Sadly a yawner and not super at all; Pointless reboot (again) of the Superman franchise

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 2013)

MAN OF STEEL (2013) **1/2 Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Harry Lennix, Richard Schiff, Christopher Meloni, Kevin Costner, Ayelet Zurer, Laurence Fishburne. Pointless reboot (again) of the Superman franchise has all the flash and smoke and mirrors of its CGI digital trappings and bloated storyline no thanks to Hack - I mean Zack Snyder's leaden direction - with a passable 'darker' script by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan (responsible for the far more successfully bleaker Batman re- imagined trilogy). Again a hodgepodge of the original Christopher Reeve (my money the ONLY Superman; yeah I said it) first two films whereby Kal-El nee Clark Kent (a passable yet somewhat plastic Cavill - um, No Heart; 'nuff said) learns of his Krypton origins and facing the wrath of his late father Jor-El's (Crowe decidedly and welcome low-key turn) frienemy General Zod (Shannon having a field day chewing scenery and gnashing teeth into a hissy fit tantrum; Terence Stamp is eye rolling somewhere) - yadda yadda yadda - if you've seen the aforementioned films that's all you need to know. Adams is miscast as Lois Lane; Costner is the best thing in re: acting (got choked up when he tells Clark, "..You are my son!") ; and a last act that feels cut from "The Avengers" street fight. Sadly a yawner and not super at all.