Yikes.

Rating: 5/10 (28 June 2013)

As a lifelong Superman fan, I was cautiously optimistic about this film. I do prefer the darker more complex Superman, I thought Henry looked the part and the new suit was cool. While I knew they were going for the "summer blockbuster" style film, I was still hopeful that there might be some substance and that Chris Nolan's involvement (albeit limited) would finally help Hollywood produce a Superman winner. I was so very wrong.
I wanted to like this film so much that I was willing to overlook the terrible writing and seemingly useless acting that was evident very early in the movie. I really tried to accept the overwhelming crash-bang computer generated action. BUT, to be completely honest, this movie could not have been much worse. In addition to the almost boring level of destruction going on throughout, the film seemed to have multiple different endings, all of which were lame. It was as if they filmed a couple of dozen scenes that would look good in the trailers, and completely overlooked the story.
A really well written sequel could help salvage this reboot effort, but my gut tells me this is another failed reboot effort. Nonetheless, if you like big explosions and mindless 3D action, you're in luck.