Different look at the Legend

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2013)

I've been reading the comics for 48 years. I love the first 2 Chris Reeve movies, hated 3 and 4. Really like some aspects of Superman Returns even though Routh was so-so as Superman. This version ? overall it's a split vote: for entertainment it's a 10/10. Best laid out sequence I've seen in a while. If you can't follow it, your IQ is below 70, go away. For continuity vis-à-vis the Superman saga.. 5/10. Oh and best fight scenes EVER !!
Storyline ? Not bad. Acting ? Superb. Cinematography? Awesome. Writing? Someone seriously stupid wrote the script.
*spoiler* Example 1: Mid-way through the story Kal-el enters general Zod's ship, falls to the deck with breathing difficulties..what??? It's his home system's atmosphere ! He can breathe vacuum folks. Idiot writer.
*major spoiler* Example 2: At the end in the climactic fight with Zod: Kal-el realises his nemesis will never change and will continue trying to kill humans - so Kal-el breaks his neck and kills him !?? After 75 years of stories where he avoids killing anyone,now the Man of Steel deliberately kills. Supremely idiot writer.
Will I see it again ? Yes - it's state-of-the-art. I may grind my teeth at certain points...