If you got a problem, punch it to pulp!

Rating: 6/10 (15 June 2013)

It's a good enough movie, but I am really disappointed. They could have made it so much better, so epic. First the good parts: There is so much action, in abundance from start to finish. Visuals are stunning. Music is amazing. Acting is good too, especially Russel Crowe.
The bad part: The story. What was the story? It was an alien invasion from start to finish. Like Independence Day kind of even. I agree that even Avengers was Alien invasion in essence, but every minute of it was enjoyable. There was humor, wit, interesting characters, well timed and purposeful action. This movie lacked exactly those things. To be sure, it is much better than Transformers- Dark of the moon, which also falls in the same category, but on the scale of Transformers to Avengers, Man of Steel falls a lot closer to Transformers than it does to Avengers.
The story is simple enough as stated in the Plot summary. So the rest is filled with fist fights. Since the bullets and missiles can't hurt Kriptonians there is no point of gun fight. Its just Hulk meet good looks, and less humor...thats it.
People who want just action, will not be disappointed, but people who expect Batman kind of take on the Superman series or even a serious franchise about story and legacy, wait until the DVDs come out.