Horrible editing and composition

Rating: 2/10 (17 June 2013)

This movie disappoints on endless levels. But let me start with a few positives. The actors are generally good, and it is not their fault that the film fails. The visual design is pretty awesome as well.
BUT, the entire story and the build-up of it completely fails, and was comical at best.
Which reminds me that there also, aren't the smallest bit of humor in the entire movie. The old and previous Superman films had a great sense of humor, both in the Superman role and villains like Lex Luthor. This movie is devout of any laughs, other than the unintentional.
The story, taken out of the film, could be a great alternative story to the usual Superman films, but it is horribly executed. Might be the director, might be the editing or the story structure.
But the director should be better, based on his credentials. Every character in the movie is not build up in any way. Superman, maybe slightly, but less that the father, Kevin Costner, which is the best performance in the film. You lack empathy for all of them, maybe until Zod's facade starts to crumble, and he reveals that he is made and born to do his job, protect Krypton and its people, which is why he does everything he does. This is essentially the best part of the movie, cause it plays on the actual story, that Krypton was degenerate and controlled in a bad way. The government had ruined the society with its control. But this great side of the story is totally underplayed.
I could keep going, but it will ruin another day of mine, if I don't stop.
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS FILM!!!