More Steel than Man - More Muscle Less Wisdom

Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2013)

It was a disappointment. The character portrayed was darker than the way we had known Superman, and although I expected to see the man who is saving humanity, the action scenes were destructive to a meaningless degree. I liked the first part of the movie when there was stressing on the ideals of Superman, that he had the powers as a child but his father taught him not to abuse it. But I expected more of that to the end of it, which was not the case. I loved the movie's first part inconsequential flash back of Superman's childhood, it added the excitement.
As for the love story between Louis Lane and Superman it wasn't justified enough. I mean yes she was wounded and he healed her, but what about him? He saved her 2 times with unjustifiable love that suddenly appeared. Henry Cavil's performance was great, but Michael Shannon.. I felt was exaggerating. Of course Kevin Costner is an acting trademark, Russel Crowe was appropriate, not outstanding though. There was some flaw in the near-ending scene after Superman killed general Zod, to the point where the audience at the cinema started laughing instead of being impressed.
The final criticism is in regards to the relationship between the US government and Superman, I think there needed to be more drama to accept him as a patriot, it was a bit easy for them to confess. The same way a woman trapped under a destroyed building suddenly concluded "He Saved Us", I'm not sure how she recognized who Superman was and she saw what he did under a pile of stone though. Did they have to mention that Superman was raised in Kansas? I thought he was the savior of humanity not the United States.
The only promise this movie holds, is the upcoming sequels where Superman will appear more civilized in his job as a reporter, and the way we always knew Clark Kent. I hope they will not invent an even more evil "General Zod" for him to save us from, but he will start saving civilians, falling trains, world trade center collapse maybe? The way we have known him, and newspapers start writing about him as usual.