and where they did great in the 'back story' department, they did square-times worse in the 'finale' department. I do not want to start a DC vs Marvel argument here, but, to me it did feel like they were only trying to out do whatever Avengers did. But where Avengers succeeded in not letting anything out of proportion, Man of steel failed. It treats humanity as an abstract concept in places where it should have been taken quite literally and yes.. not ever literally.
Henry Cavill was wasted where he did have the potential of being absolutely on par with Reeves. He is a good actor, he should have been utilized, but he wasn't. The villain was thoroughly confused and the lady commander was more effective as a menace than Zod was. And Lois? Just because you put in one dialogue in there where she talks about measuring dicks, you think it establishes the Hardcore, jaded, unyielding and adventurous character that is Lois Lane? I think not. Amy Adams was not the right choice at all for this role.
I personally thought that after "Thor+JaneFoster" romance, no romance could be more out of place and can be such a forced thing in a superhero movie, I stand corrected. Man of Steel has an even more forced and misplaced romance than Thor, at least the world was not dying around Thor and Jane as they snogged, and at least the snog itself was convincing even if the romance wasn't , but in Man of Steel... I mean seriously! I am a girl and there would be something wrong with me if I did not want to see Cavill snogging, but this was just... wrong...
Over all, on a scale of 10, I would rate Man of steel a 6.5. There are some good parts, but there are so many problems...and I am just trembling in my seat as I try to conceive the fact that if Man of Steel was blown so out of proportion, what is Justice League going to be like? What more can you flare and blow up when the first step you have taken is blowing up Planet earth's gravity and turning it into a new planet all together? How much are you going to desensitize us to the destruction of our own world? Where does it stop if it is starting here?
Man of Steel has no satire, no charm and no personality...
What Man of Steel does have is EPIC CGI... and it is really really EPIC...
And I am someone who actually loved SuckerPunch, I am that much partial to Snyder! I loved the girl power and the broken vistas and I do expect great things from both Nolan and Snyder.
But this was not it. Not for me.
*still trembling at the mere thought of Justice league*
Heraa