Man of Steel is more Star Trek than Superman!

Rating: 6/10 (17 June 2013)

I remember my father taking me to the video rental store as a kid, and the movie i always rented was Superman with Christopher Reeves. I could watch it 3-4 times a month. This version, I would hesitate to sit through again. This movie is not for the causal movie goer or for the ones that remember Superman growing up. It's for the die hard Superman fans, the ones who follow the mythos of superman. From the comic books, to Smallville, to the graphic novels, those who study Superman as a hobby will enjoy it. I happen to love Superman, but the film was way too long even for me. It's almost as if Zack Snyder went into the edit room and said, lets not take anything out. While I appreciate the origin of Superman, it was way too much origin and not enough Superman. The first hour of the film, is like something out of Firefly or Star Trek, not what you expect from Superman. So while it may not be obvious, I did like the film, but I'm disappointed in the direction that the film took. I saw this as a reboot of a franchise that I loved so much as a kid, and instead it's just a stand alone film.