Man of Hype

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2013)

I was really looking forward to Man of Steel, I heard about it for a year or so had high hopes. The cinema wasn't really packed so it was a good chance to watch it without any interruptions... Its funny because at the end of a film there's usually some sort of reaction from the audience in a cinema... At the end of Man of Steel there wasn't a single word spoken or any reaction from anyone, everyone just got up & walked out... I actually left the cinema with no thoughts or feelings about what I'd just seen...
A couple days later I came to the conclusion that Man of Steel was lacking so many things that it's probably not even a better film than Superman Returns which wasn't anything memorable either but at least there was a decent story to it. There's more of an origin story to Man of Steel but everything just happens so quickly, from the battle on Kypton, to all the flashbacks, to Cavill putting on the blue suit & becoming Superman in like 10mins. I was really amazed at how quickly he turned into Superman & started flying around. There wasn't one scene in the entire film that's memorable, not one scene even brought a smile, wow zero humour & some of the cast were just a awful. Dark Knight was dark in tone but there was still a little humour. Who's bright idea was it to cast Lawrence Fishbourne as Editor at the Daily Planet? Poor casting, he done absolutely nothing. Was Cavill really a better Superman that Brendan Routh? I'm not convinced. Amy Adams is no Margot Kidder that's for sure, she was boring & there was absolutely no real connection or chemistry between her & Cavill. Michael Shannon, well I think he's quite a good actor, I like him in Take Shelter & The Iceman, but didn't feel there was any real menace or fear to his Zod role, all I remember was Jor-El beating him up on Krypton & Superman snapping his neck at the end. The best scenes were probably with the female villain. Its overloaded with CGI, the effects were OK but I don't think visual effects should ever be favoured in place of a good story or plot. Wow it was amazing anyone in the city was still alive after that amount of destruction though. I doubt I'll have any enthusiasm to ever watch it again...
I'd give Man of Steel 4 maybe 5 out of 10 & that's being very kind.