Too many harsh reviews I say... Read this and see why they're all wrong!

Rating: 8/10 (19 June 2013)

I loved it Bloody loved it.
You should ignore some of the negative reviews – crying and moaning about how it isn't staying true to his routes. 'He's too serious and not witty enough' 'He kills his enemies' 'Him and Lois Lane have no spark' 'Why is it dark?' 'He's trying to be troubled like Batman, he has no reason to be! He's superman!'
Firstly they gotta get with the times – ever since Nolan's Batman our generation craves 'dark' takes on franchises. We don't want to see that 1978 cheesy Superman that all these negative review dweebs bang on about. It wouldn't do well now old timers
Secondly here's what I have to say about them bitching about Superman himself:
'Too serious/not witty/troubled/morally unlike the Superman everyone knows' – He has reason to be more messed up than Batman He happens to have a very very troubled background, his whole race has been wiped out for gods sake! Including his parents (his dad is awesomely played by Russell Crowe BTW - brings a hint of Maximus Decimus Meridius to the table). The fact that this is an origin story, means that he is getting used to his powers, experiences are moulding him into who he is and basically he's not perfect. He's still becoming Superman, not quite there yet but he's certainly trying his darnedest.
Yes allies and civilians did die in the process and he himself does commit the act of murder however he had no other choice and he couldn't do anything about the poor civvies. Oh and there were definitely moments of wittiness, a $12,000,000 dollar accident rings a bell.
'No relationship between him and Lois Lane' - I don't even have to answer this cause when you see it, there definitely is.
Things I love about it
The soundtrack it was awesome – quite subtle in the backgroundno stand out tune that you could walk out the cinema and sing whilst pretending to be superman but an awesome soundtrack nonetheless. It reminded me of an 80's sci-fi film like blade-runner or Terminator maybe alien/aliens. They had these like key-board scores that would give the future sounding effect Think of the terminator scenes where one of the main characters narrates about the apocalyptic future, there's the kind of the effect I'm talking about. Always very recognisable – like if you closed your eyes and listened you'd think of a sci-fi film. But it was like tailored to modern effect – so sounded clean and well done. Really enjoyed it, made me skin tingle. Well done Zimmer.
The look of the film itself Beautiful scenery especially in space/Crypton. The costumes were epic. It had a very Aliens/Prometheus feel about it – so you could tell Snyder was clearly influenced by Ridley Scott there.
I personally thought Superman was very easy to warm too. You loved the guy. Wouldn't want him as a close mate though cause he's too up himself about doing the right thing.
The scale of destruction in the film – wiped out skyscrapers etc, smashed everything to pieces in a 3 mile radius. And I loved how people actually died in it, you actually see them getting owned. You don't often see this in Super-hero films. Nice change ;)
It was shot in a very indie way – like he's an adult but throughout the film it reverts to game changing events in his lifetime. And the camera always has like a dark lens – to give it a sort of vintage effect. However there was a certain shot that Snyder liked to use that cheapened it a little for me. It's that shot were you see something approaching from a distance – and then suddenly the camera zooms in at a startling pace and next thing you're looking right at the object. The cameras all shaky as if it's being affected by the force of it. Don't know if you know what I'm talking about. But yeah I hate that shot, mainstream movies like to use it. Snyder was hard for it. Annoyed me.
General Zod – This guy was awesome too – Michael Shannon nailed him. Loved his look and his perspective on things. He would do anything to carry on the Crypton race Anything. I compare him to a fanatic in the crusades. What he was doing was god's work. He has a divine belief. He was right. Not afraid of death as his fate is in god's hands. Nothing more dangerous than a fanatic Cant reason with that guy.
Action scenes – Epic action, EPIC. Literally on the edge of my seat, stress sweating too. Very good.
Yeah so there we go – it's the Superman for our generation – a reinvention. People who review this based on the old Superman are fools – cause it's a different take. Plus again he's not quite the superman people know, as the guy's learning.
Go see it, it's amazing.