Really enjoyable film but not the best film

Rating: 8/10 (5 December 2013)

Well first I need to clear things up first. A common mistake people make when going in to watch this film is that they expect to be like the dark knight films because Christopher Nolan was involved in this project. To those people I have to say.....STOP IT. Batman and Superman are two different characters and therefore have to be treated in different ways. Batman is a dark, brooding superhero to puts fear in others whereas Superman is an alien and could be either mankind's hope or the means to end its existence due to his abilities.
Well now that I have cleared that up, I went into watching this film expecting it to be a movie that the man of steel deserves. In a nutshell, Zack Snyder did somewhat pull it off. He did something that is normally difficult to do with superman films - make Clark Kent experience issues both due to his meta human abilities and normal worldly issues. I liked how they made him seem more human than expected. I enjoyed it when he was first discovering his abilities of flight, x ray vision and so on, because his reactions were very human like. For example anyone of us would have a big grin on our face if we one day found out we could fly. Secondly I also liked how they handled Zod because they didn't make him a typical 'bad guy' with no purpose. He had a purpose - to save krypton. Furthermore, the reason why I liked Zod's and Jor-El's relationship is the same reason why I like Prof. X and Magneto's relationship. Two men who have utmost respect for each other but don't agree on certain matters.
However, I do feel that Zod was a bit overshadowed Faora because she was just bad ass in her scenes but that is one of the least of my complaints. One complaint I have was the amount of destruction. Not the one caused by the world engine. I understand why that happened because they were trying to make another krypton so they have to demolish everything on Earth and Zod generally doesn't care about humans. The destruction I am referring to is the one between superman and Zod because superman cares about the human race so he could've at least made an effort to take the fight somewhere else.
So to sum up, I would say that I enjoyed this movie for the same reason I enjoyed the first Ironman film. Both films are enjoyable with their action scenes, treat the main character properly although with the addition of several flaws in the plot but all round good. I would recommend this anyone who wants that. NOT the best but enjoyable