Mature emotional acting mixed with a silly CGI finale

Rating: 7/10 (24 September 2017)

I really liked this film until the final 40 minutes or so. The flashbacks of Kent growing up and the mystery of who he was - was well done. I particularly liked the scene in the diner which reminded me of Shane.
So we had emotion and good acting - so yes this is a Superman film that could bear comparison with the great 1978 offering. Then the writers (including Christopher Nolan) and director bottle it.
We just end up with 40 minutes of relentless mind numbingly boring CGI. I felt no sympathy for any of the characters as they bravely battled it out within the artificial World of a computer.
I know modern audiences do like huge finales with action but this was like an old vinyl record that had got got stuck and keeps playing the same section over and over again.
The 1978 version indeed had an action packed finale - but it involved you so that you felt for the characters.
Someone needed to work out an ending that didn't involve tedious minute after minute of wanton destruction but instead made you feel fearful for the fate of those caught up in it.
Basically if you've seen one CGI building destroyed - you've seen them all. This is Dumb Hollywood in action as the next film in the franchise was even worse with reference to CGI.