Why meta-critic early reviews gave it a 55 out of 100

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2013)

You have two choices in doing a reboot of Superman. You either do take after take until the actor is punished enough to actually get over the psychology involved in convincing himself he is Superman.(David Fincher's 20,000 Leagues will work) Or you do a Avatar like CGI version where it doesn't matter if the actor looks like superman as long as he can move and sound like superman. You have to compare it to the far superior last two Dark Knight movies. The Villains had lots of inspiration to form their characters. Heath Ledger had A Clockwork Orange and Sid Vicious while Tom Hardy had Bare Knuckle Brawler and King of the Gypsies Gorman Bartley. (Or is it Bartley Gorman?) David S. Goyers movies are hit and miss. Being the Prolific Screanwriter he is, he also wrote The Crow 2, Jumper & Ghost Rider 2.