Just an OK film...

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2013)

I was very anticipated to watch man of steel, when I saw the trailers I thought this can be a "Dark Knight level" superhero film. The movie was OK, however nothing like the awesome trailers, it had a lot of issues but some of these issues were ruled out by the awesome directing and effects.
I felt that they tried to make a batman begins version of superman and sadly they failed, this movie had unbalanced action, it seemed like they pushed all of the action towards the end, the first 1.5 hours were boring all we see is Clark walking around, and every chance we get to see some humor or emotion it seems to be buried, either by action (towards the end) or the flashback went by so fast that the viewer can't "capture" the scene.
This movie was very different from any other Superman film, they tried to remind us that superman is an alien, it was more of a sci-fi drama than a superhero film, however I think that they focused way too much to remind us about that, this made superman seem very unfamiliar with earth, in terms of emotion. It also took away Superman's "identity" like kryptonite (although it wouldn't fit in the story, but they could've briefly introduced it) or Luthor and we don't get to see Clark Kent the reporter until the end of the movie!
The character build up in this movie seemed very weak, messy and rushed, I felt like they didn't seem to make Clark earn the name "superman".
Pa Kent was at his worst in this film, it seemed to me like he was teaching Clark to be a wimp! Like the part where Clark was being bullied and Pa Kent witnessed the whole thing, The least he could've done was help his son!
The romance between Superman and Lois was extremely dry! I felt they didn't take advantage of the brilliant acting of Amy Adams, Lois was simply a meddling, annoying reporter who just happened to fall in love with superman.
After the ultimate destruction of metropolis, the least we could have seen was one scene where we saw the reaction of the citizens about the attack. I didn't even feel that there was any reaction when the humans found out that earth was invaded by aliens.
Even though the movie had some issues, it still had some advantages, The casting in man of steel was brilliant (except for Amy Adams) Cavil makes a great Superman he would have been better if the screenplay was good, Russell Crowe makes a great Jor-el and Michael Shannon was a brilliant Zod.
I felt that Snyder has stepped out of his comfort zone to make this movie and I applaud him for that, his directing actually made me enjoy the movie, it was brilliant, from the camera flares to his camera zooms, Man of Steel was visually stunning, Snyder did a brilliant job!
As compared to the weak story the twist in man of steel is smart, it was obvious, but it was a very nice twist.
Man of Steel was successful in making superman a "bad-ass", he was great especially in the fight scene between Zod and Superman.
Overall the film had a lot of issues, and it was not as good as the trailers promised but it was an OK film, and a good start for the man of steel movies, I am sure the sequel will be much better since we will at least see Clark the reporter.