Why I Found "Man of Steel" Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (14 June 2013)

"Why I found Man of Steel disappointing" (Not really any spoilers here but if you don't want me to ruin your idea of the movie stop reading here)- First I want to state that it doesn't bother me to change parts of a story. That while this movie was to have elements that we know to be part of the Superman canon but it was to show new elements that we have never seen on the big screen and to try and present a Superman for the modern movie going audience. I am not looking to compare it to the Richard Donner film or any other Superman media. Now that being said I feel like the movie going audience should feel insulted like I was after watching this movie. The script was weak. Character development was either non-existent, slow as dog crap, or miraculously came out of the blue (not really a spoiler: such as the kiss shared between Lois and Superman that had absolutely no romantic development between the two characters up till that point.) Speaking of Lois Lane, maybe it was bad script writing, maybe it was poor actress choice, but she was most certainly a weak character, not the strong-headed, stubborn woman Lois has been depicted throughout the years. The actions scenes are exciting and well done. The fights look like fights between superhumans. People that post this movie was awesome I believe were memorized by these action sequences and ignoring the fact that there is a story that is to be told that should be just as exciting. Ladies, enjoy when Cavill takes his shirt off, I will admit that dude is cut and it will also distract you from the weak story. Laurence Fishburne, enjoy the few lines you had and the weak presence Perry White had in the movie, you have come a long way since the Matrix. Kevin Costner......I don't even want to talk about why he is even in this movie. Diane Lane, she is 47 and still looking good, wasn't convinced with how they made her look older. Let's talk about the soundtrack! The "Hans Zimmer effect" was in full effect! What do I mean by that? His music is repetitive, loud, is pounded out, and is a cookie cutter action movie score(action movies today are pretty cookie cutter themselves). Hans Zimmer was worried about doing this score because he knew he would have to try and match what John Williams did. Well his fears were realized and he failed. None of his music was through-composed (music majors will know what I mean but I will explain I guess). This means none of the music really identified a character, there were no identifiable themes. The "Man of Steel" theme was just a looped ostinato with this repeated scale figure that does absolutely nothing. The only purposed his music served to the film was to press action and depict a few moods and emotions. The character identification through the music was horrible. Michael Shannon did play an excellent General Zod. I thought Russell Crowe would do a good Jor-El, it started strong for me then fizzled. In the end David S. Goyer's script sucked, it was just weak and the characters weak. I'm done talking about this movie. Zach Snyder you have provided a disappointing addition to the Superman canon. What amazes me is how amazed people are at this movie. You are talking about an iconic character and this movie, script, and score did not reach iconic status. You people have been blinded by some fancy action scenes and loud music.