Good movie filled with poor choices

Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2013)

I have been looking forward to seeing Man Of Steel for lots of reasons: 1. Henry Cavill, I think he embodies who we see when we see Superman. 2. Russell Crowe as Jar-El and Kevin Kostner as Jonathan Kent, great actors who really bring something to their roles. I also liked the casting of Diane Lane and Lawrenece Fishburne. In fact casting is something this movie does really right. The beginning is great with lots of time spent setting up the new Kryptonian story. I think this was a good choice it gave Russell Crowe some great scene time and set the tone for the movie. I think the Kal-El, Clark story told in real time and flashbacks was also a good choice. It worked really well even though it was non linear. The scene's with Jonathan Kent are good but I feel that Diane Lane's acting talents were wasted for the most part during the whole movie. But this movie is all about the Fathers so I guess I can understand it a little. At first I had trouble with the introduction of Lois Lane but I kind of got into it after awhile and thought that it took some imagination to come up with this. It was definitely different. I also enjoyed the whole fish out of water feel for Superman, for the first time the movie really showed what it must be like to be an alien, not a bad thing at all.
All the good being said there were some really poor choices in this movie. One of which might just doom any franchise expectations. One was too many redundant fight scenes. Too much destruction. It was totally unnecessary and started to get boring which really blew the wind out of an otherwise enjoyable film. Again poor choice on what to do with your villain. I just really can't understand why writers make this really dumb choice over and over again. It just doesn't make any sense and really hurts future stories. The end (which I guess will be much talked about) was the worse choice and I think many will be very put off by it. It is the total destruction of the Superman image. Too bad because the rest of the movie has great promise. I gave it a 7/10 for Henry Cavill and the other great actors.